downloadsquad.com - 4/24/2009
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While the partner page Microsoft put up a few days back announcing the availability of the Windows 7 RC turned out to be another minor slip-up, the results in Mininova's index are a bit more real. You guessed it - the Windows 7 RC build (7100) has been leaked. Unlike previous builds where the ...
Windows 8 starts to come into focus
blogs.zdnet.com 4/21/2009 — I get questions periodically about whether Windows 7 marks the end of the Microsoft operating system road. The short answer is no. And there are two new Microsoft job postings for Windows 8 to prove it to the doubters.
Windows 7 RC date, Classic-like XP mode official
electronista.com 4/25/2009 — Microsoft on Friday confirmed the readiness of both the Release Candidate for Windows 7 as well as a new approach the company is taking to support legacy Windows XP apps. The developer now says that its recently leaked Release Candidate will be ...
Windows 7 on a netbook - My verdict
blogs.zdnet.com 4/30/2009 — I've been running Windows 7 on a Samsung NC10 netbook for some months. With the Windows 7 Release Candidate now leaked, it's time for a verdict on whether Microsoft's latest OS is suited to these tiny portable PCs.
Confirmed: Windows 7 RC to the public on May 5
betanews.com 4/27/2009 — By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Leaving not much time for folks to stew in the rumors over the latest "leaked" builds (plural) numbered 7100 of the Windows 7 release candidate -- one of which may have been legitimate -- Microsoft decided late ...
Windows 7 release candidate leaked —
DVICE Atom Feed
The final version of Windows 7 might be just around the corner. In fact, right now on the various BitTorrent sites, you can snag a 32-bit or 64-bit copy of what's been widely rumored to be the release candidate of Windows 7, specifically Windows 7 RC, build 7100, in a file named ...
Windows 7 RC builds leaks: Nothing to see here —
SuperSite Blog
So the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) build (7100) has leaked to the torrents. People scramble. Downloading ensues. Sadly, there's nothing new to see in this build. If you've been following along with my coverage of all the post-Beta builds over the past few months, you've already seen ...
Windows 7 Release Candidate has been leaked! —
ithinkdifferent
That’s right. It’s now available in the interwebs, in both x86 and x64 versions. The build string is the same as I had posted earlier 7100.0.090421-1700 . To be sure that the ISO is original, Long has posted the file hash of the 32 bit build of Windows 7 RC.
CRC32: E8A1C394 MD5: ...
Windows 7 RC (7100) out early on torrent trackers —
Download Squad
While the partner page Microsoft put up a few days back announcing the availability of the Windows 7 RC turned out to be another minor slip-up, the results in Mininova's index are a bit more real. You guessed it - the Windows 7 RC build (7100) has been leaked. Unlike previous builds where the ...
Windows 7 RC leaked to torrent sites —
TechSpot
It was bound to happen sooner rather than later, Windows 7 build 7100 which was unofficially declared the release candidate build has been leaked to torrent sites on x86 and x64 flavors. This comes just days after Microsoft posted and then retracted from its Partner Program website that the RC ...
Windows 7 Release Candidate out in the wild! —
Redmond Pie
Just found this on Windows 7 Center Forums that Windows 7 Build 7100 Release Candidate for both x86 and x64 versions has been leaked on the Internet. The build string for Windows 7 Build 7100 RC is 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 which means that it was compiled on 21st April 2009.
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Leaked W7 RC infected with Trojans —
Mobility Site
According to news published today at MSFN , some of the copies leaked of W7 RC are infected with Trojans, something that does not surprise me at all.
Various torrents of the Windows 7 RC have been infected with a Trojan that, if allowed to run successfully, could open a security hole in a ...
Windows 7 Release Candidate Released —
Gearlog
Quicker to install, more polished and customizable, and easier to use than earlier builds, the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is a nice step towards finalization of the operating system. And you thought the Windows 7 Beta was good! The Release Candidate feels just a touch faster, ...
Windows XP Mode Found In Windows 7 —
Ubergizmo
While Windows 7 Release Candidate was leaked out on Torrent Trackers last week, we have now uncovered news of a Windows XP Mode in Windows 7. Assuming all goes well as the Windows XP Mode functions as advertised, this means Windows XP applications will be able to run on Windows 7 without any ...
Windows 7 RC vs. Vista SP 1 – Gaming Performance —
ithinkdifferent
Adrian Kingsley over at Hardware 2.0 has done another comparison between Vista and 7, keeping XP out this time, and based on gaming performance. He doesn’t reveal any accurate numbers for his benchmarks as that is against the Windows 7 RC EULA ( I wonder if using a leaked build is against that ...
Windows 7 RC scheduled for release next week —
Download Squad
A leaked copy of the release candidate for Windows 7 may have hit the gray areas of the internet this morning, but Microsoft isn't quite ready to distribute the OS to the general public. The company is very close to being ready though. In a blog post this morning, the Windows 7 team ...
Leak activity around Windows 7 suggests RC will be on time —
Betanews
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews With the general expectation that Build 7100 will be the initial release candidate for Windows 7, the usual suspects have started proliferating in the dissemination of compilations of the system that contain that number. One of them could very well be an actual ...