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software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 3, 2008
At the Professional Developers Conference in late October, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky announced that Windows 7 Beta 1 would be ready "early next year." A Microsoft insider has now confirmed the actual date, which is …
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software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 1, 2008
Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, operating systems, microsoft corp, microsoft windows vista, service pack, service pack 2, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista longhorn, microsoft windows xp service pack 2
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 18, 2008
Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. Since returning from PDC, I've been installing and using Windows 7 on a variety of …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, uac, backup, network, operating systems, change, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 10, 2008
DirecTV's HD tuner for Media Center PCs, first announced at CES three years ago, has achieved the same notoriety as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster. The occasional sighting is always enshrouded in fog and …
Also tagged: media center pc, microsoft windows, software, home entertainment, operating systems, satellite, personal technology, directv, microsoft corp, h 264, tvs, creature, media center pcs, tv and home theater, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 8, 2008
Way back at CES 2006, DirecTV announced that it was working with Microsoft to produce a tuner that would connect directly to a Media Center PC. The result would be the ability, in theory, to capture all of DirecTV's …
Also tagged: media center pc, microsoft windows, software, home entertainment, operating systems, satellite, personal technology, directv, microsoft corp, h 264, tvs, media center pcs, tv and home theater, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 6, 2008
When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn't help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems …
Also tagged: hardware, microsoft windows, software, sidebar, servers, operating systems, gadget, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows vista longhorn, sharemaster gadget
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 4, 2008
My hat's off to blogger Rafael Rivera, who returned from last week's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference and apparently didn't sleep until he figured out how to unlock the flashy new Superbar interface that …
Also tagged: pdc, blogging, internet, microsoft windows, software, operating systems, rafael, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 4, 2008
The single most confusing part of the Windows 7 intro last week at the Professional Developers Conference was the part about Windows Live. Judging by the comments I've read and heard, many people mistakenly concluded …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, operating systems, microsoft corp, microsoft windows live, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Oct 28, 2008
Is it a major release or just a revamped Windows Vista? That's the big question surrounding Windows 7, which made its public debut in a keynote address by Steven Sinofsky today at the Microsoft Professional Developers …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, network, operating systems, window, screen, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows 7, powershell scripting language
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Oct 28, 2008
Microsoft's news embargo on Windows 7 lifts tomorrow. Today, though, I can confidently report on a handful of questions about Windows 7 that you won't see answered in those announcements. Want to know how many editions …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, operating systems, microsoft corp, microsoft windows 7