Windows 7

Windows 7 Getting (Kinda) Optimized for Parallel Processing

Besides looking a lot like Vista—and we mean a lot—Microsoft has said Windows 7 uses a lot of the same foundation, too, to keep upgrade migraines to a minimum. The problem is that its core ain’t so suited to parallel computing, one of rival Snow Leopard’s few headline features. So they’re actually implementing some deep-level…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Want Windows 7 Super Early? Get Your Conference Pants On

Who isn’t ready for Windows 7? That wiser, stabler, more streamlined OS with Vista’s good looks but an even prettier Start button and an alleged 15-second boot time? Heck, even Bill Gates is excited to get on to the next version. You can get your hands on a “pre-beta” version of Windows 7 by attending…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Microsoft Eliminating Bundled Email and Media Editing Programs in Windows 7

According to CNET, Microsoft has decided to strip Windows 7 of all built-in email and media editing programs and replace them with optional downloadable apps that tap into Windows Live. Microsoft claims that the move was made out of a desire to ensure a quicker turnaround for future OS releases and to provide a more…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Two Tiny Tastes of Windows 7: Fancier Start Button and Nifty Calculator

Last weekend we caught a fleeting glimpse of the latest build of Windows 7. Today, the same source of those screenshots is gracing us with two brief videos. The first is just a very simple clip demonstrating Window 7’s updated Start button glow animation. The second, listed after the jump, demonstrates the powerful new integrated…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Windows 7 Does Look Just Like Vista

We have to agree with Mary Jo Foley, in the latest Windows 7 M3 Build, we see that Windows 7 looks a whole lot like Vista. There are updates for sure, but they’re subtle differences—a return to the Ribbon interface, a simplified start menu, My Documents replaced with Libraries, fewer User Account Control alerts and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Windows 7 Milestone 3 Previewed: Just Like Vista, But With Office 2007 Ribbon UI

Mary Jo Foley, who revealed that the first Windows 7 beta would drop in December and could still make its late 2009 release date, has seen the latest build of Windows 7, Milestone 3, which is just preview build away from becoming Beta 1. The verdict? Other than Office 2007’s loved/hated Ribbon UI sprinkled throughout,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Beta 1 Coming in December (Probably)

While we’re going to get the first glimpse of the geek bits under Windows 7’s multitouchable hood in October, it looks like we won’t get hands on with the first beta until December. Some select special people already have super early builds, but Microsoft queen bee Mary Jo Foley says that Beta 1 won’t see…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Aiming for 15 Second Boot Times?

To be fair, Microsoft hasn’t come out and said that their goal is to have Windows 7 boot in 15 seconds. But they have said this: For Windows 7, a top goal is to significantly increase the number of systems that experience very good boot times. In the lab, a very good system is one…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Windows 7 Engineering Squad Has 1000 Developers Spread Over 25 Teams

Steven Sinofsky, Senior VP in charge of Windows 7 development, has just posted some details on the Microsoft’s Windows 7 Engineering blog on what the internal structure looks like for the upcoming OS. It sounds (at least to us) equal parts logistical nightmare and brute force “1000 monkeys at 1000 typewriters”, with 25 teams divided…

Tech News Jason Chen

First Peek Under Windows 7’s Hood in October

Sure we know about some of Windows 7’s more eye-catching features like multitouch and sweet maps, but Microsoft hasn’t revealed a whole about what’s under the hood, other than that it’ll use Vista’s foundation. According to the new Windows 7 dev blog, we’ll get our first peek at the Professional Developers Conference on Oct. 27…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Will Microsoft’s Midori Project Be a Web-Delivered Windows Replacement?

