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Fresh News Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta launched Fresh News, India Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista Operating Systems would be needed to run the web browser. At the same time, Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater), 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater) and 52 MB ... More...

Windows 7 bug fixes to include multitouch zoom for Explorer engadget, CA It seems that Microsoft's own Engineering Windows 7 blog will be letting the improvements trickle out as they are addressed. So brace yourself for some exciting plot twists, such as improvements to the taskbar thumbnail overflow and various jump lists, ... More...

Week in review: Apple shuffles feathers CNET News, CA With Windows 7, it's also making an effort to "rescue" some apps that wouldn't run on Windows Vista, by making sure they will run on Windows 7. A few of the now-Windows-friendly programs include the Spanish-language IKEA Home Kitchen Planner, ... More...

Microsoft Disputes Attempt to Reinstate Class in Vista Suit PC World Microsoft is disputing an attempt to reinstate class-action status to an ongoing lawsuit against its Windows Vista Capable sticker program, a case that threatens to drag on and is reflective of the difficulties Microsoft has encountered by releasing ... More...

All Future Versions of Windows Will Be Minor Revisions of Vista PC Magazine When we moved to Windows Vista from XP going from a version number of 5.1 to 6, actually breaks [sic] lots of apps that check for the major version number. So a lot of people look at the version number and try to read something into it. ... More...

Security Fix Blogger Washington Post, United States Brian Krebs: My advice on running Windows under a limited user account is here. This is more for XP users Windows Vista tries to enforce this through User Account Control, which warns you when you or some other program tries to make system-wide ... More...

Appscout Microsoft Details New Changes to Windows 7 PC Magazine It is the second group of revisions Microsoft has disclosed for Windows 7. "There are many [changes], and this is not an exhaustive list," according to an Engineering Windows 7 blog post. "Of course we continue to gather telemetry from the large number ... Windows 7: A chance for IT to be the heroes Computerworld MS packs yet more tweaks into 'near-ready' Windows 7 Register Microsoft Speaks on Windows 7 Technical Bits Tom's Hardware Guide Gotta Be Mobile - TechRadar UK all 51 news articles More...

MS packs yet more tweaks into 'near-ready' Windows 7 Register, UK The official Windows 7 blog lists the latest set of alterations expected in the RC here. Late last month Redmond announced 36 changes to the OS, and also recently confirmed that the Windows 7 beta - which rocked up in January - would be the only beta ... More...

Microsoft packs yet more tweaks into 'near-ready' Windows 7 Register, UK The official Windows 7 blog lists the latest set of alterations expected in the RC here. Late last month Redmond announced 36 changes to the OS, and also recently confirmed that the Windows 7 beta - which rocked up in January - would be the only beta ... More...

Bangkok Post Violent games are OK Bangkok Post, Thailand Microsoft released the second beta version of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista, hinting the final release would be soon. Just in time for Mobile World Congress, the soft-spoken, hugely likeable Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the Windows ... More...

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Sify Microsoft's complex netbook dance ZDNet Asia, Singapore Although it will offer a low-cost version of Windows 7--Windows 7 Starter--to compete with Linux to power the cheapest of netbooks, Microsoft is ultimately hoping consumers and PC makers will pay more to get the "home premium" version of Windows Vista, ... Where Are All The Linux Netbooks? DaniWeb all 129 news articles More...

Reports of broken sites are an important part of the feedback the IE team receives from the community. When we receive a report of a broken site, we take it and identify the core issue causing the problem. A number of these issues end up being side effects of changes we deliberately made in IE8, but even these are useful. They help us identify which IE8 changes have the broadest compatibility impact. In this post I'll share some of these issues with you so you can quickly identify problems affecting your site when migrating from IE7 to IE8. Differences between IE8 Compatibility View and IE7 We strive to make Compatibility View behave as much like IE7 as possible, …

Microsoft wants to 'rescue' apps for Windows 7 ZDNet Asia, Singapore "This means that Windows 7 will have higher application compatibility than Windows Vista," Microsoft said. Microsoft's blog lists a host of non-English applications that have been "rescued". Presumably, it is doing the same with some English programs, ... More...

Interesting Windows 7 nuggets emerge from Microsoft Australian Personal Computer, Australia Q: Why is Windows 7 quicker to start up compared to Windows Vista? A: ReadyBoost in Windows 7 adds support for concurrently using multiple flash devices (such as USB keys, Secure Digital cards, and internal flash devices) and for caches larger than 4 ... More...

Windows 7: A chance for IT to be the heroes Computerworld, MA Gavriella Schuster over at the Windows Business blog is telling customers: "We know some of our customers are considering waiting for Windows 7 instead of deploying Windows Vista today. We want these customers to understand the following considerations ... More...

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Radio 1 iTunes 8.1 falls short on promise of Genius CNET News, CA Also another point Apple's Boot Camp can run Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 natively on Macs with Intel Processor. As I really hate Microsoft I put Vista on my Boot Camp because some companies don't 100% support Apple primary example GoDaddy ... iTunes Update Fixes Minor Bugs, Adds Features PC Magazine all 1,043 news articles More...

Microsoft Speaks on Windows 7 Technical Bits Tom's Hardware Guide, CA It might be even more important for Microsoft to make Windows 7 an attractive alternative for desktop IT professionals, as many businesses are still choosing to run Windows XP instead of Windows Vista. To help educate on the lower-level features of the ... More...

Techtree.com Windows 7: The State of the Beta Technologizer, CA At least when it comes to folks who blog, write for magazines, and otherwise have soapboxes to speak from. But vast quantities of civilian Windows users–including quite a few Technologizer community members–downloaded and installed the Windows 7 beta ... Windows 7 Benchmarks Windows 7 News all 23 news articles More...

iTunes Update Fixes Minor Bugs, Adds Features PC Magazine 8.1 also fixes a bug I have experienced ever since I bought my iPod and on which I harped in my "Why iHate iTunes" blog on AppScout: The calendar synch from Outlook works! Too bad I've since bought a BlackBerry and won't use this feature. ... More...

Suddenly, Windows 7 builds are leaking at a rapid clip. Here's a first peak at build 7057, hot off the torrents... More...

I recently set up Vista Business on a notebook in an AD domain. Then I added the domain admin account into the *local* administrators account based on this blog: 'Manoj Nagpal's Blog | Add domain user to local vista administrator group' (http://www.manojn.com/blog/post/2008/06/20...ator-group.aspx) However, I am still required to actually type the administrator name and password by UAC. How do I reset things so I only have to click 'Continue'?? UAC is a good thing but I don't want to have to type this over and over again... I had it working like this on a previous Vista install, so I know it works... Thank you, Tom -- tom12010

In a post from CNET on CEO Barry Crist comments: Apple significantly helped Microsoft “get it right” with Windows 7. Our technical team has looked at the Windows 7 beta. This is a team that doesn’t throw out idle praise and certainly doesn’t pull any punches when reviewing Microsoft technology. To say that the early [...] More...

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