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Get Windows 7 features on Windows Vista (Updated)
Updated! OK, I guess this was inevitable. Two Three separate hacks are available to get some Windows 7 features working in Windows Vista. The first, for the new calculator utility, is sort of dubious, but the second two—for Aero Snaps and Aero Shake—are great ideas. Windows 7 Calculator for ...
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DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report
blogs.zdnet.com — November 8th, 2008 DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7? Posted by Ed Bott @... 2:11 pm Categories: Digital media , Windows 7 , Media Center Tags: Media Center PC , Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. , DirecTV , Satellite , H.264 , Media ... (more) DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows ...
Under the Hood, Windows 7 Is Vista's Twin
pcworld.com — At Microsoft's recent Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, the air crackled with anticipation. On the... heels of Vista, arguably the biggest disaster in Microsoft's history, Windows 7 was about to be revealed. A blast of fanfare, and ... (more) Under the Hood, Windows 7 Is Vista's Twin
Windows 7 knows where you are
news.cnet.com — Microsoft program manager Alec Berntson shows how Windows 7 allows programs to take advantage of location-based information,... in this case the operating system's weather gadget. (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News) LOS ANGELES--Windows 7 has a new ... (more) Windows 7 knows where you are
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Get three future Windows 7 features for Vista today
jkOnTheRun — ... Two hacks have already surfaced for Windows Vista that add new features from Windows 7, and I expect we'll see more over the next year. Paul Thurrott points out this hack trio so you can one or both of the following to your Vista machine. ...

Windows 7 Calculator for Windows Vista
Redmond Pie — ... Among lots of other stuff, one of the main focus of Microsoft with Windows 7 has been to give a facelift to the native Windows application like Paint, Calculator  and WordPad which haven’t been updated since Windows 3.x days. So for those of you who weren’t lucky enough to attend this years PDC and get your hands on Windows 7 Pre-Beta can now get the new Calculator application from Windows 7 M3 Build 6801 and run it on your existing machines running Windows Vista. ...

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