I’ve realized that my last Tech Channel Roundup was nearly a month ago and I’m guilty of it. So, bear with me as I overload you with a number of interesting links that I found in some of the sister blogs.
Milo discovered a product especially useful for enterprises of all sizes called Nightwatchman, a good news that Microsoft didn’t lay off anybody in the Vista team. I knew that they didn’t touch the Silverlight team, but frankly I’m surprised about this because Vista hasn’t been very profitable to Microsoft. Or has it? One bad news is the Windows 7 minimum …read more

Ever since the Microsoft Windows 7 Beta became available for download, the world continues to be abuzz with what it is like, what it is not like, what it has, what it hasn’t, what Microsoft got right, what it hasn’t,…

David Murphy of PCWorld took a “72 hours of Windows 7” challenge and he is not excited about it. According to him, Windows 7 does several things right but should have actually been called the “Windows Vista SP2” and Microsoft should give it away as a free upgrade. Nothing wrong with fantasizing.
Holding a diametrically opposite view is Michael Muchmore of PCMag. …read more

A couple of weeks ago, the Microsoft Windows 7 Beta Demo got leaked. One week ago, Jason wrote on the Microsoft Weblog that Windows 7 Beta is now available to Microsoft Partner Program.
On Jan 9, 2009, Microsoft Windows 7 Beta became available to all beta testers of the world with a catch that only 2.5 million complete downloads will be allowed (or something of that kind).
But now, unlimited number of people can download Windows 7 Beta from their website until 24th Jan, 2009 according to the Windows 7 Team blog.
If you want to try the beta software, be warned about the risks. …read more

First Juan was not excited about this year’s MacWorld. Then he worried about Steve Jobs’ hormone imbalance, which I must say is something only Apple lovers are capable of. Now, after watching MacWorld ‘09, he decides that Phil Schiller’s keynote was just fine.
Jason, celebrating his three-year anniversary at Microsoft Weblog, sees a surge in Zune’s popularity since the 30GB Zune owners started experiencing widespread failure and Microsoft subsequently updating them about its fix. He still wants to buy Zune, but do you recommend it?
Clair introduces us to a cool terminal user whom all lovers of CLI can follow on Twitter …read more

When we were busy preparing for the new year celebrations, Secret Santa was hard at work in bringing Windows 7 to the world earlier than Microsoft. How it all happened is still a mystery but a “Genuine Image” of Microsoft Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 has been on the Internet since the 26th Dec of last year.
Since then there has been a great buzz and its availability has soared thanks to the BitTorrents sites. I expect this buzz to increase tremendously in the coming few days once the New Year celebrations come to an end. The last time I …read more