Microsoft Windows 7 : Speech, Touch, Ink

Ina Fried has posted an article over on CNET about an interview that Bill Gates gave after a recent speech at Standford University. He mentioned some very interesting things about the next version of Microsoft Windows – Microsoft Windows 7, to say the very least: … Read more

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 – This Fall?

ZDNet is reporting on the testing of Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). It includes fixes for well over 900 problems (some of which can be fixed with hotfixes released after Service Pack 2 came out in 2004). ZDNet is reporting that SP3 might … Read more

Windows Vista Beta 2

CNET has a video review/preview if Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2.

PC Magazine has put together a special report of Windows Vista Beta 2, which it calls a “critical milestone on the release plan”.

There’s a lot of attention being paid to this beta, (it’s being unveiled in Seattle at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)), because at this point the key features are pretty much locked in, and now it’s being tweaked and fixed in preparation for a launch either later this year or early next. Basically what you see now is going to be 95% of what you see when it launches, hence the interest.

Office 2007 Public Beta (Beta 2)

If you are curious about the new features of Microsoft Office 2007, there is now a Public Beta available, that will allow you to use Office 2007 Beta 2 and its components (Visio, Publisher, Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.). It has a brand-new interface, and places much more emphasis on collaboration.

You can obtain it and the beta keys here: Microsoft.com – Office Preview

Microsoft Windows Vista: Get Ready

Microsoft has unveiled their new website aimed at preparing people for Windows Vista, their next major Operating System and the sequel to Windows XP – Windows Vista: Get Ready. Not slated for release until the end of this year (more than likely next year), nonetheless you can start looking at whether or not notebooks you purchase this year will be capable of running Vista (or more importantly, running it well). Among the information, the official requirements for the two classifications of computers that can run Windows Vista