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Yet another DirectX 11 Graphics Card from AMD!

Hot on the heels of the ATI Radeon HD 5450 , AMD today has announced the ATI Radeon HD 5570 . The Radeon HD 5570 is designed for small form-factor PCs and it too supports DirectX 11 in Windows 7. You can find the specs for this graphics card here on AMD...

Posted to Windows Experience Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-09-2010

Tags: AMD, Windows 7, DirectX, DirectX 11, Radeon HD 5000 Series, Radeon HD 5450, ATI Radeon, Compatible with Windows 7, Small Form-factor, Radeon HD 5570

January TechNet webcast now available

Missed our TechNet webcast on January 22 nd ? Not to worry, we’ve made the recording available through LiveMeeting. View “Deploying Windows with Volume Activation” now. Thanks! - Jodi

Posted to Genuine Windows Blog by Jodi Kogan on 02-08-2010

How Do I Love Thee, Windows Home Server?

What better way to prepare for Valentine’s Day with our extended Windows Home Server community than to help us help you show the love for WHS! We’ve got a fun Valentine’s Day promo to announce to kick off the celebrating – thru everyone’s favorite…some...

Posted to Windows Home Server Blog by Moira Whidby on 02-08-2010

Tags: Windows Home Server, Protect, Organize, Home Server, Backup, Back-up, PP3, marketing

Bloomberg: “Microsoft Outpaces Apple in Customer Satisfaction”

It is great to see the excitement for Windows 7 translating into customer satisfaction with Microsoft overall. Earlier this week, Bloomberg posted an article headlined “ Microsoft Outpaces Apple in Customer Satisfaction” that examined data gathered by...

Posted to Windows 7 Team Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-06-2010

Tags: Windows 7, Customer, Customers, Momentum, Bloomberg, Customer Satisfaction

AMD Announces Low-cost DirectX 11 Graphics Card

Earlier today, AMD announced the ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card – the latest addition to the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of graphics cards. The ATI Radeon HD 5450 will cost less than $60 (USD) for a 512MB memory configuration and supporting DirectX 11...

Posted to Windows Experience Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-05-2010

Tags: Hardware, AMD, Windows 7, DirectX, DirectX 11, Graphics, HTPC, Radeon HD 5000 Series, Home Theater PC, Graphics Card, Radeon HD 5450, ATI Radeon

HP MediaSmart EX495 Review – Maximum PC

A review of the HP MediaSmart EX495 was posted yesterday on Maximum PC’s web site. Author Norman Chan reviews the new MediaSmart and compares it to last year’s EX487 model. Chan states that “The improvements HP made to its flagship Windows Home Server...

Posted to Windows Home Server Blog by Nicole Berett on 02-04-2010

Tags: Windows Home Server, Hewlett-Packard, MediaSmart

Preventing spam and phishing using e-mail authentication

Hi, my name is John Scarrow and, in conjunction with other product groups, I oversee service abuse and security issues for Windows Live and other Microsoft products such as Internet Explorer. Building from Dick Craddock’s previous post , I’m going to...

Posted to Inside Windows Live by JScarrow on 02-04-2010

Tags: social networking, Windows Live ID, Windows Live, Hotmail, spam, E-mail, Email, SmartScreen, Internet Explorer, phishing

Using Sensors in You Application – Managed Part 1

So far we covered the Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform architecture ( I Can Feel You – Using the Windows 7 Sensor Platform ), and Using Sensors in Your Application – Native Part 1 . This post introduces the managed API for using sensors. In future...

Posted to Windows 7 for Developers by Yochay Kiriaty on 02-03-2010

Internet Explorer 8 Officially Becomes World’s Most-Used Browser

This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report . Their report shows that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most popular browser on Windows with 27.9% usage share, but that it now has 25.6% of market share across all OS...

Posted to Windows Experience Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-02-2010

Tags: Security, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Online Safety, Modern Browser, Phishing, Safety, Internet Explorer 6, IE6, SmartScreen, Net Applications, Phishing Filter, SmartScreen Filter, Product Lifecycle, Market Share

Dell Launches Alienware M11x 11” Gaming Laptop

Unveiled at CES in early January, Dell today is launching the highly anticipated extremely portable gaming laptop: the Alienware M11x . At CES, the M11x won both CNET's Award for the Best Gaming Product at CES 2010 and IGN’s Award for Best Computer ....

Posted to Windows Experience Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-02-2010

Tags: Dell, 64-bit, x64, Windows 7, Games, Alienware, Windows 7 PC, Alienware M11x, Gaming PC

Sony Announces VAIO E Series Windows PCs

Today, Sony has announced a new series of VAIO Windows PCs – the VAIO E Series . This new 15.5” laptop will come in 5 high-gloss colors: Caribbean Green, Iridescent Blue, Coconut White, Hibiscus Pink and Lava Black. 3 matte colors can also be chosen:...

Posted to Windows 7 Team Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-02-2010

Tags: Announcement, PC, OEM, Sony, 64-bit, VAIO, Windows PC, VAIO E Series

Using Sensors in Your Application – Native Implementation, Part 1

After a quick overview of the Sensor and Location Platform - I Can Feel You – Using the Windows 7 Sensor Platform , it is time to start digging into the API. We’ll start with an overview of the Win32 API to understand the data flow and then will review...

Posted to Windows 7 for Developers by Yochay Kiriaty on 02-02-2010

Tags: Windows 7, Microsoft, Sensor and Location, Sample Code, Windows API Code Pack

Syncing Windows Home Server, Zune and Windows Media Center!

Windows Home Server was a large part of CES this year. I was pleasantly embraced by all you fellow Windows Home Server users and I joyfully shared the new features sets that Power Pack 3 empowered your home server with. The beautiful thing about our booth...

Posted to Windows Home Server Blog by Joel Burt on 02-01-2010

Vote today for Windows Home Server!

It’s the first day of February, and that means we’re entering the long awaited ‘ Award Season’ in earnest. Grammy’s, Oscars, Golden Globes, etc. are taking up all the headlines. And it’s no different in the technology...

Posted to Windows Home Server Blog by Mark Pendergrast on 02-01-2010

Tags: Windows Home Server, Team, Community, Data Vault, Hewlett-Packard, OEM, partner, marketing

Jordan Brand taps into key Microsoft technologies to help celebrate its 25th Anniversary

Jordan Brand will be celebrating its 25th year anniversary at this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend . During this celebration, one way that Jordan Brand would like to engage with consumers is through rich experiences enabled by new and emergent technology...

Posted to Windows Experience Blog by Brandon LeBlanc on 02-01-2010

Tags: Silverlight, Deep Zoom, Windows, Windows 7, Multi-Touch, Silverlight 3, Windows Touch, Windows Azure, Multitouch, Surface, NBA All-Star Weekend, Nike, NBA, Jordan Brand, Microsoft Surface, Social Mosaic, Mosaic 23/25, Technology