Microsoft Windows 7 Now 50% Off
Users who pre-order a copy of Microsoft’s Windows 7 will receive more than 50% off the retail price for a limited time starting Friday. Windows 7 Home Premium will sell for $49 and Windows 7 Professional for $99.
Microsoft’s Windows 7 will be released on October 22.
Windows 7 Box Art
Check out new Microsoft Windows 7 box art. Looks quite simple and clean.
Microsoft Biggest Mistake Is Search
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer said that the biggest mistake Microsoft made was search. After you look at the video above, you will know who Microsoft should blame.
Source: Steve Ballmer admits Microsoft’s biggest mistake
Microsoft AntiVirus Free Beta Out Tuesday
Microsoft will release Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus app for XP SP3, Vista and Windows 7 this coming Tuesday. The company will initially launched the public beta security software which will replace Windows Live One Care. The Antivirus app will only be available via download.
The free software will have quality and features that are on par with antivirus products from Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro.
Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been revealed to have a liver transplant in Tennessee. He will return to work part time after being on sick leave.
Steve is a survivor of pancreatic cancer and has taken leave due to a hormone imbalance which make him loose weight.
Apple Will Break Palm Pre’s iTunes Sync Capability
Palm execs have been parading the Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes. Their fun will end soon after Apple released a statement through their support website titled “iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players”. Although the article is not directed at Palm, you can just read between the lines who they are aiming at. The next iTunes update will break the syncing ability of iTunes to Palm Pre.
From Apple:
Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, and tens of thousands of apps on the App Store. Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.
Acrobat.com Launched
Adobe has moved Acrobat.com out of beta after 5 million people have signed up to use the service since its release in beta a year ago. Adobe will offer two paid subscription services: The basic service costs $14.99 a month or $149 a year, and includes being able to convert up to 10 documents a month to Adobe’s popular PDF format. In addition, subscribers can hold Web meetings of up to five people. The premium service costs $39 a month or $399 a year, and includes an unlimited number of document conversions to PDF and up to 20 Web meeting participants.
Planned features include shared team workspaces and smartphone access, as well as a spreadsheet-like application, Acrobat.com Tables, which joins the recently announced Presentations application on Acrobat.com Labs.
Press Release: Adobe Announces Major Update to Acrobat.com
Microsoft Will Release Free Morro Antivirus
Microsoft will soon release a free antivirus app for XP SP3, Vista and Windows 7. The company will initially launched the public beta security software which will replace Windows Live One Care. The Antivirus app will only be available via download.
Apple Revealed Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Apple has revealed the $29 upgrade to your Mac OS X Leopard to Snow Leopard which will be available in September. Apple has lots of new features to the next upgrade to the OS which Apple has grouped on the website to Better. Faster. Easier., Next-generation technologies., More accessible than ever., and Exchange support.
From the press release: Users will notice a more responsive Finder; Mail that loads messages 85 percent faster and conducts searches up to 90 percent faster; Time Machine with up to 50 percent faster initial backup; a Dock with Exposé integration; a 64-bit version of Safari 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent and is resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins. Snow Leopard also includes an all new QuickTime X, with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video to YouTube, MobileMe or iTunes. Snow Leopard is half the size of the previous version and frees up to 6GB of drive space once installed.
Press Release: Apple Unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard
What Will Apple Announce At WDDC 2009?
Apple will commence the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WDDC) at Sans Francisco on Monday. What will they announce? And will Steve Jobs deliver the keynote speech.
Our prediction is that Apple will announce the next version of iPhone 3GS with longer battery life, iPhone OS 3.0, Mac OS X Snow Leopard and video editing feature for the iPhone. It will not be long before you will know what is in stall from Apple.
