Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

Adobe demos Flash and Air on HP Slate

9, Mar 2010

Back in January, Steve Ballmer announced HP Slate, Microsoft’s answer to iPad. To be fair HP Slate offers one thing which iPad falsely claims to provide – complete web browsing experience which of course includes playing Flash games, viewing Flash videos and more. As a matter of fact, HP has shared a video which shows [...]

How to bring Windows 7 Taskbar thumbnail preview to Windows XP

7, Mar 2010

One of the things that I and probably many of you like about Windows 7 is the thumbnail preview of taskbar. What if you want to get the same functionality in Windows XP? The answer is Yes. The solution is not a complex one. More details after the jump

Opera 10.50 released for Windows, brings Aero and Jumplist goodness with it

2, Mar 2010

Opera have unleashed the final version of Opera 10.50 for Windows. They are claiming it to be the fastest browser for Windows, something which I am sure you will evaluate and verify. It brings a slew of new features which of course includes Windows 7/ Vista specific goodies( Aero Glass, Aero Peek etc), a new [...]

Sn0wBreeze 3.1.3 updated to final version 1.4, brings jailbreak for iPod Touch 1G

7, Feb 2010

iH8Sn0w have fallen in love with iPhone 3.1.3 firmware. They have rolled out final version v1.4 of Sn0wBreeze 3.1.3. This comes two days after the announcement of Sn0wBreeze 3.1.3 v1.3. This tool brings good news for iPod Touch users, iPod Touch 1G to be exact. Yup, you got that right. Now you can jailbreak your [...]

Windows 7 secures 10% of market share

3, Feb 2010

Microsoft didn’t get it right with Vista, but they have got everything smooth and correct with the Vista successor, Windows 7. Windows 7 is off to a good start – there should be no doubts about that. NetMarketShare stats reveal that Windows 7 has managed to secure 10% of market share. This is simply fantastic [...]

iPad to get multi-tasking via Windows 7

1, Feb 2010

Lack of multitasking was one of the reasons many disliked the recently announced iPad. It turns out that iPad aka iSlate will be getting this much needed functionality after all. No Apple won’t be bringing it to you. Instead Citrix, an enterprise software company will be doing this noble act. To make it more interesting, [...]

Windows 7 Post RTM build screenshots leaked

31, Jan 2010

The king of leakage, Wzor has done all Windows users and followers a favor once again as he has released screenshots of Windows 7 post-RTM screenshots. Stephen Chapman of MSFT Kitchen believes that this could  officially mark the beginning of the Windows 8 development. Leaked screenshots has the build number 7700.winmain.100122-1900.

Windows 8 coming your way on 1st July 2011

29, Jan 2010

We all know that Microsoft started working on the next version of Windows, Windows 8 once they launched Windows 7. But what we don’t know is when will it be released. That is all going to change now thanks to Chris Green, a Microsoft product manager. The PM has published a roadmap, or GANTT chart [...]

How to: Hide drives in Windows 7 the easy way

29, Jan 2010

If you happen to use a single computer for all your family members, then you probably might have landed in a situation in which you felt the need to hide certain drive(s) for security and privacy purposes. It turns out that you can definitely hide the desired drive(s), but for that you need to play [...]

Urdu version of Windows 7 in the works

23, Jan 2010

If you follow Geekword regularly, you would be wondering why the activity has been slow and silent at your tech blog today. Well, here is the reason – Geekword was at the Bloggers meet up arranged by Microsoft Pakistan. The event went pretty good. It was mainly about Windows 7 and also about IE8. While [...]


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