Windows 7 BETA out now . . .

Windows 7 is…
The next release of the Windows client operating system, built on the secure foundation of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Performance, reliability, security, and compatibility are core basics of this release as we give our feedbacks to their goals. From early accounts by those using Windows 7 pre-beta and beta releases, Windows 7 is running pretty nicely on older machines with less powerful processors and less-than-optimal memory. In fact, as has been noted over the past few months, Windows 7runs well on netbooks that havn’t been able to accommodate Vista.

It will be interesting to see whether Microsoft offers users the option to upgrade directly from XP to Windows 7 -- or whether it will only offer upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 – once Windows 7 released in final form. The question becomes even more pressing given that Windows XP will likely be a bigger competitor to Windows 7 than any other operating system out there.

The Windows 7 BETA version can be downloaded here

1. Multi Touch :

It seems that Windows 7, not OS X, will become the first consumer OS to bring multi-touch capability to the masses after all. We were afraid Microsoft will try to sell Windows 7 on the multitouch pitch alone but are, in fact, pleasantly surprised with the implementation. There is an on-screen virtual keyboard and gestures for common mouse actions, like dragging and right-clicking, that work throughout Windows 7 and applications like paint and Microsoft Earth. Click on a taskbar icon to reveal the jump List or draw a”b” in Internet Explorer 8 to go backwards. Gestures are tied into mouse navigation calls, so any Windows application will be able to support multi-touch right way. Windows 7 is multi-touch on desktops done right and Microsoft should be credited for that.

2.Have More Control over Wi-Fi Networks :

One of the most useful Windows 7 features for roaming laptop users is it one-click Wi-Fi network choice. While there isn’t an exact match for that for XP and Vista, NetSetMan offers a more powerful match for that XP and Vista, NetSet Man offers a more powerful way to manager multiple network profiles.

The big Windows 7 taskbar improvement that no one has replicated with a third-party app is he excellent Aero Peek feature, which adds multiple window previews to the taskbar, with the ability to close windows right from the preview. It doesn’t seem like much, but my bet is that it’s the one Win7 perk we’ll all wind up using the most once 7 hits desktops.

3.Upgrade Calculator and Paint; Get PowerShell:

Windows 7 brings with it a few key upgrades to the ancilary programs it bundles, like calculator, paint, and WordPad. While you can't get the new Office 2007 ribbon in your WordPad right now, if you're a Paint User do consider upgrading to the free Paint.NET, which supports layers, multiple open images, and much more than regular Paint ever dreamed.
To get you some powered-up Calculator action, XP users can install Power Calculator, and vista users can done their eye patch and try getting this version of the Win7 Calculator to run on their system. Finally, Windows 7 comes with PowerShell pre-installed, but you can download and install PowerShell yourself right here.

4.Pin Items to Your Taskbar:

Windows 7 lets you pin programs and documents to your taskbar (instaed of or in adition to creating shortcuts on your desktop). However, it's easy to do something very similar right now: using the built-in (but disabled by default) Quick Launch toolbar. To enable it, right-click on your taskbar, and from the toolbars menu check off "Quick Launch." There you can drop shortcuts to folders, documents, and programs for easy access. (I like to use the large icons instead of the default small ones, as pictured; to turn those on, right-click on the toolbar and frm the view menu choose "Large icons.")

5. Device Stage

Device Stage : Windows 7 brings a new feature that shows all the features and documents relating you hardware in a single window.



Connect your mobile phone and it appears in Windows Explorer. Connect your mobile phone and it appears in Windows Explorer. Click on it and a window comes up with vendor-branded background (if a vendor supports this feature) that might show basic information about the cellphone, its capabilities, links to its manual and the latest driver, in addition to advanced features it has the option of copying videos and images from a device, setting ringtones,etc.Various system features and applications to access different capabilities of a device. Before Windows 7, we never thought there was a better way of doing this. Device Stage not only feels right, it is a better approach to assemble your key hardware in one place.

Ofcourse, The problem with all the features id that they arn't available yet and we won't be able to take a look at the entire feature set until the first beta arrives in early 2009. But we believe that it would be a good idea for Apple to take a closer look at Microsoft ideas.

Online Trading !

Online trading has a lot of people hooked on to the markets.A general reader might be forgiven for thinking that apart from online shopping and corporate Web sites, the Internet is just a teenager’s paradise. This is not true, though—the get-rich-quick brigade has found that the Internet is a very nifty tool to dabble around in the stock market.

Sites such as and ICICIDirect.com let you sell and buy shares online. All you need to do is open a trading account with them. The Internet also allows you to buy and sell shares live as the market moves without the help of the broker. All you have to do is install software from a broking house such as Sharekhan, and lo and behold, you have a trading terminal. You can now go and make those much-desired millions or lose all your money to the vagaries of the stock market.

Trading live is possible as both the major exchanges in India, the BSE and the NSE conduct their entire business online. Most broking houses that set up trading terminals on your home PC also help you understand the software. While you make your quick buck, remember to get out once you’ve achieved it!