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New Windows 8 Features for the Beta

As it’s evolving between Milestone 3 and Beta, Windows 8 still has to spend quite a lot of time in the oven before its fully baked, this much has to be clear. There’s a lot to Windows 8 that the public hasn’t seen yet, and in this regard, the Beta Build will do a much better job at revealing just w...

4 October 2011
13:51 GMT

Windows 8 Up to Build 8063.0.110804-1922, Onward to Beta

Windows 8 has yet to reach the Beta development milestone, even though Microsoft is approaching the moment when it will deliver the first deep insight into the next major iteration of its Windows client. Sources familiar with the evolution of Windows 7’s successor reveal that Windows 8 is still in the Mileston...

8 August 2011
03:52 GMT

Leaked Windows 8 Build 7989 Hints at Hyper-V 3.0 Features

On its way to the M3 milestone, the final step before moving into beta, Microsoft's Windows client has just got a new build leaked and made available for download via various sites. BetaArchive, which broke the news on the availability of this new leaked build, also made available a series of screenshots to pro...

20 June 2011
07:57 GMT

Motorola XT883 (Milestone 3) Goes Official in China

Today, mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless carrier China Telecom announced the launch of a new handset on the market in China, the XT883, an Android 2.3 Gingerbread-based device that comes as the third product from Motorola to sport the Milestone name. The mobile phone should arrive on shelves with...

17 June 2011
04:06 GMT

Microsoft: We’re Readying Windows 8 for Early Testing

With the Windows 8 development process approaching the Beta milestone, Microsoft is gearing up for the first public preview of the operating system. The Redmond company offered the first official taste of the next major version of Windows earlier this week with Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President, Windows E...

4 June 2011
04:03 GMT

Windows 8 M3 to Leave Room to Beta Soon, Reportedly

Microsoft is reportedly close to wrapping up the last development milestone of Windows 8, leaving it to focus entirely on the upcoming Beta of the operating system. Windows 8 is currently in the Milestone 3 (M3) stage of the development process, according to third-party reports, since the software giant has not conf...

27 May 2011
12:41 GMT

Pre-Unlocked and Pre-Activated Windows 8 Leak Available for Download

The genuine Windows 8 testing releases provided to legitimate testers come accompanied with product keys designed to activate the operating system. Even though leaked copies of Windows vNext managed to make their way into the wild, the same is not valid for the product keys offered by Microsoft to members of its sel...

14 May 2011
02:48 GMT

Windows 8 Build 7959 Is a Feature Build Lab Release

Although the vast majority of Windows 8 releases never get even more than a mention outside of Redmond, let alone a little time in the spotlight, the Windows team compiles new Builds on a daily basis. It is the case of Windows 8 Build 6.2.7959.0 Milestone 3 (M3) which was recently leaked in the wild, now offered for...

9 May 2011
10:57 GMT

Leaked Windows 8 M3 Build 7959 Activated with Beta and RC Keys from Its Predecessor

Although there are multiple hacks designed to bypass the activation mechanism in Windows 8, it appears that users don’t have to go to all that trouble in order to actually activate the latest leaked copy of the operating system. Build 7959, which belongs to the Milestone 3 (M3) development phase of Windows 8 i...

6 May 2011
12:24 GMT

Windows 8 Build 7955 Activation Hacks Make It Genuine

Soon after Windows 8 Build 7850 Milestone 1 was leaked in the wild, various tools started emerging, designed to activate the first leak of Windows 8 as well as unlock the new features that Microsoft had locked away from prying eyes. It should then come as no surprise that the hacks have evolved to also deal with Win...

2 May 2011
10:58 GMT

Windows 8 Build 6.2.7959.0 M3 Leaked

Downloads of a new Windows 8 leak, Build 6.2.7959.0, are now available in the wild, offered through various illegal sources, including popular torrent trackers. Windows 8 Build 7959 was leaked at the end of the past week, following two previous releases of the next generation operating system from Microsoft, namely ...

2 May 2011
03:54 GMT

Leaked Windows 8 Build 7955 Activated with Free Windows 7 Beta Product Keys, Reportedly

Leaked copies of Windows 8 can be activated by using nothing more than the product keys that Microsoft supplied for the Windows 7 Beta program, according to reports from users that jumped the gun and started testing Windows vNext already. Some unofficial Windows 8 testers even note that additional Windows 7 product ...

27 April 2011
03:00 GMT

Windows 8 M3 Leak – Be Careful What You Download, Especially Today

I’m seeing growing excitement on a possible leak of Windows 8 later today or by the end of this weekend on a variety of sites, and I do understand that the first bits of Windows 7’s successor are awaited with bated breath. There are quite a few users absolutely ready to jump the gun and grab an early pre...

1 April 2011
14:11 GMT

Download New Leaked Windows 8 M3 Wallpaper

 The third Milestone stage of Windows 8 brings with it a new wallpaper which has already been leaked in the wild. Users can see a portion of the new Windows 8 Milestone 3 background image on the left as well as download the actual wallpaper (at a resolution of 2560x1600) via the links at the bottom of this artic...

31 March 2011
08:55 GMT

Windows 8 Available for Download via Microsoft Connect, Reportedly

Microsoft is broadening the testing program for the next major iteration of Windows, according to various sources. Reports indicate that Windows 8 bits are now available for download through Microsoft Connect, the Redmond company’s distribution and feedback hub for pre-release software. It appears that the sof...

