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An early look at new Active Directory features
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 include new features in Active Directory, that were announced and explained at Microsoft’s Tech∙Ed Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) conference for IT Professionals in Barcelona (Spain) from November 3rd, 2008 to November 7th, 2008
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Windows 7 Feature Focus
Paul Thurrott: While you could always shell out $60 for a Windows book that teaches you everything from how to use a mouse to the vagaries and history of TCP/IP networking, I think there’s a better way. You’re already a Windows user, so we can make certain assumptions about your needs and wants. And when [...]
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Windows 7 in-depth review and video: This time Microsoft gets it right
Microsoft may call the newest version of its operating system Windows 7, but you may want to think of it as Windows 6.5. In overall look and feel, it mimics Vista, although there are enough changes to make it far more than just a juiced-up service pack.
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Top 5 Windows 7 features Apple should copy
As long as we can remember, Apple has always been viewed as being much more creative and innovative than Microsoft. If there was a new feature in Windows, you could bet that the comparison with Apple would follow almost immediately – and allegations that Microsoft simply copied what Apple had already. There is an ongoing [...]
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Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
One of the new features announced at the recent Windows 7 Reviewer’s Workshop in LA is that Windows 7 will natively support a number of popular media formats, so that users don’t have to worry about finding, installing and downloading third-party codecs.
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Windows Experience Blog How Libraries & HomeGroup Work Together in Windows 7
Brandon LeBlanc: I’ve gotten the chance to play around with the Windows 7 pre-beta build and I feel like a kid in a candy store. There are many new features that I personally am excited about that I hope to blog about over time. To kick things off I wanted to discuss the several new [...]
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Windows 7 pre-beta build: What’s inside
Microsoft isn’t going to show Windows 7 to attendees of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles until Tuesday, October 28. But new info about what’s part of the pre-beta build that will be provided to show-goers is beginning to trickle out.
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Firefox 3.1 beta
Firefox 3.1 beta now available: News – Software – ZDNet Australia
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in brief A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.
The version, intended for testing by developers, was released overnight. According to the Mozilla website, the beta version of the browser contains a [...]