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All of the Windows Vista laptops in the office are using the fingerprint technology to unlock the computer.Well, fingerprint reader for your computer’s password is a thing of the past, now you can use your own face to detect and unlock your password.The software called LemonScreen does just that. Using the built-in camera, it [...] More...

Afterdawn.com Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaked Afterdawn.com Adds Long Zheng of the istartedsomething blog, "The highly anticipated release candidate (RC) build of Windows 7 has been leaked and its authenticity is entirely undisputed. First looks reveal nothing significantly new or different, but if you've been ... More...

CNET News Windows 7 release candidate to go live on Thursday Seattle Post Intelligencer Microsoft confirmed that its release candidate would go live Thursday via a post on the Windows Team Blog. Many of the changes between Windows Vista, the current operating system on the market, and Windows 7 are in the background and are the result of ... Microsoft releasing release candidate for Windows 7 on April 30 Seattle Times Microsoft Windows 7 'Release Candidate' Set For Thursday Wall Street Journal Windows 7 to have an 'XP mode' CNET News PC World - Processor.com all 1,288 news articles More...

We are pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer 8 in 18 additional languages. Internet Explorer 8 is now available in a total of 43 languages. List of NEW Internet Explorer 8 Languages: Language Code Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows XP X86 X64 X86 X64 X86 Bulgarian BGR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bosnian (Cyrillic) BSC Yes - - - Yes Bosnian (Latin) BSB Yes - - - Yes Catalan CAT Yes - - - Yes Croatian HRV Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Estonian ETI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hindi HIN Yes - -…

A first look at a new Windows 7 feature: Windows XP Mode! More...

Geekzone Windows 7 to have an 'XP Mode' CNET News, CA By adding the compatibility mode, Microsoft is aiming to address one of the key shortcomings of Windows Vista--its compatibility issues with software designed for Windows XP and earlier versions of the operating system. Details of the Windows XP mode, ... Virtualized Windows XP coming to Windows 7 Professional and ... engadget all 18 news articles More...

BBC News Microsoft Windows 7 'Release Candidate' Set For Thursday Wall Street Journal With Windows 7, Microsoft hopes to repair its reputation as the world's pre-eminent software maker, which has been damaged by, among other things, a poor reception to Windows 7's predecessor, Windows Vista. Windows, which accounts for approximately 30% ... Windows 7 Release Candidate Leaked Online PC World Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7 NewsFactor Network Handling Client OS Upgrades Processor.com ITvoir all 970 news articles More...

PC World Windows 7 Release Candidate Leaked Online PC World Long Zheng of the istartedsomething blog believes the latest Win 7 code, accessible via your favorite "content hub" (P2P site), is real if unspectacular: "The highly anticipated release candidate (RC) build of Windows 7 has been leaked and its ... More...

A look at interactive Setup with the Windows 7 Release Candidate... More...

BBC News Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7 NewsFactor Network, CA If history repeats itself, September could be the possible month for release of the new operating system since Windows Vista RC was made available five months before the final version shipped. "To the extent that enterprises test versions of ... Handling Client OS Upgrades Processor.com Microsoft gears up to focus Windows 8 ITvoir all 1,129 news articles More...

Next Windows 7 Release Almost Ready For Close-Up ChannelWeb, NY It's another example of how Microsoft has painstakingly sought to avoid the application compatibility issues that plagued Windows Vista and led to what Microsoft still feels is an unfair negative bias in the market against Vista. ... More...

Windows 7 finally hits its last major pre-release milestone and leaks to the web. Here are the first screenshots... More...

Send To OneNote Fix for 64-Bit Available jkOnTheRun, Texas A key feature, the “Send to OneNote†function, simply didn't work if you were running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista. We heard from the OneNote team way back then and although I understand the technical challenge involved, it still left a ... More...

Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate hits the Web Computerworld, MA Long Zheng, who writes the istartedsomething blog, echoed others in confirming that Build 7100 is the RC. "The highly anticipated release candidate (RC) build of Windows 7 has been leaked and its authenticity is entirely undisputed," said Zheng. ... More...

ABC News Windows 7 App Testing Starts In May InformationWeek, NY If Microsoft is following a timetable similar to that employed for Vista development, then it's highly possible that the company is considering a September release date for Windows 7. The first version of Windows Vista RC dropped in September 2006, ... Handling Client OS Upgrades Processor.com Microsoft gears up to focus Windows 8 ITvoir Microsoft sales fall 6 percent from a year ago ZDNet Asia all 1,079 news articles More...

10 seriously annoying default configurations ZDNet As a side note, this is a good trick to getting crude Explorer functionality in Windows Server 2008 Core installations. I sure love the folder view in Windows Server 2003, XP, and prior editions. But Vista and Windows Server 2008 have really messed ... More...

I am reading this article from NYTimes, which narrates how he bought a Windows Vista laptop over the proposed Windows XP laptop by the salesman.After a few days of usage, it became clear the Windows Vista was cluttered with features he didn’t need comparing it the American way of life which adds a lot of [...] More...

Microsoft gears up to focus Windows 8 ITvoir, India Representatives of Microsoft estimated in 2007 that Windows 7 would have a three-year development time frame following the release of its predecessor Windows Vista, but that the release date would ultimately be determined by product quality, ... More...

Microsoft sales fall 6 percent from a year ago ZDNet Asia, Singapore As for Windows 7, Microsoft just noted that it "remains on track for a fiscal year 2010 launch". That's even less specific than its usual comment, which is that it should ship within three years from general availability of Windows Vista, ... More...

Do you read about Internet Explorer and related technologies on MSDN? We’ve recently reorganized the table of contents for the HTML/DHTML Overviews. We would like your feedback. Hi! My name is Lance Leonard I'm a Programmer/Writer on the Internet Explorer Developer Content team. I'm part of the team that’s responsible for the content on MSDN that relates to Internet Explorer, specifically HTML and CSS and Internet Explorer Development. You may have noticed that we've added a lot of new content describing Internet Explorer 8 and how it impacts the way you develop your Web sites. I wanted to let you know that we're also working to improve the content we've previo…

New Windows 7 hack purports to be "unfixable" engadget, CA Apparently, they've devised a means to gain control of a Windows 7 computer during the boot up process though the use of a tiny 3KB program dubbed VBootkit 2.0 (a follow-up to a similar Vista hack), which loads itself into the system memory and ... More...

Handling Client OS Upgrades Processor.com, NE Windows Vista's reception has been less than spectacular, at least from an enterprise perspective. Microsoft's shiny new operating system landed in early 2007, receiving harsh criticism over its sluggish performance, lack of stability, ... More...

Apple patent hints at volume controls in Safari CNET News, CA Update: Several readers have pointed out that Windows Vista has had a similar feature since its release called Volume Mixer that lets you pick out the maximum volume level for each application. However it's worth noting that in Apple's proposed ... More...

The Future Of Computing Will Be Good Enough PC World It was the vintage Windows XP operating system that caused the rot to set in that brought down the company. XP had proved a best-seller in its day, but became a significant thorn in Microsoft's side when it attempted to introduce new products. ... More...

John H. Gohde’s article would have been relevant back in 2007, but his Windows Vista viewpoint today (2009) is blast from the past. Ok, maybe he went into hibernation deep into the Amazon river that he came out with no idea of what has transpired in the last two years.A very good reason not to [...] More...