Users attempting to upgrade from Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition to Windows 7 Build 7100 (the unofficial RC1 release leak), are greeted with the following "compatibility warning" dialog:
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition’s "Ultimate Extras" have been a constant source of derision and anger from Vista users ever since its release 3 years ago. If the blog [...]
Published by Mahmoud Al-Qudsi February 15th, 2009
in Design, Google, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows
Tags: Chrome, Design, Google, GTK, Linux, Microsoft, OS X, Qt, Software, User Interface, Web OS, Win32, Windows
A recent article on OSNews highlights the changes expected to come in Google’s Chrome 2.0 for Windows and the progress being made on the Linux and OS X fronts for Google’s new browser.
In the article, Ben Goodger, lead Chrome UI developer, states
[Google avoids] cross platform UI toolkits because while they may offer what superficially appears [...]
NeoSmart Technologies’ gallery of Windows Vista wallpapers has been a huge hit over the past several years – despite what anyone might say about Vista itself, its collection of wallpapers and fonts is top-notch. And now it seems that Windows 7 isn’t going to be any different – from what we’ve seen, the wallpapers shipping [...]
Published by NeoSmart Technologies October 29th, 2008
in Corporate Talk, Google, Security
Tags: Authentication, Google, Microsoft, OAuth, OpenID, Security, Standards, Yahoo!
A couple of hours ago, the Google Security Team posted an article claiming that Google’s made the switch to OpenID, joining Yahoo! and Microsoft in the ranks OpenID providers.
But it looks like someone may have been a bit to hasty to pull that switch (perhaps itching to get some of the limelight Microsoft has been [...]
Published by NeoSmart Technologies September 11th, 2008
in Hardware, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows
Tags: Bungie, Ensemble Studios, Gaming, Gaming Consoles, Halo, Microsoft, Software, Windows, Xbox
For the past decade-and-a-half, “Windows” has been synonymous with “PC Gaming” – after all, no other PC platform has managed to satiate the undying hunger gamers are quite famous for. But now it seems that Windows is on the verge of losing its distinction as the gaming platform of choice – with nothing but [...]
Published by NeoSmart Technologies August 18th, 2008
in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows
Tags: Dual Boot, EasyBCD, InfoWorld, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP
InfoWorld has an article out today wherein Randall Kenney of the “Windows Sentinel” team (a program used to monitor system settings and performance to provide aggregate data for analysis) trashes end-user uptake of Windows Vista by revealing that 35% of surveyed PCs that ship with Vista have downgraded to Windows XP.
While that’s a stunning [...]
Published by NeoSmart Technologies July 4th, 2008
in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Microsoft, Software, Windows
Tags: Bill Gates, Free Software Foundation, FUD, Microsoft, Open Source, Richard Stallman, Stallman
Richard Stallman: legendary founder of the Free Software Foundation, purveyor of the GPL, defender of open source. And – as of today – expert FUD manipulator.
Obviously someone was seriously pissed off at the abundance of (largely positive) press coverage Bill Gates has been receiving as he stepped down from his final roles at Microsoft.. [...]
Published by NeoSmart Technologies June 1st, 2008
in Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming, Windows
Tags: Coding, Kernels, Linux, Microsoft, OS X, Programming, Shipping Seven, Windows, Windows 7
A blog titled Shipping Seven has gotten a lot of traffic recently for their article about Windows 7 and the MinWin kernel – namely, how they’re actually one and the same. The argument offered by “Soma” is that Windows Vista’s kernel (which is what Windows 7 will be built on) is MinWin ad that it’s [...]
Ever since we first made available the Windows Vista Recovery Disc for download back in January, we’ve been inundated with requests for an x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it’s finally here!
If you don’t already know what the Windows Vista Recovery Disc is and what’s used for, take a quick look at [...]
As a first-step in our coverage of Windows 7, we’ve created the Windows 7 FactsCentral site, accessible either via our wiki or through the following direct link: http://win7.neosmart.net/
The Windows 7 FactsCentral site is intended to be a one-stop information center, where info about available builds, verified facts regarding Windows 7, etc. [...]