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Today Microsoft has launched Engineering 7, a blog covering Windows 7 written by senior Windows 7 managers Steven Sinofsky and Jon Devaan. According to the blog the first in-depth technical information about Windows 7 will be released at the upcoming Professional Developer Conference (PDC) and the WinHEC conference. Welcome to our first post on a new blog from Microsoft?the...
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Microsoft IE8 Program Manager Allison Brunett is calling out for more IE8 beta testers: As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta. Currently the only way to directly file a bug with the IE Team is to be a part of the IE8 Technical Beta program on ...
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In Windows Vista the window title and icon has been removed in all instances of Windows Explorer. The result is a blank space in the window that just does not look good where the window title normally is placed. Using a cool free utility called AeroBar you can restore the window titlebar title and icon. To use the utility visit Outils (http://www.psscript.net/utils.htm) and...
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Are you or your users having problems finding what you want with the new Office 2007 ribbons? A new product called RibbonCustomizer allows you to bring back the classic menubar and toolbar as shown below: Download the free Started Edition Now
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A new product called 360 Desktop introduces a new way of thinking about virtual desktops. Instead of having different desktops or desktops on a cube why not have a desktop that you can scroll horizontally forever. 360 Desktop converts your desktop into a very wide never ending desktop in the shape of a cylinder. Instead of changing desktops to view different applications just scroll...
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The only way I'll understand that you haven't yet heard of Mojave is if you have been relaxing on some remote beach without WiFi for the last couple of days. The "Mojave Experiment" was a marketing idea that Microsoft put into action about two weeks ago, and recently received a huge amount of coverage. Over the course of three days, Microsoft showed 120 Mac, Linux, Windows XP, and...
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Microsoft is set to strike back at Apple and others who have spent the last year and a half criticizing its Windows Vista operating system. We wrote about Vista’s image problem last winter, when the operating system was facing a barrage of negative press and a clever ad campaign by Apple that alleged Vista was a failure and full of problems. At the time, Microsoft told us that it had...
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Microsoft Corp. is launching a subscription-based version of its Office software for U.S. consumers, as competitors crowd in on its core desktop product suites. The Redmond, Wash., software giant said Wednesday the new service, called Equipt, combines office tools such as its Microsoft Word word-processing program and the Excel spreadsheet application. The product, which will also include...
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The update for Windows Server 2008 customers will be on Windows Update on July 9th. The press release states that users can download the update now at http://www.microsoft.com/Hyper-V but the link is not yet active. Update: Direct download links can be found here. Full Microsoft Press Release: Following the launch of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft reached another milestone today...
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It is always funny when politicians talk technology. Today is no exception. Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum from the nation of Fiji expressed his concern about Microsoft's use of the name Windows Fiji. The Attorney General says his country has been trying to contact Microsoft so they can work out a fair deal to use the name commercially. Unknowing to the nation of Fiji, Windows...
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An update is available that will help improve the performance and reliability of Windows Vista SP1. This update includes the following improvements on a Windows Vista SP1-based computer: The stability of Windows Vista SP1-based computers by addressing some crashes that may occur when you try to check e-mail by using a POP3 e-mail client such as Windows Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird....
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Microsoft will ship Windows 7 sometime in or near Jan. 2010, according to a letter company senior vice president Bill Veghte sent to Microsoft customers Tuesday. The letter, sent to enterprise and business customers, will eventually be publicly posted on Microsoft's Web site. In the letter sent to "Windows Customers" and titled "An Update on the Windows Roadmap," Veghte said "our...
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The popular alternative free browser Firefox 3 has been released and has shown to be a great improvement in speed and functionality over previous versions. This new version of Firefox has many great features that will improve your web browsing experience. Feature Updates: New bookmarking features Improved Performance Full Zoom Instant Web Site ID...
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Purchase by the end of June 21st at Amazon.com and get Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free! All-in-one security from Microsoft protects personal and financial documents from the latest viruses, worms, hackers, spyware, and online identity scams Automate "janitorial tasks," including disk cleaning and defragmentation, to help improve PC performance Easily back up your files to a...
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Though the building alone covers a whopping 11 acres, you can't even see Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s new $550 million data center in the hills west of San Antonio until you're practically on top of it. But by that point, you can hardly see anything else. A "spine" of wires and pipes supplies power, cooling and other vital resources throughout Microsoft's Chicago data center,...
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