Microsoft today has released their most awaited flagship product - Windows 7, officially as of October 22nd 2009. Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer led the launch ceremony which was held at an event in New York City. He was joined in by high delegates from Microsoft & their partners including the CEOs from Dell, HP, Toshiba along with hundreds of beta testers and enthusiasts.
The wait is over! Windows 7 will be officially unveiled in a few hours from now on Thursday, 22nd October 2009 at 8 AM PDT in the heart of New York City. This consumer launch event will be hosted by Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation and he will be accompanied by the man behind Windows 7, Steven Sinofsky - President of Windows Division along with usual hardware partners and Microsoft employees.
We will be reporting here Live from The New Efficiency – Windows 7 launch event, held at the Sheraton Hotel, Karachi. The launch event will be held on 22nd October at 08:45 AM and it will be all about exploring how Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and other Microsoft products will deliver on the “New Efficiency”, where cost savings, productivity and innovations come together.
Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu will transform your entire Ubuntu setup to give it a fresh new look and feel of Windows 7. This package is a must have for those of you who prefer the glassy look of Windows 7, but want to stick with their current Linux setup.
The following step-by-step guide will help you enable full Internet Tethering option in iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running the new iPhone firmware 3.1.2 without having to rely on any third party app for this functionality. For those of you who dont know, Internet Tethering is a process which enables you to use your iPhone as a wireless modem to share its Internet connection with a computer via USB cable or Bluetooth interface.
Microsoft has just released Beta 2 milestone of the next version of Visual Studio to its MSDN subscribers. Testers who are enrolled in MSDN subscription program can now download and try out Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 before its public availability, which is scheduled for later this week.
Visual Studio 2010 is a monstrous and the most awaited release which is surely set to have a big impact on Microsoft platform developers in a positive way.
Voice Control is an exclusive feature of iPhone 3GS which enables its users to make phone calls and play music by using voice commands. Some folks over at this forum have released a Voice Control look-alike app for iPhone 3G and iPhone 2G which works and looks almost exactly as it is on iPhone 3GS.
A new Build 14.0.4514.1009 from Microsoft Office 2010 Beta branch has been leaked in the wild, and is now available for download. The most significant change in this leaked build is the new installation procedure for test versions of Office 2010 SKUs. Previously, setup used to ask for product keys after it has been initiated, but now, starting from Build 14.0.4514.1009, Office 2010 will ask you for a special unique installation product key before setup has even started, thus making it difficult for those who try to leech through illegal sources.
If you have got an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS running firmware 3.1.2, then you must have noticed by now that the carrier name or logo on the top left side of the status bar is missing. According to Dev-Team, this is caused due to a known bug in ultrasn0w and PwnageTool and it is purely cosmetic, which means your phone works fine even without the carrier logo in place. Follow the steps below to fix this issue.
HTC HD2 is probably the most awaited Windows phone of this fall! The two major features which gives it an edge over its contemporary popular iPhone 3GS is the high resolution 4.3 inch 800 x 480 capacitive display, and a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash. From all the video demos that we have seen so far, it looks like HTC has finally got a killer phone which is going to prove itself equal, if not better to iPhone 3GS.
