A Japanese Microsoft blogger has mistakenly posted a screenshot of what appears to be from the latest build of Windows 7.
If you are a regular developer of WPF and Silverlight based application then you must be aware of XAML – A XML based standard language created by Microsoft which is used in Windows Presentation Foundation / Silverlight stack of .NET Framework 3.0 and above.
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In his keynote address at the MIX 09 conference at the The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Scott Guthrie, the Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Platform at Microsoft announced the beta availability of Silverlight 3 along with a Preview version of Expression Blend which enables us to develop Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using the newly released Silverlight 3 Beta 1.
Apple showed off a preview of the new upcoming OS for iPhone which will offer 1,000 new APIs for developers, and deliver over 100 new features. The iPhone OS 3.0 will ship in summer 2009 and will be free to all iPhone and iPhone 3G customers.
Well folks, Microsoft has already rolled out the Beta version of Silverlight 3. Silverlight 3 was expected to be announced by Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Platform in his keynote today at MIX 09 in Las Vegas.
If you have missed your plane to Vegas or are stuck gambling in a casino, you can still watch the live keynote form The Venetian in Las Vegas with Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Platform and Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research.
Well here it is. Starting from Windows 7 Build 7057, the most prominent and talked about change is the new Windows login and shutdown screens which is equipped with flower ornaments on a gorgeous looking aqua-bluish background.
Windows 7 Build 7048 includes some cool new icons. Here is a full illustration of all the new icons included in this Build(7048) of Windows 7. All these new icons from Windows 7 Build 7048 can be downloaded here.
Microsoft has included some awesome new wallpapers in Windows 7 Build 7048 which I have compiled in a pack, and shared it with you all.

