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August 2006
August 29, 2006
Building Vista Buzz
The Windows Vista team announced a limited release of a pre-RC1 Vista build. This build, available to the first 100,000 downloaders, is designed to gain more feedback and get a larger bug hunt out of the way before the full RC1 build is rolled out. Gregg Keizer provides some more details. The release of "Build 5536.16385" coincided with rumors of Amazon.com's sneak peak at the proposed pricing and a January 30 release date.
Posted by John Dorsey at 09:18 PM Permalink
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August 25, 2006
IE7 Public Release 1 Dumps IE6
The Public Release candidate for IE7 was released on Thursday. It automatically deletes the former beta builds (good), but it also deletes IE6 (maybe not so good). Load onto test machines only for now, if you're the belt-and-suspenders type. So far, it seems pretty stable, so maybe load IE6 on the test machine instead.
Posted by John Dorsey at 03:22 PM Permalink
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August 14, 2006
Pimp My Warthog
Microsoft's XBox has been a popular platform for warranty-voiding mods that users have created to run unauthorized games.
XBOX hackers will soon have a chance to go legit with XNA Game Studio Express, an XBOX IDE that Microsoft is releasing in beta on August 30.
XNA Game Studio is a variation on Visual C# Express 200, and includes the XNA Framework, a modified version of the .NET Framework optimized for gaming on Windows and Xbox 360. The package will also contain docs and starter kits to get you up to speed. The "pro-level" XNA toolset, Game Studio Professional, is slated for spring 2007-ish.
Posted by John Dorsey at 02:25 PM Permalink
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August 07, 2006
Prepping for Vista
Peter Hagopian has the low down on prepping for Vista. He's compiled some hardware checklists showing the RAM and graphics demands for the different "editions" of Vista. Peter also walks us through installing and running the beta of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor app, which is test your current system's Vista-bility.
Posted by John Dorsey at 03:15 PM Permalink
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August 02, 2006
Windows Live Spaces Launches
Continuing the consolidation of all things MSN under the Windows Live brand, MSN Spaces was relaunched as Live Spaces. The new service incorporates features from MySpace and other social networking competitors. Microsoft's Mike Torres runs down some of those new features in this video.
Posted by John Dorsey at 06:20 PM Permalink
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