That’s what SD Times is claiming, based on “internal Microsoft documents” that give more details on the skunk-works research project currently brewing in Redmond. The docs supposedly hint at a fleshed out platform for distributed concurrency-which entails moving what used to be core desktop OS functionality into the cloud for a partially or fully web-based…

Tech News John Mahoney

SanDisk Blames Vista For Slow Deployment in SSDs

You know how solid state drives aren’t very common right now? SanDisk laid the blame for that directly onto Microsoft’s face, accusing Windows Vista of not being optimized for those SSDs. The next-generation drives due out soon require more advanced controllers (the stuff that interfaces with the drive itself), which “need to basically compensate for…

Tech News Jason Chen

Albatron Windows 7 Multi-Touch Screen Is Looking, Feeling Great

It’s only a matter of time before all the major manufacturers flood the market with multi-touch screens ready for Windows 7, but Albatron is ready to show off their technology now. Their flagship 22″ LCD (1680 x 1050) that has a sensor on each side of the display and promises to cost only 20% more…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Microsoft Tells Hardware Manufacturers to Start Testing Windows 7 ASAP Or Face Sweat of Ballmer

Everyone knows how much of a bunglefart the “Certified for Windows Vista” sticker was in determining whether computers worked OK or completely lousily with Vista. Microsoft doesn’t want to repeat this, which is why they’re telling hardware manufacturers to start testing their products with Windows 7 as soon as the first beta is out, unless…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7 Multi-Touch SDK Slated For an October Release

Details on the multi-touch functionality in Windows 7 are only a couple of days old, but it appears that Microsoft is already looking ahead with a multi-touch SDK slated for release at this year’s Professional Developers Conference in October. At that time, Microsoft is expected to “highlight the new multi-touch gesture APIs and explain how…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Windows 7 Features Revealed

Click to viewClick to viewHere’s what Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer revealed about Windows 7 at All Things Digital a few minutes ago. The biggest “feature” is the touch and multi-touch integration, which takes many of its roots from Microsoft’s Surface Table, and will be available as an interface options for other apps. Here’s some…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7 UI To Debut At All Things D Tonight

Windows 7’s UI is going to be unveiled by Ballmer and Gates tonight at All Things D during their interview. We’ll be there, so check back periodically to see what Steve and Bill have, since pretty much all we’ve seen so far is Windows 7 under a Vista UI. [All Things D – Image Credit…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

Microsoft’s Windows chief Steven Sinofsky gave an interview to CNet News, throwing out some tidbits of knowledge on what’s to come in Windows 7. Of the few details Steven actually gave out, the most interesting one is that it won’t be using MinWin, a tiny Kernel that was supposed to replace the one in Vista.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7 and Windows Live to Have Even More Forced Integration

In a move that’s sure to make the EU giddy at the possibility of levying more fines, Microsoft’s been circulating some internal memos brainstorming ways to better connect the next version of Windows with the next version of Windows Live. The author dreams of a system where each user can log into their Live accounts…

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Wants You to Pay Monthly Subscription for Office and Services You Won’t Use

Microsoft is testing a new bundle of fun codenamed “Albany” which rolls Office Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare, Office Live Workspace and some other Live services into a package that you’ll pay a monthly fee for. It’s this kind of thing, turning software into service you have to keep paying for and never actually…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Getting (Kinda) Optimized for Parallel Processing

Want Windows 7 Super Early? Get Your Conference Pants On

Microsoft Eliminating Bundled Email and Media Editing Programs in Windows 7

Two Tiny Tastes of Windows 7: Fancier Start Button and Nifty Calculator

Windows 7 Does Look Just Like Vista

Windows 7 Milestone 3 Previewed: Just Like Vista, But With Office 2007 Ribbon UI

Windows 7 Beta 1 Coming in December (Probably)

Windows 7 Aiming for 15 Second Boot Times?

Windows 7 Engineering Squad Has 1000 Developers Spread Over 25 Teams

First Peek Under Windows 7’s Hood in October

Will Microsoft’s Midori Project Be a Web-Delivered Windows Replacement?

SanDisk Blames Vista For Slow Deployment in SSDs

Albatron Windows 7 Multi-Touch Screen Is Looking, Feeling Great

Microsoft Tells Hardware Manufacturers to Start Testing Windows 7 ASAP Or Face Sweat of Ballmer

Windows 7 Multi-Touch SDK Slated For an October Release

Windows 7 Features Revealed

Windows 7 UI To Debut At All Things D Tonight

Windows 7 Will Have Same Foundation as Vista, Be Mostly Secret Until Launch

Windows 7 and Windows Live to Have Even More Forced Integration

Microsoft Wants You to Pay Monthly Subscription for Office and Services You Won’t Use

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