The Windows 7 beta has been pretty good and many people including Microsoft hinted that the Release Candidate might actually be the final beta before the official release.  I as well as many others have experienced random problems with the RC and thankfully it looks like Microsoft has a newer version of Windows 7 that [...] Read more »

Now the that Windows 7 RC is out and the code essentially locked, the Micorosoft information machine is kicking into overdrive.  Channel 9, the Microsoft video blog, has released about 30 videos regarding Windows 7.  Most of these videos are pretty long and in depth, if you plan on watching all of them you might [...] Read more »

With the new Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) there is no longer the over abundance of “Submit Feedback” links and shortcuts all over the User Interface.  So if you want to submit a bug how do you do it? Start -> Run -> rundll32.exe FeedbackTool.dll,ShowWizard The Send Feedback wizard will then open and you [...] Read more »

Not everything is all good and cheery in Windows 7 land.  I like others have downloaded the leaked Windows 7 RC and installed it on my primary machine so I could get the full effect of it.  During this process I did something that I had never done before with a Windows 7 beta, turn [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Release Candidate was released yesterday and now that puts us just a week shy of the final release.  One thing that has always amazed me with Ubuntu releases is how well they stay on track and deliver the end product on time.  This release brings with it many small updates and [...] Read more »