Microsoft has just announced the pricing of Windows 7. Windows 7 is a major OS Upgrade from previous versions of Windows yet pricing well decided. So here it goes….
Jun 25
Jun 03
After all the Windows 7 release date rumors, Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be releasing on October 22, right in time for the holiday shopping season. The release is only 1 day early to the release date of October 23 given by Acer UK’s Marketing director here.
If you are looking to try out the RC build, then head out to this guide that will take you through the steps of getting Windows 7 RC installed with your current Windows installation.
Jun 01
Microsoft’s Bing search engine just went live on the internet. Bing is not exactly a search engine, its a decision making engine. That’s what Microsoft says. Besides letting you search for quick facts like “Capital of Canada” or “Longest river”, it also searches for options like “Cheapest flight from Dallas to Cincinnati” and lists the flights along with the fare, timings and availability right on the search page, so you can choose conveniently. This could be used for various things like planning a vacation or Shopping online by searching for a product and getting rates of the products in all stores on a single page. Thats awesome! Besides, searching the web, Bing also has Image, Video, News and Maps search. Maps gives you directions and lists local businesses in the area. Another feature in Bing is “xRank” that shows searches made by people living near your region.
To sum it up, Bing is interesting and worth a try. Visit Bing.com
Video after the break.
May 28
Microsoft has just confirmed that they will be releasing Zune HD player - their successor to Zune player. Besides a MP3 player and a HD Video player, it will also serve as a Pocket internet device with WiFi connectivity and a Web browser.
May 19
Microsoft’s Mobile syncing service - My Phone has just entered Public beta. Users can sign up for Free by installing My Phone on their Windows Mobile 6.x phones and signing in with their .NET Passport. My Phone service will Sync your SMS messages, Contacts, Notes and Calendar online just as Microsoft Exchange. However, My Phone only syncs between 5 AM to 11 PM (unless you sync manually) and is not always active like Exchange.
For more information on My Phone, you can refer to this post.
Sign up now.
May 05
Microsoft has just put up Windows 7 RC for public download as promised. They have also sent out E-mails to all Windows 7 bet users about the announcement. Unlike the mistake initially during the beta, Microsoft had restricted the downloads to first 3.5 million clicks and was available only for a few hours. This had made heir servers tremble and all of the servers were down. Later, they removed the download limit and extended the download period. This time, they have specified that there will be NO LIMIT to product keys being handed out and the RC will be available till JUNE 2009 or further.
Apr 30
Windows 7 Builds are releasing frequently now and RC1 is just around the corner. With all the Windows 7 excitement, some are also curious when is Windows 7 releasing. As the Release Candidate is ready, many are expecting Windows 7 to start shipping by June.
However, Acer UK’s Marketing director, Bobby Watkins informed PocketLint that “October 23rd is the date that Windows 7 will be available.” in a discussion. He also mentioned that users who buy a PC within 30 days of release of Windows 7, will get a free upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7.
[Via PocketLint News]
Feb 21
Windows 7 Release Candidate is rumored to release publicly on April 10th. Several sources including Ars Technica have said that Windows 7 development team’s progress is confirmed as being on track for that date.
Lets wait and see as more evidence comes out….
Feb 09
Microsoft has just enriched Hotmail a bit, after the recent Gmail updates. The updates go right from advertisement placement changes to maps and social networking updates. After the Unlimited storage by Yahoo Mail and continuously increasing storage by Gmail, Microsoft has also introduced its ever growing storage. The mailbox capacity keeps expanding as you get more mails. Hotmail had mailbox themes from before Gmail and others but were limited, so now they had added several themes to the collection.
Complete list of features after the break.
Feb 07
Microsoft has powered up their new My Phone website. My Phone is a new MobileMe kind of sync service for the Windows Mobile masses. It allows users to backup their phone into the cloud with a password, manage and update the information from the web app, and restore the backups. Its a re-branding of the SkyBox sync service.
The service will be FREE (something Apple needs to learn) and will be introduces as a invite-only beta at the Mobile World Congress.
Here are additional details:
• It has a 200MB cap, so it won’t sync anything after you fill that up.
• If you sync contacts and calendar to Exchange Server, it won’t sync that data to My Phone, but can still do the rest. Ditto for Windows Live—non-Live contacts will be saved on My Phone.
• It will only run on Windows Mobile 6.x
• Syncing occurs between 11pm and 5am, unless you force a manual sync.
