This is a great image from the Microsoft Connect beta site to it’s beta testers: Perhaps the authors need to be a bit more careful with editorial review before publishing?
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If you installed the Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) you will by now have noticed that your computer keeps shutting down every 2 hours, as Microsoft have now decided to end the Windows 7 beta. So, what can you do now until the official version is released on October 22nd? Well, the good news is [...]
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There has been a lot of buzz lately about Google’s announcement that they’re working on and hoping soon to release the Google Chrome OS – a light-weight browser operating system clearly targeted at running web applications on NetBooks and other PC’s. Well, as many people have pointed out (including Microsoft), Google already has another operating [...]
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Windows 7 E doesn’t come with an internet browser installed, thanks for the great foresight and wisdom of the EU (NOTE: sarcasm!). To get a browser you had to have either a 2nd PC to download one on, or download one before installing Windows 7 E so it can be installed after the clean install [...]
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The latest RTM build candidate for Windows 7 (build 7264) has, of course, slipped out onto the internet. However, for those wishing to play with it there is a problem – the keys supplied by Microsoft for the previous beta and release candidate builds won’t work on this build. Not to worry – there is [...]
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As reported on engadget, Google has named the hardware vendors it is partnering with that will provide solutions with the Google Chrome OS on them. The list also, interestingly, includes Adobe, so support for Flash is probably a safe bet.
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Google has today announced on its blog that it is producing a Google Chrome operating system -Introducing the Google Chrome OS. This has been a long-running rumour for several years now, being exacerbated by the release of the Google Chrome browser last year. From the Google Announcement it appears that the Chrome OS will be [...]
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According to neowin.net and various other sources Microsoft is due to make a big announcement on Monday. There rumours are already rife – could it be in response to Google’s announcement of the Google Chrome OS? Is it something to do with Microsoft’s Gazelle (see this layperson’s overview on zdnet.com)? Could it be an announcement [...]
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As neowin.net reports, Microsoft are planning to release the RTM (Release To Manufacturing) version of Windows 7 on July 13th.
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Are you one of the many many people that have been downloading the latest Windows 7 ISO’s from the internet? Until now, it’s not been easy to validate that the ISO is genuine, and hasn’t been hacked and had spyware added. Well, this lifehacker post describes a neat little utility that allows you to quickly [...]
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