Windows 7
DisplayLink Shows USB Graphics Tech on Windows 7
DisplayLink has started working on making its USB graphics technology available on Windows 7. The company was showing off its USB graphics solutions on WinHEC 2008 conference for Microsoft engineers, developers, and product planners.
DisplayLink is already in use on Windows machines and allows things like displays, projectors, laptop docks and more to connect to a host PC via a simple USB connection needing no graphics card to operate. The technology makes it much easier for users to add multiple monitors. Read more
Posted on Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun
Windows 7 Pre-Beta Reviews
I still remember how excited I was when I got my hands on the beta of Windows NT. Since then many years have past and I do not have the nerves and time anymore to install pre releases of operating systems to see what is coming. These days an OS just has to work and get out of my way.
It's a good thing that others still have the nerves to play with pre-beta operating systems, like the new Windows 7 that Microsoft released last week at the PDC 2008. After all I also want to know if the days of my XP system are going to end soon or not and if the future is going to be a better place.
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Posted on Sun, 2 Nov 2008 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
I4U Weekly Top 10: Windows 7, Netflix TiVo, HP Mini 1000, Dell Mini 12
This week had big announcements by Microsoft:
Azure Cloud Computing
and Windows 7 Pre-Beta
release.
On the netbook front we have seen the release of
Dell Inspiron Mini 12
and the HP Mini 1000.
Last but not least
Netflix is going to stream on current TiVo DVRs starting this
Holidays.
Our
I4U Top 100 Holiday
Tech-Gift Guide already features
75 tips.
See also our Black
Friday and Thanksgiving News section that starts to fill with deal
news.
See also our latest Tech Video
Reports.
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Posted on Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:50:20 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 Screen-shots released
As reported earlier Microsoft unveiled the pre-beta of Windows 7 at the PDC 2008 today. Now screen-shots of the Windows 7 user interface got published by Microsoft giving a glimpse on how Microsoft achieves simplicity visually.
Pretty much everything is new. New desktop, new taskbar, new Windows chrome, new gadget support and more. The Windows 7 UI looks visually light and cleaned-up. It could be good if its snappy.
See the Windows 7 screen-shots.
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:16:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Looking out past Vista, Windows 7 aims to simplify
By Daisuke Wakabayashi
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is betting its next Windows operating
system will be faster and easier to use and avoid the missteps of Windows Vista
that alienated many users of the software that powers 90 percent of the world's
PCs.
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:11:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 pre-Beta and Web Office unveiled
As reported earlier today Microsoft is highlighting Windows 7 at the PDC 2008 conference. The keynote is still going on, but MS already published the Windows 7 pre-beta announcement. Update: See these new Windows 7 User Interface Screenshots.
Microsoft says that Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things possible for end users. Windows 7 will streamline and simplify the tasks people do most often. Improved navigation, a new taskbar and a streamlined user interface put commonly used resources within easy reach.
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:03:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PDC 2008: Yesterday was Windows Azure today it is Windows 7
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled its Cloud Computing platform Windows Azure at the PDC 2008 conference. Today the spotlight will be on the next Windows Operating System Windows 7.
Microsoft is not known for being very good at keeping things a secret and has indirectly revealed some of the new features of Windows 7 in the privacy statement they published on their site.
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Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:40:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Microsoft to show Windows 7 and possibly their new Strategy for the Future
The PDC 2008 conference will start today and as reported Microsoft will present the current state of Windows 7 to attending developers. Of course it is exciting to see what Windows 7 will look like and what new features it will bring. ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley has some insights on that. According to her the Windows 7 pre-beta build will include a device stage, action center, StreamOn, animation framework, new taskbar and shell, multi-touch, gesture recognition, improved Bluetooth and UI ribbons.
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:42:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 to push Touch Screen Notebooks
Windows 7 is said to support Multi-touch features. Digitimes reports that the notebook industry would be jumping on these capabilities and bring touchscreen notebooks to the mainstream market.
Notebook concepts featuring two touchscreens and no physical keyboards are in the works. We already reported in 2007 about the Estari 2-VU laptop featuring two touchscreens.
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Posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:53:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 will be officially Windows 7
Microsoft's Mike Nash introduced the world to Windows 7. Previously Windows 7 was thought to be a codename for the Vista successor and Microsoft would come up with a flashy marketing name for it, like they did for Vista.
In a move to underline the simplicity of the next Windows operating System, Microsoft sticks to the Windows 7 moniker.
At the PDC 2008 conference at the end of October, Microsoft will give a first look into Windows 7 and distribute Pre-Beta builds of Windows 7 to attending developers.
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Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:13:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 first Look at PDC 2008 announced
Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, will hold a keynote on Tuesday, October 28th at the PDC 2008 introducing Windows 7.
Maybe after the keynote we will know if Windows 7 will make us Windows XP users forget Vista ever existed and we finally can upgrade to something new.
Microsoft will hand out Pre-Beta builds of Windows 7 to PDC attendees. Developers can dive into Windows 7 in 21 different sessions.
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Posted on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:41:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Microsoft demos Multi-touch in Windows 7
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer gave a small Windows 7 preview at the Walt Mossberg's D6 conference.
The two Microsoft honchos demonstrated the multi-touch support of Windows 7. The video below shows the multi-touch feature in action on a Dell notebook with N-trig DuoSense technology. I have now seen enough multi-touch from Microsoft just release it and get over it.
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Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 Interview with Steven Sinofsky
Windows 7 is the next Windows OS version that will try to make us forget Vista. CNET scored an interview with Windows Development boss Steven Sinofsky to ask some questions about Windows 7.
Sinofsky says that Windows 7 is scheduled for a release about three years after the general availability of Windows Vista. This would mean Windows 7 is coming in 2010. Bill Gates said in April Windows 7 would already come next year.
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Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 19:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 to come in 2009 says Bill Gates
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates killed my last motivation to update to Vista anytime soon. Now that Windows XP anyway stays around until 2010, this is maybe for the best.
Bill Gates said this week at the Inter-American Development Bank, that Windows 7 would be ready sometime in the next year according to CNET.
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Posted on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:40:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 already coming in 2009?
TGDaily reports that they have information that Microsoft is moving up the release date of the Windows Vista successor into the second half of 2009.
If this is true, Vista would be pretty short lived because most users did not even switch to it and still run Windows XP.
The Milestone 1 (M1) code of Windows 7 (aka Blackcomb and Vienna) has shipped to partners.
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Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Windows 7 and MinWin Glimpse
During a presentation at the University of Illinois a senior Microsoft OS engineer showed a glimpse of the next generation of Windows, internally dubbed Windows 7.
A video of the presentation has been published. The video is rather long, but Arstechnica has a good summary of what Eric Traut has revealed about the future Windows OS.
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Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Microsoft next OS is Windows 7
Microsoft calls their Vista succeeding operating system Windows 7 internally.
Some details about Windows 7 have leaked from an internal sales presentation in Redmond.
The next Windows OS is expected to be released in 3 years (2010). There hav not been specific feature descriptions of Windows 7. Apparently the focus was on communicating that Windows 7 will have a more predictable release schedule than Vista, which is important for business customers.
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Posted on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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