With details about Windows 7 about to be unveiled at PDC2008, it looks like some OEMs are beginning to let slip some info about their devices that are going to incorporate the touch capabilities included in the new OS. DigiTimes is reporting that Asus is readying touch screen Eee PCs for the first or second [...]
Drumroll. Microsoft has announced through the Windows Vista Blog, (curious) that the next version of the Windows operating system will be called…. wait for it, Windows 7. Yes, we’re supposed to hear details coming out of PDC, and yes, this is supposed to be a big deal, but now we know what we already have [...]
We’ve suspected this to be the case for some time now, and it looks like the Professional Developers Conference 2008 will indeed feature the unveiling of info on Windows 7. According to Denise Begley, Steven Sinofsky will be delivering the keynote and developers will be able to get their hands on pre-beta bits of Windows [...]
No surprise here at all if you’ve been following the news. Microsoft is now saying that the Windows Live applications, including Mail, Photo Gallery, and MovieMaker, will replace their predecessors that have existed in previous versions shipped with the Windows OS. This makes sense on a lot of levels for Microsoft as more and more we [...]
Thinknext.net has posted a ton of Windows 7 screenshots for those “I’m a PC” folks. Technorati Tags: Windows 7
Yesterday, Loren Heiny responded to a post by Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky about customizing Windows and the many responses that they have received from users, some of whom think that allowing users to turn features on or off based on how they plan to use their computers. In the post he listed the Tablet PC bits [...]
It looks like we might start hearing some info on Windows 7 relatively soon. Microsoft has a new blog, Engineering Windows 7, authored by the Silencer himself, Steve Sinofsky, and Jon DeVaan, who is in charge of the Windows Core Operating System. There’s not much info being blogged yet, except for some corporate speak about [...]
Microsoft will be putting Multi-touch into Windows 7, but you’ll need a monitor equipped to handle it right? Albatron looks like they may be first out the gate with a desktop monitor to do the trick, with a 22 inch (1680 x 1050) monitor. Albatron uses a sensor on each side of the screen and [...]
When there is an absence of information it creates a vacuum. After last week’s declarations from Steve Sinofsky that Microsoft won’t be talking much about Windows 7 in the ways it has talked about Windows Vista, Microsoft officially created the vacuum, with the exception of the tid bit of news that Windows 7 would incorporate [...]
Sumocat has been talking up a storm in our Multi-Touch Scenario article, and went a bit further and penned this fantastic essay talking about multi-touch possibilities in Outlook. Sumocat does a really good job strengthening the argument that multi-touch can indeed be a great tool for business users. Sumocat wraps up his essay with this [...]
Thanks to BetaNews.com, we just learned that Microsoft’s newly unveiled PDC 2008 web site features some special sessions geared just for Windows 7. It looks like Microsoft has decided to begin talking about Windows 7, after all. There are four Windows 7 sessions listed that will be of interest to a lot of developers, and [...]
Word from the D6 highlights blog is that Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates will be demoing the new user interface in Windows 7 at the D: All Things Digital conference. Let’s hope they show some touch!
With rumors abounding that we’ll hear something about Windows 7 at D6: The All Things Digital Conference later this week, comes a CNet News.com interview with Steven Sinfosky, the Microsoft honcho behind Windows 7. There are a few nuggets to be found in the interview but only a few. For example, the plan is to [...]
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