Windows 7

The European Union has just fined Microsoft €561 million for breaking a 2009 antitrust agreement, which they broke by not including a ballet box in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to give users an option to install one of 12 web browsers, rather than just Microsoft's Internet Explorer. At the time, Microsoft agreed to give options for customers to install a default browser from one...

It’s now been 3 years since the announcement of Windows 7 and to kick off Microsoft’s Build conference, Steven Sinofsky started by talking about it’s successes. There’s some impressive numbers thrown out, one of the best news for Microsoft is that Windows 7 has finally surpassed Windows XP in usage. Approaching 450 million...

A little after its 1 year birthday and 300 million licenses sold Windows 7 gets its first Service Pack, SP1, and it is available in its various forms for download to the public. According to sources, as of today, 20% of the worlds internet connected PC's run some form of Windows 7 and work on SP2 is already underway. There are reports of it taking over...

In a new offering to Australian students, Microsoft are offering a Dell XPS 14 with Windows 7 and Office Home and Student 2010 for A$1099. Along with saving around $500 off the normal cost, one key difference with this offer is the introduction of Microsoft Signature. This is the first system available in Australia to include this. If your not familiar with Microsoft Signature,...

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users with a MSDN or TechNet subscription can now get Service Pack 1. Built on the same codebase, the two operating systems will both receive the SP1 update, so what’s included ? If your doing you’re job properly, you’d be paying attention enough to understand Service Packs today are significantly different to what they...

It’s been around a year since the launch of Windows 7, so in the final interview from Tech.Ed last week, I discuss the current state of Windows 7. In an interview with Moragh Blyth and Michael Niehaus from Microsoft we discuss Win7 Service Pack 1, business adoption and a whole lot more. Check out the 11 minute video below. ...

The latest news today from the Microsoft Mix 2010 conference is that Internet Explorer 9 will NOT be supported in Windows XP. A decision that’s already seen the pitchforks out for Microsoft with people claiming it’s just a way to force customers to upgrade to Windows 7. IE9 will support HTML5, CSS3 and SVG2 standards, as well as a brand...

Whilst only a mild .1 update, Apple’s latest Bootcamp drivers make a massive difference to your Windows on Mac hardware experience. One of my biggest issues with my Macbook was the screen brightness could only be dropped to around half of what it was in Snow Leopard. Not only overly bright in a dark environment, this also meant the screen was sucking...