Windows 7 and Windows Sensors Technology...
Ambient Light Sensors (ALU) are used to tweak the UI accordingly to the environment. Left to Right: Normal, strong light, little or no light
Windows Sensors is new and interesting technology that we will see equipped with Windows 7. These “Windows Sensors” enable your computer to adapt to...
Neowin is giving away a free Windows 7 H...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 10 30th, 2008 | 11 Comments
The awesome guys over at Neowin have decided to give away the 160GB external HD preloaded with Windows 7 and the SDK to one member of the community.
All you have to do is to become a Neowin user if you aren’t already one, and leave a comment. That’s it! The winner will be announced at the...
Is there a Windows 7 Build 6933 Leak?...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 10 30th, 2008 | 8 Comments
Although the PDC demonstrations were all done using Windows 7 Build 6933, the build distributed to developers was 6801. This is just to clarify for those who are looking for Build 6933 that there is no such build available to the public. It is highly unlikely that a Build 6933 leak will be online since...
Windows 7 Build 6801 Leaked by Winbeta...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 10 29th, 2008 | No Comments
Sooner or later, we all knew that the pre-beta Windows 7 32-Bit Build 6801 handed out to the thousands of developers that attended PDC would eventually be leaked online. In less than day, WinBeta has already leaked Windows 7 and has a torrent going on at multiple torrent sites . The file is 2.75GB in...
Windows 7 DWM cuts memory usage by 50%...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 10 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments
Source: istartedsomething
An interesting post made by Long Zheng refers to a slide at a PDC presentation. The interesting tidbit is that Windows 7 is able to cut memory usage of each window by 50% thanks to improved GPU utilization and the usage of Direct 3D 10.1.
This is another good reason to...
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