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  • Communicating Windows 7

    Typically when Microsoft ships a new OS (like Windows Vista), we immediately start talking about the next version-which begs two questions: 1) is Microsoft working on a new version of Windows, and if so, 2) why aren't you talking about it? I thought I would spend a minute giving you an update on...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by Admin on Tue, May 27 2008
  • Gates: Windows 7 will "take less memory, be more efficient"

    It can be argued that Microsoft's main focus with Windows Vista was security. While sceptics try to claim that there has not been much improvement, Vista does appear to be Microsoft's most secure OS to date. Nevertheless, it's far from perfect, and not only on the security front. While many...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by Admin on Tue, May 13 2008
  • Shipping Seven: An Ongoing Dialog About the Next Windows Part Two

    Since writing Part One of this series back in January 2008, a number of things have happened with regards to Windows 7, the next Windows version. First, there's been an amazing amount of silliness and speculation about the Windows 7 release date, in part due to off the cuff remarks from outgoing...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by Admin on Fri, Apr 11 2008
  • Exclusive: The Five Pillars of Windows® 7 (part 1 of 5)

    The old idea where Microsoft bases an operating system on central pillars? It’s back, and with a complete refocus of priorities. Looking back, the original pillars of Longhorn were Avalon (WPF), Indigo (WCF), and WinFS, as well as the pseudo-pillar which was referred to as “Fundamentals.” No longer does...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by Admin on Thu, Apr 3 2008
  • Windows 7: Microsoft's New MinWin Kernel Not So New

    If you follow tech news at all, you may have seen reports recently that Microsoft is preparing a leaner new kernel for the next major Windows release, codenamed Windows 7. Dubbed MinWin, this new kernel is notable for a few reasons. First, it's the first major bit of actual news about Windows 7 yet...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by martin on Tue, Dec 18 2007
  • Inside Windows 7 -- what we know so far

    You'd be forgiven for missing it, but Vista turned a year old last month. November 30, 2006, marked the official launch of Vista to the business community: the first part of an odd two-stage liftoff which was followed two months later, on January 30 2007, by the mainstream consumer launch at which...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by martin on Thu, Dec 13 2007
  • Windows 7 Touch Features To Blow Us Away

    Rob Bushway from GottaBeMobile.com found an interesting little blurb by Hilton Locke regarding Windows 7's Touch Features: Microsoft's Hilton Locke , who used to work on the Tablet PC team and now works on the Windows Shell team, let us know today that if we are impressed with touch on the iPhone...
    Posted to News (Weblog) by martin on Wed, Dec 12 2007
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