SkyDrive Explorer is exactly what you'd expect: a plugin that puts the Windows Live SkyDrive service (25GB of free online storage) right in your Windows Explorer.
Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/11/skydrive-explorer-exactly-what-youd-expect.ars
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I had the pleasure of attending our HP press tour to launch many of our new products this month, and let me tell you - across all of our product lines, we’re offering better performing and more visually pleasing desktops than ever before and they’re all Windows 7 ready. You’ll find that we offer a variety of quality desktop PC’s for consumers, small businesses, Enterprise and Public Sector customers – from the stylish HP TouchSmart 600 for the home to our powerful HP Compaq 6000 Pro series for business.
Check out some of the highlights that we shared on the press tour:
Touch really does make the computing experience come alive. We’ve been innovating in Touch since 1983 when we launched the first touch PC, the HP 150. Fast...
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Windows 7 will change the ways you interact with your PC. How you ask? Windows Touch.
Touch refers to the way Windows lets you interact directly with a computer using a finger. Compared to using a mouse, keyboard, or pen, touch can be much more engaging, natural, and convenient.
The Windows Touch technology in Windows 7 is an evolution of the technology that is rooted in Windows Vista. In Windows Vista, single-touch input improved the interaction when using the pen stylus and the mouse of earlier Tablet PC platforms. With Windows 7, users can directly manipulate their computer environment through multitouch for the first time. Users can use a variety of gestures directly on their computer screen to move data, including...
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In case you haven’t already heard, I wanted to let you know that we’ve launched Internet TV in Windows Media Center for Windows 7 users. Internet TV lets you watch videos from a variety of providers via the Internet right in Windows Media Center in addition to live and recorded TV (if you have a TV tuner for your PC).
For Windows 7, Internet TV has been updated with enhancements to the UI and features more content from new content providers. Those providers include the CBS Audience Network, Zune (Full Zune Video Podcast Library available), MSNBC, MSN, and more.
And you can access Internet TV right from the Guide in Windows Media Center!
Internet TV is currently now available for free for people running...
Volume seven of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7) - part of Microsoft's commitment to providing an unparalleled level of security intelligence to help keep individuals and organizations better informed and to maximize security investments - was released today and there are a couple of tidbits in the report that caught my attention that I thought I would pass on. As a reminder, the SIR is published by Microsoft twice per year and looks at the data and trends observed in the first and second halves of each calendar year.
The first thing that struck me while reading through the report is that for the first time, the SIR shares some high-level security best practices from countries that have consistently exhibited low...
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Direct X 11 on Vista :D
Four more job postings were posted this month that mention Windows 8. From them, we can glean a few small tidibits about Windows 7's successor.
Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/job-postings-indicate-microsoft-looking-ahead-to-windows-8.ars
The Windows Marketplace for Mobile client provides users a streamlined experience to purchase and install applications on their Windows Mobile 6.5 devices (coming soon for 6.1, and 6.0).
As you will notice when installing applications, the user interface is different from the typical CAB file installation (see below) perhaps you are used to.
It is very important that the Marketplace install experience be uniform and streamlined. To keep it this way, no custom UI (errors, prompts, informational messages, etc.) should be displayed during installation or uninstallation.
If you absolutely must display custom UI, there are some things you should know about the Marketplace client.
The Marketplace client achieves a...