29 March 2011
10:16 GMT

Windows 8 Testing to Start This Spring for AVAST, Says CTO Ondřej Vlček

Testing involving the next major iteration of the Windows iteration is scheduled to start later this spring for AVAST Software, chief technology officer Ondřej Vlček revealed exclusively for Softpedia. Our very own Lucian Constantin met with Vlček earlier this month for a chat on avast! 6 (and much much more), and s...

18 March 2011
04:22 GMT

Windows 8 M3 Leaks Reveal New UI, Aero Light, Reportedly

The latest round of leaked details involving the next generation of the Windows client seems to be revealing a twist on the Windows Aero graphical user interface. Two new leaked screenshots provide a glimpse at what sources call the Aero Light design for Windows 8. Users will find the images included below, along w...

15 March 2011
14:21 GMT

Windows 8 Evolves to Milestone 3, Beta Is Next

Although there’s no official confirmation from Microsoft, Windows 8 has reportedly evolved to the next stage in its development process, and the last one ahead of Beta. Leaked information available since last month had previously revealed that the software giant was planning to start the coding process for Win...

2 March 2011
03:41 GMT

New Leaked Windows 8 Screenshot Reveals Some Evolution, Albeit Minor

Yes, the Windows client is evolving (could it be any other way?), and a recently leaked Windows 8 screenshot seems to be offering a glimpse of one change introduced since Windows 7 was released. As it’s heading toward Milestone 3, Windows 8 becomes available for testing to more and more early adopters. Illustr...

23 February 2011
13:31 GMT

Windows 8 Leaked Roadmap: M3 Coding Start by the End of February 2011

Microsoft will start building the last pre-Beta development milestone of Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7, by the end of February 2011. The information comes from a leaked roadmap that details the major development focus areas of the Milestone 2 phase. It appears that the software giant will start coding Window...

22 February 2011
02:55 GMT

Windows 8 Development Process Still in the Early Stages

Microsoft makes it a point of not sharing all of interim Builds of next generation product available to all testers, and this is also the case for Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7. But although there isn’t much information available on Windows vNext, the company is hard at work building the operating syst...

21 December 2010
10:58 GMT

Windows 7 M1 Build 6519 vs. Windows 7 M3 Pre-Beta Build 6801

Moving from Windows XP onward to Windows Vista, Microsoft completely overhauled the installation process of the Windows client. The blue background of the XP install was scrapped altogether, and replaced with a much friendlier Aero-inspired wallpaper. But the changes in terms of visual style only came to accompany th...

8 November 2008
07:22 GMT

Windows 7 Pre-Beta User Interface Advances

Windows 7 is in no way making an exception from the traditional Windows client development process  and, in this context, the evolution of the graphical user interface is among the last aspects of the product to be implemented. Early Windows 7 Builds including Milestone 1 and Milestone 3 feature a visual style e...

30 September 2008
04:52 GMT

Performance Evolution: Vista SP1 to Windows 7

Windows Vista was nothing short of crucified for backpedaling in terms of performance compared to its precursor, Widows XP. But one thing that Microsoft cannot afford is perpetuating the Service Pack 1 myth. Meaning exactly what it managed to do with Vista. Fact is that the RTM version of Vista is no contest in terms...

29 September 2008
06:14 GMT

Forget Windows 7 M3 Build 6780, Windows 7 Pre-Beta Is Coming

Hot on the heels of the leaked Windows 7 Milestone 3 Build 6780 details, Microsoft confirmed that the first public taste of Windows 7 is approximately a month away. Situated between the M3 Build 6780 and the first fully fledged Beta of the next iteration of the Windows client, the pre-Beta development milestone of Wi...

25 September 2008
05:36 GMT

Windows 7 Pre-Beta Availability Confirmed

Microsoft is making headway with the building process of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, and is gearing up to release a development milestone of the operating system at the end of next month. Microsoft's professional Developers Conference in Las Vegas, between October 27-30, 2008 will be syn...

24 September 2008
12:33 GMT

Windows 7 M3 Build 6780 Leaked Screenshots and Videos

With Windows 7 Milestone 3 out of Redmond, it was only a matter of time before the latest release of the next iteration of the Windows client would share the same fate as Milestone 1, dropped in December 2007. The first leaked screenshots and videos of Windows 7 M3 Build 6780 are available for the general public, in...

22 September 2008
03:38 GMT

Windows Scenic UI for Windows 7

Mum's still the word on Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 and the first implementations of the Fluent/Ribbon graphical user interface into default components of the operating system, as far as the company's official mouthpieces for communications go. But with Windows 7 M3 out of Redmond details, as scarce as...

18 September 2008
11:48 GMT

Windows 7 Build 6780 M3 and the Fluent/Ribbon User Interface

Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 represents the first time in the evolution of Windows Vista's successor when Microsoft introduced the Fluent/Ribbon graphical user interface into the operating system. Default components of the next iteration of the Windows client including Paint and WordPad are now featuring the...

17 September 2008
12:13 GMT

Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 Is Live

Microsoft has made yet another step forward in the evolution of Windows 7, past the Milestone 1 and Milestone 2 builds already available, with M1 even leaked outside of the testing program. In this regard, Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 is live. The Redmond giant has failed to confirm any detail related to the actu...

16 September 2008
05:09 GMT


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