The first major update for Microsoft’s successful Windows 7 has been released. Besides new features, it contains all previous updates and hotfixes published for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Author: J.M.
Reminder: Windows Live Spaces is closing soon
Please keep in mind that the blogging service Windows Live Spaces is closing on March 16, 2011. This affects all existing spaces and their contents.
A dozen new formats for the Google docs viewer
The file viewer Google docs viewer is able to display numerous new document types in your browser, among them Adobe Photoshop- and Illustrator files.
Is Zune’s future in danger?
When Microsoft announced the strategic partnership with Nokia last week, they also talked about the brands that both companies are going to share. It was remarkable that Zune is not one of them.
Google offers bookmarks import tool for Delicious
Google now offers a tool to import bookmarks from Yahoo!’s social bookmarking service Delicious. This way, you can import your contents to Google Bookmarks.
How-to: Paste text without formatting in Chrome
While copying texts to website forms — like your own blog —, the text formatting gets pasted into the textbox as well. This can get annoying. You want to copy texts without formatting?
Long expected: Messenger Plus! 5 released
The newest update for the most prominent Windows Live Messenger extension, Messenger Plus! 5, has been released. It adds support for Messenger 2011 as well as minor enhancements and one major new feature: online chat logging.
IE9 planned for mid-March 2011
Internet Explorer 9 is nearing completion. The IE team announced a big event for 14 March, 2011, celebrating the “beauty of the web.” This is what an invitation in the official Exploring IE blog says.
Internet Explorer 9 RC now via Windows Update
Microsoft has started to deliver the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 via the Automatic Updates feature in Windows 7 and Windows Vista in order to update the Beta.
New Office 15 app planned?
For Office 15, Microsoft is going to include new or additional applications into the Office suite. This is what a recent Microsoft business meeting has confirmed.