Archive for August, 2009

Enda Flynn from the TechNet Ireland Team has just tweeted that Windows 7 will hit MSDN and TechNet at 18:00 GMT. Source: here Update: Windows 7 now available for download!

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 11:24 | 0 comments
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Brett Johnson just posted an interesting to link to a review on another UC Blog, it covers off the Cisco integration of Office Communicator and OCS. Brett does mention: “More on this subject later…. It’s a fun time I can tell you ;)” Interesting stuff… Source: here

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 11:19 | 0 comments
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I know there is a lot of buzz about Windows 7 at the moment, which is great because this was not so much the case when Vista was launched. However one of things that Vista did introduce was user access management (UAC) and as with a number of Vista “enhancements” it was criticized heavily. Whilst […]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 20:50 | 1 comment
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Virtual PC overview: Windows Virtual PC (RC) is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology that allows you to run many productivity applications on a virtual Windows environment, with a single click, directly from a Windows 7-based PC. For more information about Windows Virtual PC, please visit the Windows Virtual PC website. Windows Virtual PC supports the […]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 15:12 | 0 comments
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ZDNet have published a detailed performance comparison focussing on Windows XP, Vista and 7, what is particularly interesting is that they chose three types of hardware – low/high end and mobile. In conclusion: “In Windows 7, Microsoft has succeeded in providing an OS that’s likely to meet the performance requirements of consumers and business users alike. […]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 08:56 | 0 comments
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Not everyone has switched to Bing (yet), even given reported growth of 1.24% in July. But there is definitely a buzz in the air when it comes to the daily pictures posted on the Bing homepage. Now you can use the desktop slideshow functionality within Windows 7 to display them all by using Long Zheng’s […]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 at 07:55 | 1 comment
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