Windows 7 could be ready by Spring 2009

MFST might have a new OS by this spring.

Rumors are popping up on some tech websites
about the Release Candidates no longer being uh... released.

Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program MSFT is has prepared their
new logo for developers:

"Overview
The Windows platform has a broad ecosystem of products and partners that supports the platform. Displaying the Windows logo on your product represents a relationship and a shared commitment to quality between Microsoft and your company. Customers trust that seeing the Windows brand on your product ensures that it meets compatibility standards and performs well on the Windows platform.

The Windows 7 Software Logo program is made up of policies and requirements that help ensure logo’d applications are easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows 7.

The purpose of this document is to outline the technical requirements and eligibility qualifications an application must meet in order to participate in the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program."

For some preview and new news on Microsoft® Windows 7:
Windows 7 Logo Program Toolkit: Alpha in March, Beta in May 2009
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Release-Candidate-RC-Drops-in-May-2009-107911.shtml

Shinobu Takahashi, developer, Microsoft Japan - variety of newer programs for Win7
http://blogs.msdn.com/shintak/default.aspx

Microsoft® hints at Windows 7 Release Candidate for May
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/03/26/microsoft-hints-at-windows-7-release-candidate-for-may
Another hot spot for latest updates

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows
Screenshots of "Home Basic Edition" Home Premium Edition" "Starter Edidtion" "Professional Edidtion" and latest updates

I'll look forward to giving it a try as I never migrated to Vista...

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Simple & Secure Password Management in tack bar

Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/


















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XnView (v1.96/1.70) is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter.

XnView (v1.96/1.70) is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter.

Come to discover XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use ! Support of more than 400 graphics formats ! It's free, so do not hesitate !

http://www.xnview.com/en/download.html

This is one of my favorite image viewer's which has a clean
interface and ability to view video as well,
plan vanilla - play/pause button.

Has simple easy to use editing as well for those who want a camera-to-web ready tool.

A nice add-on is the explorer shell extension:
XnView shell extension (v2.60) is an extension for windows explorer.
You can right click on any image to get a thumbnail size preview.