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• Windows 7 Upgrade chart
• Download SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP2
• Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 now available for download

Windows 7 Upgrade chart Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:19 PM PDT At this time you might have downloaded the Windows RTM from MSDN or Technet Sources,so lets focus on how to upgrade to different SKU’s from the existing Windows XP or Vista version.Microsoft have made available a chart which describes the upgrade process.The chart basically tells users if they need to do a clean install of the operating system or can upgrade the operating system directly.This may seem farely confusing for the average user as mentioned by Ed Bott too and also that it does contain at least one product that does not exist at all. Most of the information displayed in the chart are redundant.Some of the SKU’s are mentioned for Windows 7 and Vista starter is included which is non existent in this era.These cross boxes seem to be confusing.I can summarize how this upgrade works.Windows XP and Windows Vista Starter users need to do a clean Windows 7 install.Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium users can upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business users can upgrade to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Vista Ultimate users can upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate. You know that it’s not possible to upgrade from Windows Vista Home editions to Windows 7 Professional directly.If you really wish to upgrade to Win 7 Professional is by upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium  first and use the Anytime Upgrade option to upgrade Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional.Similar strategies could be applied to get the desired version of Windows SKU.

Download SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP2 Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:25 PM PDT MSDN Blog yesterday released the first public CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.  Availability for non-subscribers is planned for August 12th.This first public CTP wont be feature complete but it sure has enough exciting content for you to explore. Some Features : Application & Multi-Server Management Report Builder 3.0 Scale Up with support for up to 256 logical processors The Data Platform Insiders blog has a detailed post with all information regarding this CTP.So why wait go get it.Download SQL Server 2008 CTP 2

Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 now available for download Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:15 PM PDT Mozilla on Friday  announced the availability of Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1.After the 3.52 was released this is the next of the releases but it’s still in Pre alpha stage and its only for developer previews.Codenamed Namoroka, after a national park in Madagascar, Firefox 3.6 is expected to be finalized and released later this year.It uses the new Gecko 1.9.2 rendering engine which is also still in testing. The alpha includes several speed improvements to the java script engine, and potential speed and responsiveness upgrades to the entire browser.TraceMonkey developer Andreas Gal, one of the researchers behind tracing optimization, says that JavaScript performance in 3.6 is roughly 15 percent faster than in 3.5. That’s already a meaningful improvement, and it’s possible that we could see TraceMonkey get even faster as the development cycle progresses. Firefox 3.6 offers several new CSS features. Among these, the most intriguing is support for CSS gradients, which allow Web developers to paint the background of an element with a color gradient with multiple color stops. This feature was originally invented last year by Apple and implemented in WebKit. It is based partly on the gradient features described in the HTML 5 Canvas specification. Tab Previews, a feature that was removed in the final beta of Firefox 3.5 has been added says LifeHacker.Mozilla is warning that only developers and testers download this latest alpha.Check out Mozilla Developer Blog for links

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