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“Windows 7″ the Next Best OS?
There has been lots of brouhaha over the release of the trial version of Microsoft’s new operating system “Windows 7″. Chip maker Intel and Microsoft have now said that the new OS will save a great deal of power and also will have faster booting times. After all the negative criticism for their earlier operating system Windows Vista, Microsoft hopes that the new OS will perform as promised by them. Microsoft said that it has been working with Intel in a partnership to develop a better and faster OS and now they are pretty happy with the outcome.
The partnership named Wintel involved hundred of engineers and started off the very next day Windows Vista was released. After the Windows Vista was highly criticized, the team worked to bring the next OS with the stylish aspects of Windows Vista and the efficiency of Windows XP. In a recent press conference in San Francisco, engineers at Microsoft showcased the new operating system’s efficiency based on a number of parameters. All the test results showed a significantly improvement from than the earlier operating systems the most noted being energy efficiency which showed a gain of about 20%!
Microsoft To Try its Luck (Again) in the Mobile Arena
Like someone had quoted earlier, Microsoft is not where it thought it would be and its attempts in the mobile arena has been really lame. Smart phones are the fastest selling product in the mobile market and has shown a significant increase in sales comparing to last year. Symbian OS based phones rule the market with an approximately 50% while Microsoft’s Windows Mobile trails back with a 9%. But with the launch of its new mobile phone software, Microsoft is hoping to make a fortune in the smart phones market.
Microsoft has no idea as to how many mobiles would feature the new Windows Mobile version 6.5 but official sources said that they had several operators and smart phone manufacturers signed on for this. Among the mobile operators that have signed in are AT&T, Verizon,Orange,TMobile, SK Telecom and DoCoMo while the handset makers that were signed in are Acer,Toshiba, HTC, Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung. This new software is the only hope for Microsoft to revive its glory in the mobile arena!
K7 Computing Launches K7 TotalSecurity Version 10.0
K7 Computing, who are very big in Asia with over nine million customers (including a quarter of the Japanese market), has announced its release of K7 TotalSecurity Version 10.0, Internet Security Software to help safeguard users from virus threats, spyware and hackers.
No more Windows E – Europe Will Get Full Windows 7 Plus Upgrade Editions
Either Microsoft or the EU are doing a U turn about the propose Windows 7 E, the version of Windows 7 without IE. Microsoft’s Dave Heiner has announced that plans for Windows 7 E have been abandoned at the last minute. Read more…
Windows 7: A Gamer’s Delight?
The soon to be released final version of Windows 7 is expected to be a great platform for gaming. People who aren’t contented with their game play experiences with the XP or Vista need to check out the Windows 7 to get the best of their games. Now the most pertinent question in most of your minds would be - How can Windows 7 be better than the Windows Vista or XP with respect to gaming? or How can Windows 7 be a gamer’s delight? Read more…
Firefox 4.0 Mock up: What’s New?
Ambitious Mozilla is always working to keep Firefox on top of the browser wars. It released Firefox 3.5 a month ago, recently released screen shots of Firefox 3.7 and now one more Firefox 4.0.
At their wiki site Mozilla has released two mock up themes for Firefox 4.0. These are named A and B.
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Macs and OS X are Cheaper than PCs Just Look at the Family Pack
The idea of a family pack which allows your operating system to be installed on multiple computers in your home was first promoted by Apple with the OS X Family Pack. It has now been confirmed that Microsoft is copying Apple (again) and releasing a Family Pack for the upcoming Windows 7.
Earlier this month keen blogger Kristan Kenney was poking around in a recently leaked build of Windows 7 Home Premium and ran across the term “Qualified Family Pack User” in the Microsoft Software License Terms. This started a rush of blogging about if Microsoft will release a Family Pack for Windows 7.
Well, it has now been confirmed. Brandon LeBlanc of Microsof has confirmed the rumours in the Windows 7 Team Blog.
Windows Home Server gets ready for Windows 7
With the October 22nd launch date for Windows 7 barely three months away, Microsoft is preparing other members of the Windows family to play well with the new OS.
This weekend saw a public Beta of the free Power Pack 3 update for Windows Home Server. PP3 supports silent backup and recovery for Windows 7 system, compared to the current WHS behaviour of backing up a Windows 7 PC but also showing a misleading notification by the host PC’s Action Centre which claims there’s no backup in place.
Windows 7’s aggregated storage of user files into virtual folders known as Libraries is also recognised by PP3 with the shared Music, Photos and Videos folders on the home server visible as part of the network’s Library set. Users can add other server-resident folders to personal or shared libraries.
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Windows Home Server gets ready for Windows 7
VLC Media Player 1.0.0 Out
Three months after the release of version 0.9.9, the VLC developers have announced the release of version 1.0.0 of their popular VLC Media Player, code-named Goldeneye. VLC is a free open source cross-platform multimedia player for various audio and video formats. Version 1.0.0 of VLC is a major release and, in addition to numerous bug fixes, includes several new features, new formats and new codecs.
GFI Backup Home Free Backup and Sync Software
Here at the Hi-Tech Squad we don’t often “recommend” software but there are two critical bits of software that everyone needs a good anti virus and good backup.
For the anti virus the best free offering is AVG Free and for backup we just found out about GFI Backup…
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