Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant. The latest version i.e. 6.5 adds Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7 which enables linking of a Windows 7 user account to a Windows Live ID.
I have always loved the Media Center user experience since its inception in the days when it came bundled with Windows XP Media Center Edition. Windows Media Center is really a highlight of Microsoft design.
Yes that's right! A Russian torrent site is reporting that they have got hold of the latest build of Windows 7 with build string 7022.winmain.090115-1850.
Microsoft has changed the way how Windows handles Gadgets on the desktop. In Windows Vista, Sidebar provided a containing environment which hosted mini-apps built using XML, DHTML and JavaScript. Now starting with Windows 7, Windows Sidebar is no longer required to run gadgets as these mini DHTML based apps can now be placed directly on the desktop without having to have Windows Sidebar running.
Windows 7 enables searching for content on remote locations right from the Explorer itself. Integrating federated search into Windows gives users the benefits of using familiar tools and workflows to search remote data.
Windows 7 Beta was announced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at this years Consumer Electronic Show in Vegas. Today, Microsoft has released the SDKs for both the Windows 7 Beta and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 which is included in Windows 7 Beta. Both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 were shipped with .NET Framework 3.0.
There were some reports from users who tested Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 when it was leaked back in Christmas holidays about a data corruption bug in Windows Media Player 12 which resulted in corruption of MP3 files.
Got a MSDN or TechNet Plus subscription? If you are among those lucky people on earth with either of these two subscriptions then you can now immediately get hold of the betas of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 is the next version of Microsoft Windows for PCs and is the successor to Windows Vista. Hers is a compilation of all the 55 beautiful wallpapers included in the latest build of Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000). Microsoft is expected to unveil Windows 7 Beta to public at CES 2009 in January 09.
I have tweaked the official Windows 7 wallpaper which was seen running on the machines at PDC 2008. The cool-blue wavy wallpaper now carries the official Windows 7 logo.
