Neowin's top 5 Windows 7 Features
We've all been playing with Windows 7 for quite some time now, and now that general availability has passed we recently asked the community what their favorite feature of Windows 7 was. We've tallied the results, and just in case you haven't explored these features yet here's an in depth... Read on »
Windows 7 surpasses Snow Leopard in under two weeks
In only two weeks since the official commercial launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7 has managed to surpass Apple's Snow Leopard market share. Snow Leopard has been on the market for three months while Windows 7 has only been on the market for two weeks. Microsoft still stands... Read on »
How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft decided on the wallpaper that... Read on »
Bing aiming to win this Christmas
The holiday season is nearly upon us and Microsoft has signaled it wants to be the search engine for Christmas this year.... Read on »
Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch. According... Read on »
Patch Tuesday for November
Microsoft is set to release six security bulletin patches this coming Tuesday. Three of the six have been labeled as Critical, Microsoft's highest security rating, and three more patches labeled as Important, the second highest security rating. The patches are due to release on November 10 and will focus on... Read on »
Walmart: Xbox Arcade and $100 gift card for $199 on Nov. 7
Rumors have been going around recently regarding a supposedly upcoming Walmart deal, in which an Xbox 360 Arcade will be up for offer, along with a $100 gift voucher, for $199. All of a sudden this morning, the retailer has confirmed the deal, scheduled to hit on Saturday, November 7.... Read on »
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be cutting 800 jobs effective today. The jobs will be cut across many different product groups and about a quarter of them will come from the Seattle area. The final 800 cuts complete the announcement in January that the company would terminate 5000 employees... Read on »
Sophos: Windows 7 vulnerable to 8/10 viruses, FUD alert
FUD - Fear, uncertainty and doubt Yesterday, a senior security advisor at Sophos, who is responsible for working with the security community and communicating information on security threats to IT professionals, posted an entry on his blog entitled "Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses". Given the bad... Read on »
HTC HD2 available in Europe today, US 2010
HTC has officially confirmed that the HTC HD2 will be available today in the UK, Europe and Asia. The HTC HD2 is HTC's latest Windows Phone which includes the latest operating system Windows Mobile 6.5. The HD2 also comes with HTC's latest user experience, HTC Sense. Sense is based on... Read on »
MSN Music Downloads beta service launches today [UK]
Microsoft was originally planning to roll out MSN Music Downloads (beta) back in July this year but due to some quality issues it has finally launched today. Microsoft has penned deals with the four major music labels: EMI, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. The software giant... Read on »
MSN unveils new-look home page
Microsoft's MSN.com has undergone a clean up, focusing on a cleaner look and access to essential information. MSN has also unveiled a new logo to complement the fresh looking web portal. The new site also allows Windows Live, Twitter, and Facebook users to easily update those services from the home... Read on »
DirectX 11 coming to Vista
As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X 11 support, and it was initially thought that Direct X 11 support would remain a 7-only technology. Reports indicate that a platform update is being... Read on »
Inside Windows Azure's data center, one of world's largest
CNet was able to get an exclusive look inside one of the largest data centers in the world, owned by Microsoft to help power cloud-computing with Windows Azure. The secret location of the data center, located somewhere in Chicago, is not your ordinary data center setup, they're in shipping containers.... Read on »
MS: Clean installs from "upgrade media" could be pirating
Late last week, Microsoft published a post on the Microsoft SMB community blog announcing that using any "hack" to install Windows 7 from upgrade media is not necessarily "legal" - and that users do not own the rights to perform such installs from upgrade media using this process. If you're... Read on »
Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface
With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7. Engineers are now hard at work at creating hot fixes for application compatibility and ironing out any bug reports they receive. The same process occurs for every version of Windows once... Read on »
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