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First Google Chrome OS screenshots leaked?

t’s not much, in fact, these screenshots are incredibly easy to fake. Still, a hastily constructed WordPress blog has been setup to host what are claimed to be the world’s first screenshots of Google’s new Chrome OS — hailed as both a Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X killer or Google FUD generator depending upon who you’re listening to. As the story is told, a Google representative demonstrated a private beta build of the OS to an anonymous Acer parts supplier yesterday, presumably somewhere in Taiwan. The picture above was grabbed breathlessly while the Google rep was distracted. Highlights of the demonstration break down as follows:- More »

Tags: Chrome, First, Google, leaked?, OS, screenshots

OS X Runs (Poorly, We Admit) on Sony Vaio P

Well, looks like it is possible to run OS X on Sony’s teeny Vaio P netbook, but it’s no perfect Dell Mini 9 hackintosh. It looks like a difficult and imperfect crack, yet it still somehow runs better than Vista. More »

Tags: (Poorly, On, OS, P, runs, Sony, VAIO, We Admit), X

Windows 7 E coming to Europe without Internet Explorer

Likely being mindful of the ever-watchful eye of the European Union, Microsoft’s announced its Euro version of Windows 7, affectionately and officially dubbed Windows 7 E, will not come packaged with Internet Explorer, or any other browser for that matter. Of course that’s not the whole story, as OEMs will be provided free copies of IE8 to bundle themselves alongside / instead of other browser options, and consumers can pick up their own copies via CD, FTP, or retail channels. This is undoubtedly in response to the antitrust cases the EU keeps throwing Microsoft’s way, and while we wouldn’t be surprised to see it end up on almost every European computer sold, we do wonder if this will at all speed up IE’s already rapidly diminishing share in the war of web browsers. More »

Tags: 7, coming, E, Europe, Explorer, Internet, to, Windows, without

Fedora 11 packs a next-gen file system, faster boot times, all the joys and pitfalls of Linux

It is more secure operating System :
Linux just gets sexier and sexier, and Fedora 11 just joined Ubuntu 9.04 in the ranks of super modern Linux distros released this year. Fedora doesn’t have all the desktop refinements of Ubuntu, or the wild popularity, but it does act as the underpinnings of Intel’s Moblin, and the Sugar OS, and doesn’t shy away from the future. Fedora 11 makes the bleeding edge ext4 filesystem the default for installs, which speeds performance and improves data integrity — Ubuntu offers ext4 as an option, but some application incompatibilities have caused data loss More »

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How To: Install Windows 7 Beta

This tutorial will guide you every step of the way through installing Windows 7 on your Mac using Parallels Desktop 4.0. Parallels Desktop for Mac allows you to run other Operating Systems (like Windows 7) in a virtual environment, while OS X is running at the same time. Though Windows 7 won’t run as fast in Parallels Desktop as it does via Boot Camp, it is a very easy way to get Windows 7 running on your Mac.

Back in February, I wrote an article for Gizmag titled How to install Windows 7 on an IdeaPad S10 (or other netbook) without a DVD drive, which got you up and running with the beta that was released in January.

It’s written with a Windows XP starting point in mind, but if you’re running Vista or the Windows 7 beta it’s even easier – you can skip the business with the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and just format the drive to NTFS using the built-in formatting tool by right clicking on the flash drive and hitting “Format”.

If you’re using Parallels Desktop for the first time, an Introduction window will appear. Otherwise, click File -> New Virtual Machine…. Click Continue.

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On the Operating System Detection screen, select either the Real CD/DVD-ROM Drive option if you have Windows 7 burned to DVD (and make sure the disk is in your DVD drive). If you’re using an .iso image, select CD/DVD Image, click the Choose… button, navigate to your Windows 7 .iso file, select it and click OK. When you’re ready, click Continue.
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Tags: 7, Beta, How To: Install, Windows

How to Get Windows 7 Beta Key Right Now

So many people are searching the internet for ways to get Windows 7 Beta key.

