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...
Saturday November 15, 2008 09:34
Is Microsoft going to take a revenue hit when it releases Windows 7 because of the changing mix of PCs in the market? That’s the expectation of many company watchers, though I have to admit I’m not quite so sure. Here’s why. Even though Microsoft...
Thursday November 13, 2008 09:37
Photo Gallery and Movie Maker apps, released today as part of the new Windows Live ‘Wave 3’ family, are the first to replace their Vista counterparts in Microsoft's next-gen OS Included in today’s worldwide launch of Windows Live Wave 3, the...
Wednesday November 12, 2008 09:44
Since September we've know that Windows Live would be replacing some built-in Windows applications with the release of Windows 7. At PDC, we got further details: Microsoft is making this move in order to eliminate confusion between having similar...
Wednesday November 12, 2008 09:34
Paul Thurrott writes: While you could always shell out $60 for a Windows book that teaches you everything from how to use a mouse to the vagaries and history of TCP/IP networking, I think there's a better way. You're already a Windows user, so we can...