One of the features that I am really surprised hasn’t shown up in Windows yet is the 3d interactive desktop. Windows Vista had Windows Dreamscene. Windows DreamScene was a Windows Ultimate Extra. With Windows DreamScene, you were able to change your Windows Vista desktop background to a video clip, which would run in a continuous [...]
So, this is a tougher one to write about. Microsoft have struggled to simplify the control panel for the past several years and iterations of Microsoft Windows. Things got better with Windows 7 as they have made several improvements and it looks a lot more intuitive. Screenshots below… That’s the good news. The bad news [...]
Paul Thurrott has basically confirmed the push by MSFT to try and ship Windows 8 3 years from now. He does however have some disturbing news about the approach going forward… “The plan is this: New versions of Windows and Windows Server will ship in lockstep every three years going forward. There won’t be major [...]
One of the things that has always bugged me about the Windows operating system is how slow the boot up times have been. In fairness to Microsoft, this seems to be something they have started making some progress on. Windows XP took forever to start up. Windows Vista wasn’t that much better but Windows 7 [...]
So there has been a lot of hoopla about 128 bit processing for Windows 8. There has also been speculation that it’s all BS and isnt going to happen. Just what is 128 bit processing anyway? Wikipedia defines it as the following: In computer architecture, 128-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those [...]
Well, Windows 7 has come and gone so we are starting to look forward to Windows 8. At Windows8update.com, every month until Windows 8 is released, we will be giving out $250 a month to the best Windows 8 artwork that we receive as an entry on the site. The rules are simple: It must [...]
Great article by CTOedge about the upcoming Google chrome OS Google is now open-sourcing the development of the system in a project known as Chromium OS. The Chrome OS code base, user interface experiments and initial design are now free and accessible to the public. Although Google does not expect to have a version of [...]
Deviant Art is a good source for all custom extra plugins and wallpapers. One Deviant Art user “mufflerexoz” has created a Windows 8 theme for Windows 7. The Windows 8 theme provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7(Great combination) but there [...]
Microsoft has released two roadmaps at this years Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC 2009) which both seem to suggest a Windows 8 release in 2012. Credit Steven Chapman The roadmaps that Microsoft showcased at the conference show the Microsoft server releases over the years. The first of the two roadmaps does mention Windows 7 (but not [...]
Interesting article about the NSA and Windows 7. You can read it here. To excerpt.. The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress. “Working in partnership with Microsoft and elements of the Department of Defense, NSA leveraged our unique expertise [...]
