Saturday July 31, 2010 09:26
The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level, provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as...
Tuesday March 30, 2010 13:41
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7, Windows XP
Early Windows 7 users like the new operating system, but many Windows XP users still like their nine-year-old OS. That's the word from two new reports by Forrester Research, which said that 86 percent of the first users of Microsoft's newest ...
Friday March 26, 2010 08:49
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet listing software applications which have met Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements for compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7,...
Saturday March 20, 2010 08:56
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
For Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 will be introducing two new desktop virtualization features: Microsoft RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. These features are designed to meet the increasing needs of our customers as they utilize virtualization in their...
Monday February 15, 2010 23:19
Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows® Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design...
Saturday February 21, 2009 11:52
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
If you’re running the Windows 7 Beta and hadn’t already noticed, we are introducing 3 new Windows Games for Windows 7. Internet Backgammon: Internet Checkers: Internet Spades: These games were well liked in Windows XP. Due to the amount of...
Tuesday January 13, 2009 13:28
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
Yesterday we made the Windows 7 Beta available for public download. Hopefully you’re as excited as I am that the beta is here! The Windows 7 Beta is already getting some rave reviews for its new features, performance, and stability. But it is a beta,...
Tuesday December 30, 2008 11:45
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
This past weekend, Windows 7 build 7000 leaked to torrent sites. It's not the first build of Windows 7 to leak, but it definitely is the most important one so far. You see, the first 7xxx build marks the entrance of Windows 7 into beta phase (6xxx...
Pirated copies of a Windows 7 build pegged by many as the beta Microsoft Corp. will release next month have leaked to the Internet, according to searches at several BitTorrent sites today. A search on the Pirate Bay BitTorrent site, for example,...
Friday December 26, 2008 10:41
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
Back in November, I explored the number of editions of Windows 7 that Microsoft was working on. While the company has not officially given a list yet, it was clear that Windows 7 Enterprise Edition and Windows 7 Ultimate Edition were definitely...
Monday December 22, 2008 10:19
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build and, while MDC attendees appear to be the only group that will receive a physical copy of Windows 7 Beta 1, other Microsoft enthusiast groups will have access to Beta 1 via download. Testers are already...
Saturday December 13, 2008 11:09
So far, the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) agreed to by attendees of Microsoft’s Winter Mobius confab seem to be sticking. The roughly two dozen bloggers, analysts developers and others hand-picked to get a sneak preview of Microsoft’s Win Mobile...
Friday November 28, 2008 08:54
Posted by BSchwarz as Windows 7
In August, Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) was released to the masses. According to recent tests, the performance improvements were significant: 26 percent faster for Windows XP and 84 percent for Windows Vista. We already know that WS4 will be bundled in Vista...