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Martin Brinkmann is an Online Journalist from Germany who discovered his love for technology in high school. He is currently working as a freelancer for several publications and runs his own Internet website Ghacks

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Windows 7 Touch Panning

Long posted another interesting find today. He discovered that Windows 7 supports Touch Panning which might be known by some as kinetic scrolling. It obviously requires a device that offers touch support. Users of Apple’s iPod or iPhone already know the feature that enables them to scroll with their hands. Windows 7 however provides system-wide [...]

 13Nov2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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Windows 7 Extends Run As Options

Windows Vista users had the option to run an application as the system administrator instead of the currently logged in user. There was however no option in the context menu to run the application as a different user. The current build of Windows 7 has this feature which should come in handy for several users [...]

 11Nov2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Aero Snap For Windows XP Or Windows Vista

Aero Snap was one of the new features of Windows 7 that got quite a bit of coverage lately. It is actually a pretty basic feature that makes it possible to move windows to the left, right or top screen to display them on half the screen (left or right) or maximize (top) them. Several [...]

 11Nov2008 | Martin | 4 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Boot Speed Benchmark

Lifehacker tested the boot speed of Windows 7, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 and Windows XP Professional SP3 on a triple-boot system. All tested operating systems were 32-bit versions. Test 1 measured the boot time from boot choice to a fully loaded desktop while test 2 measured the time from boot choice to user logon screen. [...]

 11Nov2008 | Martin | 9 comments | Continued
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Unlock Locked Features in Windows 7 M3

Microsoft has locked some of the upcoming features in the Windows 7 release that they distributed among attendees of the Professional Developers Conference 08 in Los Angeles. The build has made its way on various P2P sites shortly thereafter and is now in the hands of thousands of additional users who downloaded it from there. [...]

 10Nov2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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Windows Complete PC Backup

Windows Complete PC Backup is a feature available in Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions that allows users to completely restore their PC environment including the operating system, installed programs, user settings, and data files. The feature in Windows Vista was limited to backing up data on a different hard drive or DVDs. Users [...]

 10Nov2008 | Martin | 0 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Tech Guarantee Program

Microsoft is planning a Windows 7 Tech Guarantee Program which will make it possible for Windows Vista owners to upgrade their operating system to Windows 7. They have not released many information yet about the program but some have been published at Neowin today.
Not all editions of Windows Vista will be eligible for the upgrade. [...]

 8Nov2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Language Waves

Microsoft has released information about the so called language waves of Windows 7. Windows 7 will be released in a total of eight language waves which basically define when a localized edition of Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing. Please take a look at the table below for information about the eight language waves [...]

 8Nov2008 | Martin | 0 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 To Be Released For 2009 Holiday Season

Microsoft was very shy about pinpointing the Windows 7 release date in the past. They did provide some clues like that it would be released about three years after the release of Windows Vista, or that Windows 7 would be released before the PDC conference in 2009. There was still lots of speculation about the [...]

 7Nov2008 | Martin | 14 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Screen Docking

New Windows 7 features are revealed every day. This one is actually a bit older but has not been mentioned yet here at Windows 7. Screen docking is popular feature that is currently only available by installed third party software to previous versions of the Windows operating system.
The feature basically docks and displays a window [...]

 6Nov2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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