The big news for yesterday was the free Windows 7 Beta download, which was only made availbe to the first 2.5 million users who subscribed to it. There are many other users who did not get a chance to download the latest Operating System, but thanks to Helmers Blog , they know a way of acquiring an official Windows 7 beta key.

On there website, they posted two direct links to where you was able to get the free Windows 7 Beta OS downloads. There were two made available, x86 (32bit) and x64 (64 bit). Below are details of how to get this key:

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Tags: Windows 7, windows 7 beta key

Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program (CPP) Official URL Lives

Windows 7 Beta program registration URL is now live, although the registration process, and hence download of ISO and beta product key appear to be not yet working. The beta program for Windows 7, Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program is providing pre-release version of Windows 7 available to the first 2.5 million people who download, slated to begin anytime now on January 9, 2009.

The Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program can be accessed via the following URL, which is hosted on TechNet Evaluation Center.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

If you attempt to register for the beta download, the following error will appear after profile is been submitted:

Error

The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day.

The stop error is displayed on https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/productkeys/win7-64/enus/default.aspx or https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/productkeys/win7-32/enus/default.aspx. However, you can already start downloading the Windows 7 Beta ISO via leaked 32-bit Windows 7 beta ISO, while waiting for registration to open to get a genuine working beta key to activate the installed copy.

It appears that the previously leaked Windows 7 beta download page URL (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx) also been redirected to TechNet site.

Both Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for downloading. Each version is available in five languages: Arabic, English, German, Hindi (32-bit only) and Japanese.

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Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 DVD ISO Image Torrent and NamiPan Download

If indeed the Windows 7 initial first beta release will have the build version number of 7000, the DVD ISO image of the 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 6.1.7000.0, 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso, has been leaked to Internet.
The downloaded ISO image will have the MD5 hash value and size

File: 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso
Size: 2618793984 bytes
MD5: f9dce6ebd0a63930b44d8ae802b63825
SHA1: 6071184282B2156FF61CDC5260545C078CCA31EE
CRC32: AABA5A48

To download the Windows 7 Beta1 full ISO image, download the following torrent
to download the content in any BT client:

7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso.torrent
Demonoid Link: Windows_7_Beta_1_7000_0_081212_1400_iso_o-Demonoid.com-o.torrent
Mininova Link: 7000 [mininova].torrent

Another alternative way to download is by using Namipan file hosting (net disk or web drive space) service. Namipan is a China based file hosting service. As the Windows 7 Beta1 full DVD ISO is in hot demand, the HTTP download has been disabled. Thus, those who intends to download the ISO through Namipan must download NamiRobot (some interface in English, mostly in Chinese), which also serves as a peer-to-peer (P2P) downloader. Download and install the NamiRobot by using one of the direct download links below:

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Tags: beta iso, Windows 7

Windows 7 Multitouch Media Transfer Makes Our Hands Tired

Multitouch is great. We like it a lot. Except when it’s totally unnecessary and just make our flabby arms tired, like in this demo of a multitouch media transfer application for Windows 7.

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Tags: Media, Multitouch, Transfer, Windows 7

Microsoft Vista Ultimate gets the (PRODUCT) RED treatment

It’s not like (PRODUCT) RED versions of Windows Vista haven’t been shipping on associated systems for months now, but for those who’d prefer to keep the rig they have and just get a colorful / charitable upgrade to Microsoft’s latest OS, this is for you. Listed on the official (PRODUCT) RED website and up for pre-order now at Amazon, the special edition of Windows Vista Ultimate is slated to ship on December 15th. There’s not too many extras here to make you splurge for a second copy (a few new wallpapers and a big warm, fuzzy feeling are definitely nice, though), but those looking to get a new OS and support the push to end AIDS in Africa can buy in now for $219.95 ($64.95 for students).

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Tags: microsoft, RED, Ultimate, Vista