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In a keynote address at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal...

The new Internet Explorer Beta 1 is available for testing on Microsoft Connect Here is the mail which the Internet Explorer team had send- Greetings from the Internet Explorer Team! We are nearing the launch of Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 and we will be making it available for the...

Secretly a contest is being run by Microsoft for Indians named My 360 Moment .(They cannot hide any such thing from me!!!) Three categories has been added namely Wild,Fun and Whacky.According to the terms and conditions this contest runs from Dec 20th, 2007 to Jan 31st, 2008 and Microsoft can...

It seems that Microsoft is going to release Microsoft Plus for Windows Vista this season!! Future shop is reporting that it would be available around 15th February and would cost around $39.99. This is what the site reads in more info- Releases 15 Feb/08...

Today many beta versions of a new generation of Windows Live software designed for your Windows PC that makes it easier than ever to get connected to Windows Live or other services are going to be released. This suite of software includes e-mail (Windows Live Mail), photo sharing (Windows Live...

Halo 3 for Xbox 360 has gone Gold! That means we delivered a final version to our internal certification group that passed all the tests and is now being whisked away to top secret manufacturing locations to be turned into retail versions of the game – and eventually packaged and sent to stores...

Windows CardSpace is client software that enables users to authenticate to a website or web service using information cards for added security. Information cards contain identity meta data and can be given to a user by an identity provider such as a bank, employer or government or created by the...

The first beta build for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will be made available for download in September via TechNet. As of yet, Microsoft has failed to reveal the actual release date of the beta build for the service pack of Windows Vista. However, the Redmond company did point to a Vista SP1...

Microsoft’s legendary SideWinder line is back, with a new mouse announced this morning at the Games Convention in Liepzig, Germany. The SideWinder Mouse has been designed from the ground up for superior gaming performance, and is brimming with top-end features: A “macro record” button, for...

To mark the 60th Independence Anniversary of India today Google released a new website named Google Labs India exclusively for the people of India. Google has set up a version for India of Google Labs, which it styles as a “technology playground” for products that are in development and require...

XtremeNotebooks has announced the 17-inch Xtreme 917V Accelerator, the first US distributed laptop to feature a quad core processor. The Xtreme 917V Accelerator gaming/workstation notebook features desktop-use Intel Core Quad Q6600 or Q6700 CPU, depending on customer’s choice. Both processors...

Microsoft has created a new search engine application based on the combination of Live Search and silverlight technology.Here is what the site reads- Tafiti, which means “do research” in Swahili, is an experimental search front-end from Microsoft, designed to help people use the Web for...

Microsoft is going to release a new version of its XBOX 360…just for the release of Halo 3! This new 360 will have the color profile of “Spartan Green” and “Spartan Gold” colxbox360or, with a matching ”Spartan Green” controller will come with it. This is not a big of a surprise as they have done...

Windows Live OneCare is an automatically self-updating PC care service that’s on whenever your PC is on, helping provide persistent protection against viruses, hackers, and other threats. It also performs regular tune-ups to help keep your PC running at top speed, and helps you back up important...

Are you fearless in your approach? Interested in promoting the Windows Vista operating system? Are you interested in Shark diving in South Africa, Swinging through Costa Rica's canopy, Trekking on top of the world, Patagonia by kayak and horseback, Exotic rock climbing in Thailand, African...

Navigate to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\xxxx-xx-xx xx.xx.xx.xxx Assessment.WinSAT.xml. Open it with notepad. Approximately one 'paragraph' down, you will see listings between the 'winspr' tags. These listings include 'system score', 'memoryscore', 'cpuscore', 'cpusubaggscore'...

Windows Vista, the latest and currently the greatest OS by Microsoft, comes with numerous improvements, which includes better Power Management. Power Management is claimed to be better with the introduction of the Sleep mode, and ther tweaks which includes timing to turn off the hard disk, show...

While news on the "Live Drive" front has been rather non-existant of late, there are some signs that may be about to change. A new service, Windows Live Folders beta, was recently listed on the Windows Live Feedback site, though it was only a matter of days before it was removed. While it...

Microsoft released many new screensavers for Windows Vista that look great. However, for some reason they never made option screens for them. All of the new screensavers have settings that you can tweak to completely change the look and behavior. Without an options screen, the only way to do...

It is nice to know how to get back to our original "Working" registry when things dont go exactly to plan. I have with XP, used for some years now a lovely little registry backup and optimizer tool called "ERUNT". I am pleased to say that this also works with "Vista". The added bonus ? It's...