The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
According to an independent report from Forrester Research Inc.’s Ben Gray:
“The beta of Windows 7 shows significant promise, and most IT
operations professionals are looking forward to its availability and
eventual enterprise deployment ... start preparing for it now, and the
best way to prepare for Windows 7 is by deploying Windows Vista. Short
of that, begin testing your applications and hardware for compatibility
against Windows Vista; it will pay off with greater compatibility with
Windows 7.”
According to Micrososoft, more than 10,000 companies
have signed up to have access to a breadth of tools and resources
needed to prepare their products and services to take full advantage of
Windows 7.
“With the upcoming introduction of Windows 7,
Microsoft’s new operating system will redefine how people think about
computing,” said Joe Roberts, executive vice president, Products for
Corel Corp.
“Drawing on our customer research, we’re building new creative consumer
applications that take advantage of the solid performance and powerful
touch capabilities Windows 7 offers to turn the typical user experience
of mouse clicks and menus on its head — completely changing how users
interact with Corel’s creative software.”
New to the Windows 7
RC are advancements such as Remote Media Streaming, Windows XP Mode
(beta) and the upcoming beta of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:
• Remote Media Streaming. Enables highly secure, remote Internet
access to home-based digital media libraries from another Windows
7-based PC outside the home.
• Windows XP Mode. Utilizing Windows Virtual PC, Windows XP Mode
allows Windows 7 users to run many Windows XP productivity
applications, launched from the Windows 7 desktop. Windows XP Mode will
be available to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate customers
via download or, for the best experience, pre-installed directly on new
PCs.
• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Available soon, Windows 7 Upgrade
Advisor will be a downloadable tool that will help people determine
their ability to upgrade from their Windows XP-based or Windows
Vista-based PC to Windows 7.
In addition, a number of
enhancements were made to existing features based on feedback from beta
testers, including the following:
• Refined navigation. Several enhancements to the Windows
taskbar, JumpLists and search make navigation and finding exactly what
you want much easier.
• Internet Explorer 8. InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer 8
prevents browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data,
cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the
browser. With Windows 7, you can start an InPrivate session straight
from the JumpList. You can also open a new tab from the JumpList.
• Windows Touch. Controlling the computer by touching a
touch-enabled screen or monitor is a core Windows 7 user experience.
Improvements in the RC include several Windows Touch updates, including
the ability to drag, drop and select items with touch, even inside Web
sites that scroll both horizontally and vertically.
System Requirements for Windows 7
With
the RC, Microsoft is also providing guidance on the minimum system
requirements for Windows 7, claiming to show that Windows 7 will work
on a broader array of hardware than any other release of Windows at
launch:
• 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
• DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
The above minimum specs may still seem a little demanding for low-end
users since they seem to just match the top end of the netbooks space.
However, so far the response from that segment of the market of the
Beta builds has been positive and Windows 7 figures strongly in the
plans of the major netbooks players.
An iTWire review of Windows 7 on an Asus Eee PC is coming up - watch this space.
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