Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips A few blogs ago, I posted about Microsoft’s 10 th anniversary with their Trustworthy Computing . Now the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) format is clear. For Microsoft, whose challenge is to lead the software community in ways to combat cybercrime, the SDL is their way of introducing a rational plan to meet that goal

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Microsoft are constantly working on making new themes for Windows 7, as a result there’s a great selection of themes for Windows 7 available ( check out our extensive gallery here ). This latest theme from them is entitled “Animal Affection” and is one of the cutest themes I’ve ever seen. This is really a perfect theme for all you animal lovers out there, you’ll be constantly staring at these awe inspiring wallpapers every day.

Remember Clipboard Magic ? No

Remember Soluto , the software that allowed you to optimize the startup time of the Windows operating system? Appears that the developers have moved their application from the desktop to the web. Instead of downloading the program right away, installing it and using it locally, Soluto users now need to create a web account first before they can link up to five PCs with their account.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips There are E-mail Privacy Issues associated with Google. If you didn’t know this, Google Chrome and Gmail, and Google Apps read everything that you put in there.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Some details of thew next big release of Windows Phone, codenamed ‘Apollo’ have emerged today from a video hosted by Windows Phone chief Joe Belfiore for partners including Nokia, and seen by PocketNow .  The video covered a few themes that are all logical evolutions of the platform. Hardware Windows Phone 8 is set to have some changes made to the supported hardware now that it is a mature platform.  These changes include support for multi-core processors and three new screen resolutions.  These weren’t specified but we can expect them to be both lower and higher than the current 800 by 480 pixels.  This will allow new high-end handsets to compete more effectively with the iPhone and some Android phones, while also opening up new markets for low-price smartphones, a market Microsoft has been keen to get into.  NFC will also be supported for contactless payments and finally Micro SD Card support is coming to the platform which will be welcomed by many people.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Microsoft is a success in the retail market. How so

Windows Phone 8 will be based on the same kernel as Windows 8, and will support multicore processors, NFC, and full device encryption according to a leaked video seen by PocketNow . This in turn inspired Paul Thurrott to reveal a little more about the software too.

The author of Speed Clicker has created the program to get more out of games such as FarmVille or FarmTown. While I have never played those games on Facebook, it appears as if players need to click the mouse as fast as possible in various situations like harvesting or fishing.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Yesterday the very first official Kinect devices for Windows went on sale in 12 different countries all over the world including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and the US. The initial retail price is  $249 and Microsoft announced plans to have a special discounted price of $149 for qualified education users in the near future. In a blog post over at MSDN ,  Craig Eisler, The general manager for Kinect wrote about the improvements that Microsoft have made in the recent Kinect SDK and developer tools.