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  MSDN and TechNet subscribers can now get their hands on the almost final version of Windows 7 while public users will have to wait until May 5. The Release Candidate contains all the features that will be found in the final version and the users can use the RC right till June 2010. That’s [...]

  Microsoft’s not going to be happy with this. After skillfully hiding the actual release date of its upcoming OS, Acer UK’s MD, Bobby Watkins has spilled the beans. 23rd October, 2009 – mark it – is the day when Windows 7 will be available, he said. Actually he was talking about Acer’s Z5600 AIO [...]

Video: Laptop Hunters $1000 – Lauren Gets an HP Pavilion   We know this already but Microsoft has officially declared that owning an Apple product is only possible when you have extra cash to blow off. Lauren has $1000 to spend on her laptop packed with a decent configuration. No prizes for guessing who will [...]

  Ok, we are not sure if this is just another photoshop trick or the real deal, but we won’t build our hopes until more concrete comes out. The two screens claim to be from the Windows Mobile 7 OS displaying the Maps interface and the homescreen. The homescreen is totally different and does away [...]

  Alright, this is not official but German website, Windows Secrets claims to have got their hands on prices of Windows 7 variants. The pricing starts from $199.95 for the Starter Edition and goes up to $319.95 for Ultimate. The Starter Edition which is aimed at netbook users will be available worldwide via OEM partners [...]

  The dreaded nightmare for many has turned out to be true. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available in different flavors, so as to target different audiences. In all, there will be 6 variants – Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets), Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, [...]

  Steve Ballmer in his keynote at the CES announced the availability of the beta version of Windows 7. While MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet subscribers are eligible to get their hands on Vista successor from today, users like you and me will be able to download the beta from January 9 i.e. Friday. Having used [...]

  Microsoft has announced to sell Windows Vista Ultimate Product RED edition OS beginning from December 15th. The Vista Ultimate Product RED copies that were initially started to ship with Dell, will now be extended to all in the retail market. A part of the sale made by Microsoft with this particular edition will go [...]

  We first came to know about Windows Mobile 6.5 from Motorola’s CEO during his interview with PCMag. The Windows Mobile OS which was heard for the first time is actually a real deal. Steve Ballmer on his visit to Australia spilled the beans on the next update of the Windows Mobile OS. Its gonna [...]

  Ray Ozzie from Microsoft did the honors today at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) to unveil their cloud computing service dubbed as Windows Azure. Azure as Microsoft puts it, adopts a software plus service model which means that it will enable the developers to host their applications created on Visual Studio and .NET [...]

  Windows iPhone and iPod Touch users looking to jailbreak the latest 2.1 firmware won’t have to wait now as the smart guys at iPhone Devs have brought the Windows based Quickpwn out of beta to make things easy for you. It can jailbreak both the iPhone generations as well as the first-gen iPod Touch. [...]

  Sony Ericsson’s been calling all the developers to develop apps for their next flagship phone, Xperia X1. They have announced the availability of Software Developer Kit (SDK) which will allow them to create apps which can sit on its interactive Panel. Panel Interface is in short, nothing but a quick access to the nine [...]

  HTC just announced a new smartphone, S740 based on Touch Diamond/Pro design. HTC wants to tap in the smartphone market and thus dishes out a rather tried and tested sleek, slender design of Touch Diamond. The S740 has a conventional number keypad on the front with the QWERTY hidden beneath it. The phone has [...]

  Palm puts down rumors to rest and officially announces Treo Pro. The existence of this device was already known due to leaked PR material and live images published by other sites. The phone as expected, comes with a Qualcomm 400MHz processor which is more than enough to pull WinMo 6.1 Professional OS. Features include [...]

  If PS3 was good enough to run Linux, its Windows counterpart definitely disappointed us. A developer Mopx0 managed to run Vista on his PS3 but after a share of struggle. It took him his PC, Qemu 0.9.1 and Bochs Bios software to setup his modus operandi. He then headed to install the OS on [...]