Bing’s Best for Windows 7 was released in October 2009 and it was admired by nearly everyone. It’s one of the best themes available for Windows 7. And now Bing’s Best 2 has been released with great wallpapers.
Permalink: Microsoft releases a new theme for Windows 7 called Bing’s Best 2
Like most Microsoft software, the beta version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 has been leaked in the wild before time, and very soon will be made available to the general public so they can try it out themselves.
Permalink: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 beta build leaked!
Just when the iPad has launched and over 30,000 people are using it, HP Slate comes back in the sight for 30 second to remind us that there is another Tablet PC ready to launch. But surely HP Slate would have to offer a lot more to be better than the iPad to provide any sort of competition.
Permalink: Another 30 seconds teaser of HP Slate – demoes iTunes, video recording and much more
As expected we’re getting to see a lot of tablets floating here and there, but the Asus Eee PC T101MT is a netbook and tablet mashed together. Don’t be fooled by it’s hardware, it’s surely capable of doing more than what it’s made to do.
Permalink: Asus Eee PC T101MT an iPad competitor?
Yes, you read it right. Over at DeviantArt, fediaFedia has created a Windows Phone 7 Series theme for Windows 7 which puts up live tiles on your desktop. The theme displays Rainmeter widgets as live tiles and show information such as temperature, date and time, CPU temp, notes, feeds, twitter timeline and much more.
Permalink: Windows Phone 7 Series theme coming soon to Windows 7 thanks to Rainmeter
Windows 7 is packed with a really cool feature called Windows XP mode. The whole aim of XP mode is to allow users to run apps from Windows XP which aren’t compatible with Windows 7, but sadly some people weren’t able to use Windows XP mode because it required hardware virtualization. Microsoft has taken down that barrier as well.
Permalink: Microsoft takes down Hardware Virtualization requirement for XP mode in Windows 7
In my opinion, the new taskbar or Superbar in Windows 7 is probably the best feature in the operating system. Jumplists and lively taskbar buttons have really given developers opportunities to create excellent widgets, even better than what you can get with the Windows Gadgets platform. Some widgets we have covered in the past include a Gmail notifier, 7Stacks, StandaloneStack and Taskbar Meters. Lee Matthews from Download Squad has covered a taskbar widget called WeatherBar which puts weather information in the taskbar. WeatherBar uses tasbkar overlays, jumplists and taskbar button progress bar to show information at just a glance.
Permalink: Apps for Windows: Get weather information in Windows 7 Taskbar using WeatherBar
Windows 7 has an excellent built-in platform and API which can help third party developers to create native applications for Windows 7 that are location-aware. However, the only mistake Microsoft has made with ‘Location and Sensors’ in Windows 7 is that they did not include any geolocation service provider.
Permalink: Geosense for Windows brings Location Awareness to Windows 7 for free
Windows 7 has been a great success for Microsoft especially after the failure of Windows Vista. Windows 7 was released last october and within 3 months of its launch, it managed to capture almost 10% of the operating system market share.
Permalink: Windows 7 has sold almost 90 million copies
When it comes to Flash, some people like it because they can play flash-only games. However, some hate it because of performance issues, especially on Mac, not to mention its absence on the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch.
Permalink: Windows 7 + IE8/Google Chrome = Best browser security
