Forget Windows Vista, Vienna – Omnigo is Fast Approaching
Well we have already had enough of Windows. Microsoft has Service Packs for Vista and Windows XP lined up. Then we came to know that they also have Windows 7 lined up as the successor to Windows Vista. And Now we have Omnigo that will be the next generation of Operating System from the Microsoft Stable. Omnigo will not be based on DOS like all other versions of Windows have been till now. It won’t be called as Windows Omnigo but just as Omnigo. Omnigo is being built for future... Read The Rest →
Windows Vista SP1 Beta Officially Launched
Microsoft has finally released an official Version of Windows Vista SP1. True the rumors on the internet there are no new features that have been added in the Service Pack while some components have got enhanced functionality and features. The Beta release is expected to be available in a couple of weeks time. The Standalone version of the service pack is pretty huge and comes in at about 1GB for X86 Architecture. Also you need atleast 7GB of free space to install the Service Pack. Here are some of the... Read The Rest →
Installing IE 6 on Windows Vista [How To]
If you are a web designer or web developer, then you know how important it is that the sites you design look and function the same in multiple browser environments. This is easily achieved by simply downloading the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Gecko, Konqueror, Opera and what ever you choose. But what about Microsoft Internet Explorer? It is next to impossible to run side-by-side versions of IE. Most designers use more than one PC to accomplish this. There are ways to hack earlier installations of Mirosoft IE to... Read The Rest →
Hotmail Users Get Extra Storage
Email storage seems to be the buzzword these days. First it was Yahoo giving unlimited Storage for its mail accounts and then it was google giving paid upgrades to extra storage on GMail, and this time around its Windows Live Hotmail Users who have been given a storage bump. Microsoft made a series of announcements yesterday regarding updates to the Windows Live Hotmail service.Standard users now get 5GB of storage, while paid MSN Premium and Hotmail Plus accounts now get 10GB of storage. Now with all this i feel that... Read The Rest →
Microsoft Launches A New Live Homepage
Microsoft has just released a new Live Homepage where you can find all the goodies from Microsoft at a single place.And to add to the cool factor of this homepage, it has some super sexy looks and also with the passage of day it changes according to time and location ,like the Google Personalized Homepage does.. Here are some screenshots for your curiosity. I decided to go on and I set the location to Udipi (This is where I Live) and the Screenshot looks like this Honestly speaking the new... Read The Rest →
Windows Live Folders Coming Soon
Microsoft is now entering the file sharing platform with the upcoming Windows Live Folders. The homepage looks interesting, right now its in a private beta, so I couldn’t really register and see for myself what exactly was on offer at Live Folders. Here are some features of Windows Live Folders Personal Use personal folders to back up important files that are only for you. Get to your files from any computer with Internet access by signing in with your Windows Live ID. Shared Shared folders make it easy to collaborate... Read The Rest →
Windows Live Hotmail Down
This weekend many Hotmail users have been reporting problems in accessing their accounts. They are getting errors like Server is Temporarily Unavailable etc.. while they try to log into their accounts.Microsoft acknowledged the problems immediately. Confirmation of the email service’s downtime served to inform frustrated users of what was happening, but they still had to wait a few hours before Windows Live Hotmail was up and running again. Microsoft announced that only a limited group of users were impacted, having been locked out of their accounts. “Just wanted to let... Read The Rest →
Microsoft Making Its Own P2P Client
Microsoft is making a P2P client codenamed Avalanche. Better Known as Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD). It is a free P2P technology similar to what BitTorent already provides. According the information given on the MSCD webpage The Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD) is a peer-assisted download manager capable of securely downloading specific files. MSCD is intended for consumers who are downloading from a home PC, or business users whose computers are not behind a corporate firewall. If you use MSCD from behind a corporate firewall, you may be unable to... Read The Rest →
What Will Windows 7 Look Like?
Microsoft hasn’t said what features will be in Windows 7, but analysts have some ideas of their own. I am sure most of you have already heard about Windows 7, the successor to the not so popular Windows Vista. Its barely been half year and Microsoft is already busy in preparations for its successor. Though Microsoft hasn’t said anything about what features to expect in Windows 7, but analysts have already started predicting what we should really be expecting in the upcoming version of Windows that is due in about... Read The Rest →
Silverlight RC1 is here
Tim Sneath, one of the lead developers of the Silverlight RIA(Rich Internet Platform) has announced the release of Silverlight RC1. Here is a brief Snip of the release announcement. Since the beta we released at MIX, we’ve fixed approximately 2000 bugs and work items and we’re now feature complete with the final JavaScript-based API. This version of the runtime is vastly more stable than the beta release: our stress test runs show improvements of two or three orders of magnitude in many cases, and the product demonstrates the polish one... Read The Rest →
