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Microsoft: Why we are not talking about Windows 7 yet

It is clear since day one that Microsoft is using a different approach to communicating Windows 7. One could say they are extremely tight-lipped and do not reveal more than necessary to the public which includes online and offline press. The approach is not without risks and one of the greatest is that not saying [...]

27May2008 | Martin | 16 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 to make appearance at D6 Conference

Long Zheng speculates in an article on his website I started something that Microsoft will officially present Windows 7 at the The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference hosted by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on May 27.
Bill Gates and Steve Balmer will both be present at the conference which has seen [...]

24May2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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NVIDIA looking for Windows 7 Lead Engineer

Long Zheng has discovered a job offering at the NVIDIA employment website that is explicitly looking for a senior QA engineer to lead the roll-out of Windows 7. While some might think that this is a bit early, considering that the release of Windows 7 is not expected before 2010, some NVIDIA users will be [...]

24May2008 | Martin | 0 comments | Continued
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Native Support for Virtual Hard Disks in Windows 7

A recent job offering at the Microsoft website revealed a new feature unintentionally that will be available in Windows 7. Microsoft is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test that is supporting the engineering team that is bringing virtualization to Windows 7.
Do you want to join the team that is bringing virtualization into the [...]

23May2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 To Break Backwards Compatibility

Previous versions of Windows provided backwards compatibility with older versions of windows, making it easy for users to upgrades as their favorite programs would still work.
However, with Windows 7 Microsoft are approaching backwards compatibility differently, and Windows 7 will not be binary compatible with older versions. This won’t mean that older programs won’t run, [...]

23May2008 | Everton | 60 comments | Continued
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Poll: When Will Windows 7 Launch?

We are running our first poll on the site. The poll asks ‘When Will Windows 7 Launch?’. Not the most imaginative of titles, but it’s the question that most readers on this site are asking.
If you haven’t voted yet then cast your vote now below. You can vote below or in the [...]

20May2008 | Everton | 5 comments | Continued
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Bill Gates reveals information about Windows 7

Bill Gates revealed some exciting new information about the upcoming next Microsoft operating system codenamed Windows 7. He spoke at the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo and had the following to say about Windows 7.
We’re hard at work, I would say, on the next version, which we call Windows 7. I’m very excited about [...]

14May2008 | Martin | 23 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Features Video

A new Windows 7 video was uploaded to Youtube today which is demonstrating some of the new features that are already implemented in the Windows 7 Milestone release. The speed of the video is fast, really fast and I had to watch it twice to get a look at all the new features.
The video shows [...]

12May2008 | Martin | 17 comments | Continued
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Microsoft Internal Memo ties Windows Live to Windows 7

In an internal memo for Windows Live Wave 3 which dates back to August 2007 several Microsoft executives, including Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Experience, David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services and Brian Arbogast, Corporate Vice President of Mobile Services outline their plans for the next stage of Windows [...]

30Apr2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6574.1

Chinese website Think Next published several new details about the latest Windows 7 Milestone 1 release that has the internal build number 6574.1. Just a few hours after posting the new pictures, videos and information they pulled them again but thanks to caches they are still accessible. About a dozen new Windows 7 screenshots were [...]

22Apr2008 | Martin | 27 comments | Continued
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