Inside MinWin: the Windows 7 Kernel Slims Down

An excellent read by Ars Technica

“Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be more easily slimmed down and secured to run in servers and embedded applications. That project, called ‘MinWin’, has now started to bear fruit.”

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Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 Beta – Download Links available

Microsoft has made it official. Public beta of Office Home and Business 2010 has been launched. Microsoft has updated their beta website with download links, so what are you waiting for, go get ‘em.

Office 2010 Beta Download from Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

Yahoo! Messenger 10 Full Final Version Direct Download Link

Yahoo! Messenger v10.0.0.1102

Full Final Direct Download Link to offline standalone installer

US English: ymsgr1000_1102_us.exe

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Free Antivirus, Spyware & Malware Protection

I have never liked any free antivirus but after Microsoft’s Security Essentials, a free antivirus for all Windows users. I’d have to change my mind. There have been a lot of positive reviews of the product and good feedback from its users. I have been using it my self too and I’ve to say, it is light weight just like ESET’s NOD32 Antivirus that I have used for over a year.

So what are you waiting for. Go get the free antivirus from Microsoft Security Essentials website

Office 2010 Beta Download Leaked

First it was the continuous leaks of Windows 7. Now it’s Office 2010, its Beta version has leaked online. Till now Office 2010 remained as Technical Beta but the current version mentions a newer beta with build number: 14.0.4302.1000. Microsoft is also set to release Office 2010 Public Beta ‘officially’ for everyone to try out in next few days so it’s probably best to just wait for that but for the impatient souls, the details:

Office 2010 Beta x64 ISO details:

File Name: 14.0.4302.1000_Mondo_volume_ship_x64_en-us_wzt
Size: 852 MB (893,402,501 bytes)
CRC32: 7CBEF7DF
MD5: 24A46B000B79520969508CF940D6D581
SHA-1: E22690C6E63ACF0D0BDF9588E8308C5C855A38BC
CRC32: 7CBEF7DF
MD5: 24A46B000B79520969508CF940D6D581
SHA-1: E22690C6E63ACF0D0BDF9588E8308C5C855A38BC

Office 2010 Beta x86 ISO details:

File Name: 14.0.4302.1000_Mondo_volume_ship_x86_en-us_wzt
Size: 761 MB (798,101,835 bytes)
CRC32: 8BE7AB28
MD5: 874AE2B75AD8FAF169784AFEC099B526
SHA-1: E8E13E9DF771314C2B8A615B4952A49DDE3C9117