Peeping at Windows 7 through Web keyholes

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Brier Dudley

Seattle Times staff columnist

Like crocuses in the yard, hints of what's coming in Windows 7 ? the successor to Vista ? are starting to appear.

Enthusiast Web sites are reporting the Windows 7 tidbits as leaks, but I wonder if there's a deliberate seed-planting effort going on, to get software developers excited about the new stuff coming out of Redmond.

Windows 7 chatter really started rolling last week when TG Daily reported that a "milestone" build of the software was released to partners and could ship in late 2009, ahead of the expected 2010 release.

On Tuesday, someone posted an "unofficial review" of the milestone buildNeowin's forums. That was followed by an anonymous but legitimate-seeming comment submitted to the istartedsomething.com blog, "confirming" the authenticity of the review and adding specifics about the project.

The gist of the comment was that there is more cool stuff in the product and connections with Windows Live online services will be "killer."

That comment also described the "measured" approach that Steve Sinofsky is taking. The Windows engineering boss isn't trying to include every visionary improvement in this particular release, so there are likely to be many small changes and a few big ones; some of the team's big ideas will have to wait until Windows 8.

Then blogger Mary Jo Foley joined the fray by posting parts of a vision memo/online manifesto written last summer by three vice presidents involved with Live and mobile services.

Both the memo and the inside commenter talked up efforts to integrate Windows 7 with Live online services, but they don't say "integrate" or "bundle" and instead described "seamless experiences." The commenter even noted that Live isn't getting special treatment in Windows 7 and is using development hooks "that will be available to anyone." Are Microsoft lawyers vetting anonymous blog comments now?

Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brie...56_brier24.html

Ok, so this isn't really news here and the only thing that I find interesting is the article mentioned Neowin's name. The article is currently featured in Business/Technology column of Seattle Times (probably the best newspaper in Washington State).

[Panacik]

Ok, so this isn't really news here and the only thing that I find interesting is the article mentioned Neowin's name. The article is currently featured in the Business/Technology column of the Seattle Times (probably the best newspaper in Washington State).

There is a section for Neowin in the media :). This will probably be moved there mate.

Good to see we are getting recognised though :)

[Colin-uk Veteran]

moved here

[Panacik]

moved here

See! I was right! Yay me! :rofl:

Yeah im in a strange mood :rofl:

[Colin-uk Veteran]

See! I was right! Yay me! :rofl:

Yeah im in a strange mood :rofl:

*moves it back*

:p