Microsoft: Who said we’re calling it Windows 8?

February 9th, 2010 . Filed under: News. Tags: ,

In one of the posts on the MSDN Blogs, the product manager working along with the Windows Update team discussed about what’s coming in the next version of Windows. The post appears to have now been removed by Microsoft. [Read More...]

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Microsoft’s Atlas and Interpublic Group Ink Ad Deal

February 9th, 2010 . Filed under: News. Tags:

Microsoft & Interpublic Group, one of the world’s largest advertising holding companies, today announced they have entered into a partnership agreement in which IPG will designate Microsoft’s Atlas as a preferred ad-server solution. [Read More...]

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Microsoft launches Child-safe Internet Explorer

February 9th, 2010 . Filed under: IE. Tags: ,

Microsoft announced it is backing Safer Internet Day with the launch of a customized version of its popular browser software, Internet Explorer, promising safer surfing for children. [Read More...]

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Icelandic, Welsh Windows 7 Language Interface Packs now available

February 9th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags: ,

Microsoft has released the Icelandic and Welsh Language Interface Packs (LIP) for Windows 7, and are now available for download. [Read More...]

Download IbarraReal Font for Windows 7 & Vista from Microsoft

February 8th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags:

Microsoft is providing users of its operating system, including of the latest version of the platform Windows 7, with a free font, in addition to the items shipping by default with the operating system.  [Read More...]

Troubleshooting the Windows 7 Troubleshooters

February 8th, 2010 . Filed under: Tips. Tags:

While the very efficient & effective in-built Windows 7 Troubleshooters are meant to make your life easy, what if they themselves refuse to work properly, some day,  for some reason!? [Read More...]

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Which folders can be added to the Windows 7 library?

February 8th, 2010 . Filed under: Features. Tags:

In Windows 7, you can include folders in a library from many different locations, such as your computer’s C drive, an external hard drive, or a network. The primary requirement for a new library location is that the content in that location is indexed or is able to be added to the Windows Search index. [Read More...]

The OpenSearch Standard used in Windows 7 Federated Search.

February 7th, 2010 . Filed under: Features. Tags:

Windows 7 introduced support for search federation to remote data stores using OpenSearch technologies that enable users to access and interact with their remote data from within Windows Explorer. [Read More...]

Capture clean rounded images with 7capture

February 7th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags:

7capture is a free tool which allows users to take screenshots of any window removing the background image and retaining semi-transparency. [Read More...]

Share Windows Media Player content from a folder on a network share

February 7th, 2010 . Filed under: Tips. Tags:

Media Sharing will only share local content in the library. Any UNC paths that have been added to the library will not be visible to the UPnP Media Client. [Read More...]

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Fix: Windows 7 or Vista laptop does not resume from sleep correctly

February 7th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags: ,

If you have a portable computer that runs Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008, and lets say you put it to sleep,  while the computer’s lid is open. [Read More...]

Create easy e-mail backups with KLS Mail Backup

February 6th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags: ,

KLS Mail Backup is yet another easy to use freeware backup program that allows you to back up and restore your Windows Live Mail, Messenger, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Firefox, etc, profile files. [Read More...]

Microsoft will no longer serve display ads on Facebook

February 5th, 2010 . Filed under: News. Tags: ,

Facebook has taken full control of its ads from Microsoft. However, Bing will still power Web search on Facebook & will serve up search ads. [Read More...]

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The Mystery of the 3 Music Files in Windows 7

February 5th, 2010 . Filed under: Features. Tags:

When you open the C:\Windows\Media folder, you will notice that it includes Windows sounds & sound schemes. Among them you will find 3 MIDI sequence sound files: onestop.mid, flourish.mid & town.mid. [Read More...]

The Hidden Text Editor in Windows 7

February 5th, 2010 . Filed under: Features. Tags:

Windows 7, like its predecessors, Vista & XP, includes another text editor, apart from Notepad. It is called as the MS-DOS Editor.  To access it, simply type edit in Start Search and hit Enter. [Read More...]

Microsoft releases Valentine, Year of the Tiger themepacks for Windows 7

February 5th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags:

Microsoft has released four more themepacks for Windows 7. With Valentine’s Day approaching fast, to get you into the mood, there is a nice theme Lacy Hearts based on it. [Read More...]

File Association Fixer for Windows 7 & Vista Released

February 4th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags:

We are pleased to release File Association Fixer v 1.0 for Windows 7 & Vista. [Read More...]

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Create a Recycle Bin for USB Drive & Removable Media

February 4th, 2010 . Filed under: Downloads. Tags:

Your USB Drive or your removable media does not have a Recycle Bin unlike your desktop, and as such, anything you delete from it is just simply gone, with no option to recover it easily. You can however create a Recycle Bin for your USB Drive / Memory Stick / Removable Media using iBin and customize it to your needs. [Read More...]

Interesting posts at TWC Forum in the last few days.

February 4th, 2010 . Filed under: General. Tags:

You might want to browse through some of our forum posts. Some are sure to interest you… [Read More...]

Google announces its 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google contest.

February 4th, 2010 . Filed under: News. Tags:

Google has announced its 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google contest for students in the US. [Read More...]

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