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Windows 7 To Be Out This holiday Season

Windows 7 To Be Out This holiday Season

Few days ago, rumors spread out that Windows 7 will be released on October 23 as confirmed by two Acer executives. While Microsoft has always maintained that Windows 7 will be released in 2010, but this time Microsoft executives at Tech Ed North America 2009 announced that Windows 7 will be available from this [...]

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Register For Microsoft Office 2010 Preview

Register For Microsoft Office 2010 Preview

If you are looking to get your hands on Microsoft’s upcoming Office 2010 suite, then here’s a chance to try out the technical preview of MS Office 2010, which is set to be released to testers and developers in July.
Unlike Windows 7, this preview will not be available to everyone but only to those [...]

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Check Out What’s New in Windows 7

Here’s a helpful video showing what’s new in Windows 7 Release Candidate, which was released yesterday. This video explains all of the new interface, menu and design tweaks made in Windows 7 RC since the launch of Windows 7 Beta.

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Available For Download

Windows 7 Release Candidate Available For Download

While Microsoft earlier said that Windows 7 RC will be available from May 5, though it is still May 4 in US, Microsoft has made available Windows 7 RC for public download.
To download Windows 7 RC, follow these steps:
1. Head over to Windows 7 page, scroll down the page a bit, and select language [...]

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Windows 7 Release Candidate More Useful For First 10 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate More Useful For First 10 Months

Though Windows 7 Release Candidate will be valid for 13 months, it’ll be more useful for first 10 months as from March 1, 2010, it’ll start having bihourly shutdowns alerting the user to buy Windows 7, as stated on this Microsoft’s partner page.
While it’ll work well up to June 1, 2010 but after March [...]

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Valid For 13 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate Valid For 13 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate build 7100 has been made available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers and will be available to general public from May 5. One good reason for testing out the release candidate of Windows 7 is that it will be valid for 13 months that makes it valid up to June 1, [...]

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Microsoft Will Offer Updates Even For Pirated Windows 7

Microsoft Will Offer Updates Even For Pirated Windows 7

Microsoft will provide Windows Updates even to pirates copies of Windows 7. Softpedia reports that idea of providing updates to illegal windows copies might seem like promotion of piracy but according to Paul Cookie, director, Windows Client Enterprise Security, Keeping your system updated makes sure it is reliable and remains safe from online threats.

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Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Though Windows 7 will have a starter edition, that is targeted towards netbooks as it’ll be a reduced version of Windows 7 with lesser functionality and a limit of running 3 programs at the maximum. this 3 program limit made Linux guys happy as users would certainly not like netbooks that can only run [...]

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Real time Twitter Search Available to All

Real time Twitter Search Available to All

The real time Twitter search box is now available to all twitter users right on their twitter home page. This search box lets users search for any topic on twitter and search results are shown inline on your home page.
Earlier this feature was available to only select users but from today, it is [...]

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Windows 7 ‘s XP Mode Requires Decent Hardware

Windows 7 ‘s XP Mode Requires Decent Hardware

Last week, Microsoft shared a word about Windows XP Mode in its upcoming Windows 7. Today According to a report from CNet, to use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7, you need to have a decent hardware with at least 2 GB of RAM and a processor that supports chip-level virtualization.
At present chip-level virtualization [...]

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