Microsoft has a new label for the imagery designed to personalize Windows 7. “A desktop background, formerly called wallpaper, is a picture on the desktop that provides a backdrop to your open windows,” the company revealed on a webpage in the Windows 7 online hotspot dedicated to personalization. The nex... |
21 March 2009
08:40 GMT |
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The leaked 32-bit variant of Windows 7 Build 7048 followed the 64-bit release of the operating system's development milestone to torrent trackers. Both releases made it out of Redmond into the hands of company partners and from there in the wild where the bits are available for download for all users with a BitT... |
10 March 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Microsoft is making consistent progress with Windows 7’s evolution from the Beta to Release Candidate. And make no mistake about it, all Windows 7 development milestones superseding Build 7000 (Beta) are from the RC-branch. The latest release from Redmond to make it into the wild is Windows 7 Build 7048, sporti... |
7 March 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Microsoft is indirectly confirming Windows 7 Build 7048 from the Release Candidate branch by stating that Internet Explorer 8 can indeed be removed from the operating system. The software giant says that it's about giving users choice and control, when it comes down to functionality in Windows 7, designed to per... |
6 March 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Windows 7 Build 7048, the latest development milestone of the next iteration of the Windows client, allows users to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the operating system. Well, in all fairness, they will be able to turn IE8 off. Traditionally, Internet Explorer has been shipped as a default component of the Windows op... |
4 March 2009
12:17 GMT |
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Build 7048 of Windows 7 started off as what was interpreted as fake reports, but continually became contoured in the past couple of weeks, and, following information and screenshots emerging in the wild, the actual bits for the development milestone were leaked and are available for download. Microsoft remains loyal ... |
4 March 2009
02:56 GMT |
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Whether or not Microsoft has actually gone as far as Build 7048 with the development of Windows 7 remains unconfirmed through the company's official channels, however, information available in the wild, along with leaked screenshots of the build, seem to indicate the validity of such a scenario. Still, given the... |
3 March 2009
03:48 GMT |
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The next iteration of Windows is evolving at fast pace through the development milestones, now that it is past the Beta stage and making its way to Release Candidate. Having wrapped up Windows 7 beta Build 7000 in December 2008, with downloads made available to the general public on January 10, 2009, Microsoft is mak... |
19 February 2009
03:44 GMT |
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The first Release Candidate of Windows 7 is beginning to take contour. Following the availability of Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 for the general public on January 10, 2009, and the discontinuation of all downloads on February 12, there has been nothing but complete radio silence from Microsoft on the development of the... |
18 February 2009
03:38 GMT |
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