tgdaily.com - 10/27/2008
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PDC 2008 Preview Microsoft will give us a first glimpse at Windows 7
this week and will introduce developers to core components of the new
operating system. So far, Microsoft used every opportunity to
underwhelm customers when talking about its new software. Is this part
of a carefully crafted ...
arstechnica.com - 10/28/2008
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arstechnica.com —
Microsoft has given us a first glimpse as
Windows 7. The taskbar has changed significantly, and there
are a number of other changes we have screenshots of. Read More...
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First look at Windows 7's User Interface
blog.retrosight.com - 10/28/2008
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blog.retrosight.com —
If you are attending the 2008 Professional Developers
Conference you received a pre-beta Windows 7 build today
(6801) which contains many features the Windows Media Center team has been developing over the past year. It’s my pleasure to take a few ...
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Windows Media Center in the PDC Build of Windows 7
blogs.msdn.com - 10/23/2008
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blogs.msdn.com —
Follow-up: Windows Desktop Search The discussion and email
about desktop search offered an opportunity for us to
have a deeper architectural discussion about engineering Windows 7. There were a number of comments suggesting alternate implementation ...
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Engineering Windows 7
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Windows 7 to feature GPU acceleration like Apple's Snow Leopard?
Engadget —
... A first true glimpse of Windows 7, Microsoft's Vista successor, is T minus 1 day and counting. So far we know very little. Oh sure, it supports multi-touch and takes 1,000 engineers to code but the real details will emerge from Tuesday's kickoff to ...
First look at Windows 7 with GPS acceleration
PR News: —
... core components to what the new OS has to offer. So far Microsoft has not said that the new Operating System is going to be the next big thing, they have gone for the understated approach, which is what they should have done with Vista.
Microsoft does hope that Windows 7 will be good enough to get them back on track, following the huge failure of Vista. One thing that Windows 7 has up its sleeve that could help it becomes a good OS, and that is GPS acceleration.
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Windows 7: PDC 2008 Preview
CrunchGear —
... There’s a nice, long summary of most of the news regarding Windows 7 here, but if you’re following it at all, only a few things will be new. For instance, there’s a session on GPU acceleration for applications, which is news to me, and although there are no specifics yet, things like ...
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PDC 2008: Day 1 live blog —
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Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing unveiled —
I4U News 10/27/2008
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