Windows 7 Google Alerts for 02 February 2009

TechFlash | Windows 7 by the end of June? Just in time to skip …
TechFlash – Seattle,WA,USA
Just in time to skip Windows Vista By Todd Bishop on February 2, 2009 at 12:12 PST After running the Windows 7 Beta through its paces, researchers at …
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Microsoft aims to show Windows 7 ‘readiness’
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
After getting dinged for constantly changing plans with Windows Vista, Microsoft is taking the opposite approach with Windows 7. The software maker is being …
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Microsoft denies Windows 7 security feature contains bug
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer February 2, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. insisted today that what outsiders have called a "security flaw" in Windows 7 is not a bug, …
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Georgetown bans use of Windows 7 Beta on school’s computers
TG Daily – USA
The warning also repeats Microsoft advisories that the beta version of Windows 7 could potentially disable antivirus software and additionally cause video …
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Taking the plunge into Windows 7: A switchover story
TechRepublic – Louisville,KY,USA
Now, I’m trying out the Windows 7 beta on it. With Windows 7, I only have two devices for which I am trying to find drivers to make them work. …
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Windows 7, Mac OS X gain market share
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer February 2, 2009 (Computerworld) Although the beta of Windows 7 quickly grabbed one-tenth of 1% of the operating system market share last …
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Microsoft: No Additional Windows 7 Public Betas
Tom’s Hardware Guide – Culver City,CA,USA
The public release of Windows 7 beta is undoubtedly the most exciting thing to happen to PC users so far this year. But it’s only going to happen once, …
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Code aims to bypass UAC security in Windows 7
ZDNet UK – UK
A pair of investigators say they have found a way to bypass the User Account Control feature in Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta. User Account Control (UAC) is a …
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No Second Beta for Windows 7
E Canada Now – Brantford,Ontario,Canada
Such is the case for Microsoft in its aggressive pursuit of Windows 7. Windows 7, which is the follow up to the much debated Vista, has been in the …
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Exploring Windows 7 for Mac users
Apple Insider – Herndon,VA,USA
By Prince McLean Microsoft is getting ready to relaunch Vista under the new “Windows 7” brand, in the hopes that Windows XP users find it worth the upgrade. …
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Windows 7: Windows 7 Touch and Multitouch Video Walkthrough
By Wilson Rothman
The basic touch and multitouch actions found native to Windows 7 are nothing to oooh and ahhh over, but there are a lot of little intuitive moves and conveniences that work well, even in the beta stage. More importantly, developers in …
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MacUser: News: Windows 7 passes beta test
“There’s been such an incredible response, with many folks even blogging about how they have moved to using Windows 7 Beta on all their machines and have been super happy,” Sinofsky said. So happy, in fact, that many are concerned about …
MacUser news – http://www.macuser.co.uk/news/

Windows 7, Mac OS X gain market share | The Industry Standard
By IDG News Service
Although the beta of Windows 7 quickly grabbed one-tenth of 1% of the operating system market share last month, Microsoft Corp.’s OS continued its downward trend, a Web measurement company reported …
Industry Standard Breaking News – http://www.thestandard.com/news/breaking/feed

Windows 7 to skip straight to release candidate stage – The Tech …
All that praise about the Windows 7 beta’s relative polish may not be unwarranted. According to a post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog, Microsoft doesn’t plan to release any additional Windows 7 betas—instead, it will skip straight to …
The Tech Report: News – http://techreport.com/

Microsoft Denies Windows 7 UAC Vulnerability – CIO.com – Business …
By Elizabeth Montalbano
Microsoft is denying that there is a security hole in the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows 7 after a blogger reported it last week and posted what he said was a fix for it.
CIO.com – Security – http://www.cio.com/