All Posts Tagged With: "windows 7 news"
ClearType Text Tuner Integrated Into Windows 7
A new entry with the name ClearType Text Tuner is available in the Windows 7 Control Panel. Previous operating systems provided users with an on and off switch for ClearType but no configuration options beyond that. Microsoft Powertoys provided access to a ClearType Tuner which provided access to a wizard that would walk the user [...]
30Oct2008 | Martin | 0 comments | ContinuedWindows 7 Multi-Touch Video
Multi-touch was another known feature of Windows 7 which was already demoed in May of this year. The PDC 08 did not fail to provide additional information to the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7. New Hardware and APIs ensure that all applications that run on Windows 7 can provide multi-touch features to the user. Basis [...]
29Oct2008 | Martin | 4 comments | ContinuedWindows 7 Sensors Explained
Windows 7 Sensors was one of the first new functions that was spotted in one of the early builds of Windows 7 although it was not clear what the feature was all about. Some light was shed on Windows 7 Sensors at the PDC 08 conference in Los Angeles. Now what exactly are the sensors [...]
29Oct2008 | Martin | 0 comments | ContinuedWindows 7: Find and Organize Part 1 - The User Experience
Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 1 - The User Experience was one of the first Windows 7 videos of the PDC 08 conference that have been uploaded to Channel 9. The video shows David Washington and Paul Gusmorino demonstrate the changes and enhancements in Windows 7 in regard to finding and organizing files. They [...]
29Oct2008 | Martin | 3 comments | ContinuedA Close Look At The New Windows 7 Taskbar
Microsoft introduced some fundamental design changes in the Windows 7 presentation today. This article will take a closer look at what Microsoft has shown. One of the most talked new features is the new Windows 7 Taskbar. We already talked about the increase in size but Microsoft has revealed some interesting information about the taskbar [...]
28Oct2008 | Martin | 30 comments | ContinuedOfficial Windows 7 M3 Screenshots
Paul Thurrott started the day by posting new screenshots of Windows 7 that Microsoft provided to anyone attending the PDC08 conference in Los Angeles. The screenshots are from a different build than the one getting distributed by Microsoft on the PDC08. Paul managed to post a batch of his own screenshots as well. We managed [...]
28Oct2008 | Martin | 26 comments | ContinuedWindows 7 Privacy Statement Hints At Editions and Features
The Windows 7 Pre-release (M3) Privacy Supplement was just published on the Microsoft homepage. It contains several interesting information that one can draw out of the document. Several of the features - old and new - of Windows 7 are addressed in the large document. Two editions of Windows 7 are specifically mentioned in the [...]
27Oct2008 | Martin | 5 comments | ContinuedMicrosoft Launches Two New Windows 7 Blogs
Neowin posted the information that Microsoft has launched two new blogs centered around their upcoming operating system Windows 7. The Windows 7 Blog For Developers (link) will “mainly focus on the development aspects of Windows 7 by providing valuable content for developers.” while the blog with the name Springboard Series - The Resource for Windows [...]
27Oct2008 | Martin | 1 comment | ContinuedWindows 7 Theme
One of the main focus points of Microsoft in the creation of Windows Vista was to make it visually appealing. They spend lots of effort to add eye-candy to the operating system which made many users who wanted a visually pleasing operating system happy. Other users however disliked the eye candy because they associated huge [...]
26Oct2008 | Martin | 10 comments | ContinuedFirst Security Patch For Windows 7 Pre-Beta
Security sites around the web reported on a out-of-cycle patch that Microsoft would release on October 23 that would fix a security vulnerability affecting most Windows operating systems. The vulnerability was rated critical on Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 and important on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. According to [...]
23Oct2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued