After over a week of the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview being leaked, Microsoft has now officially released it to the public to test. This came earlier than most expected because we all thought it was going to be in February.
Many of my readers know that I am an Iowa State University student. Today we had a Program Manager from Microsoft come to discuss the software engineering process that Microsoft uses. He is one of the two Program Managers for the DWM (Desktop Window Manager) department.
For those of you who have pre-ordered your HD-DVD players then this article is for you. Now you have the opportunity to pay double the price in order to get your HD movies pre-ordered. Non-HD movies that normally cost just $9.99 will run you around $25 for the HD version! Guess HD isn't going to be for the faint at heart.
Amazon is selling an Xbox 360 Pro Warrior Bundle for $829.91 on behalf of GameStop.
The thought a few weeks ago that all Windows Vista versions were going to ship on the same CD has been said to be incorrect by Jim Allchin, Co-president of Microsoft's Platform Products & Services Division. He pretty much said that there isn't enough time to gather everything needed and compile it all to the same CD.
If you are an iPod freak, then you probably have every accessory imaginable. There is one thing, however, that you probably don't have yet and its name is Blinkit. Blinkit is a safety flasher/flashlight which plugs into the docking port of your iPod. It is also cleverly designed to prevent the headphone jack from being covered on certain iPods where the headphone jack is next to the dock connector.
If your iPod earbud headphones are broken, then send them back to Apple and they will replace them for FREE! They won't give you any hassle as long as your iPod is still under the warranty. Apple will even cover the shipping cost.
Microsoft has changed the name of Microsoft AntiSpyware to Windows Defender, as many of you know. However, they have not released a version that has Windows Defender branded to the program. It should be coming around the February or March time frame. The biggest change is that Windows Defender Beta 2 will be able to run on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, R2, Vista, and LH server.
Looks like Microsoft may be using Windows Live.com as a whole media hub. Windows Media Center users will be able to select a show and record it all from Live.com! This is similar to technology that can be found in true PVR's, such as ReplayTV.
We have just released a page that will allow people to view technology news which is aggregated from 50+ sources. This makes it easier for people to read the recent news that people are posting. It will update the sources about every 20 minutes. Some examples of news sources are Google Sci/Tech News, Engadget, Wired, Gizmodo, and Neowin.
