Microsoft has this week revealed a bunch of new online services that essentially transforms its Windows Live site into a social network. The changes, which include updated photo sharing, e-mail and instant messaging capabilities, have received mostly positive reviews from Web 2.0 industry observers. “Think of Windows Live as the single place where people using [...]

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Microsoft is planning to embrace more web technologies and with this in mind, they have decided to deliver Office Web applications. This is essentially going to be lightweight versions of Office, available through your browser. There will be versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote available through your browser. This will make Office apps more accessible, [...]

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We have already talked about Windows 7 for download and some of the locked features that were not available in the standard download. Then along came Rafael who found out how to unlock the superbar. Well now he has relesed a cool little tool called “Blue Badge”. This download will unlock even more features in [...]

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At the WinHEC conference, Microsoft has begun to introduce their hardware partners to some of the new features that will be available in Windows 7. In particular, Microsoft is looking to showcase the features available that will allow their hardware partners to create an even better experience for their customers. The main features that microsoft [...]

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We have just received quite a few emails asking about unlocking the superbar/taskbar in Windows7, so here is the info you need. Originally this feature was only for certain users such as Microsoft staff and probably a few other privileged users. But it didn’t take long for someone to figure out how to crack open [...]

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As most of you may (or may not) be aware, there was a demo version of Windows 7 handed out at the recent Professional Developers Conference. The version handed out is build 6801, which had some cool stuff such as the new superbar. Well it is probably no surprise that this pre-beta of Windows 7 [...]

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A Command Console Utility is essentially a shortcut through your start menu to access important functions of your computer. To use a Command Console Utility you can simply open your start menu and type the command line in start search, it should then show up. Below is a list of some of the more common [...]

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