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Windows 7 RTM Reviewed & Benchmarked 792

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @01:50AM from the praising-with-faint-damns dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The code is final, and CNet has reviewed the final version of Windows 7, with benchmarks to support the case that it's not only the fastest version of Windows to shut down, but also looks like 'the operating system that both Microsoft and its consumers have been waiting for.' The review continues: 'By fixing most of the perceived and real problems in Vista, Microsoft has laid the groundwork for the future of where Windows will go. Windows 7 presents a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X, while reassuring the world that Microsoft can still turn out a strong, useful operating system.'"

Windows 7 Hits RTM At Build 7600.16385 341

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @05:41PM from the finally-we-can-sleep-nights dept.

An anonymous reader links to Ars Technica's report that (quoting) "Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have hit the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The software giant still has a lot of work to do, but the bigger responsibility now falls to OEMs that must get PCs ready, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that are testing their new apps, and Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) that are preparing their new hardware. The RTM build is 7600, but it is not the same one that leaked less than two weeks ago (7600.16384). We speculated that Microsoft may end up recompiling build 7600 until it is satisfied, but it only took the company one more shot to get it right: 7600.16385 is the final build number. Microsoft refused to share the full build string, but if you trust leaks from a few days ago, it's '6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255,' which indicates that the final build was compiled over a week ago: July 13, 2009, at 12:45pm. This would be in line with the rumored RTM date but it is also the day Microsoft stated that Windows 7 had not yet hit RTM. Although the final build had been compiled, Microsoft still had to put it through testing before christening it as RTM."

Comment Re:cf NSA (Score 1) 217

by amalani on Monday December 26, 2005 @01:04PM (#14339896) Attached to: India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images

I do agree that the outline of the area will be visible and yea, the addresses can be known on maps etc. But the point here isn't to hide the images, its to offer images upto a limited distance (zoom). This will ofcourse give the location of the Parliament and the other buildings but not the location where the security is situated *within* the buildings in question.

as for area 51, images only upto a certain zoom level are provided.

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