OnLive Desktop can't use the iPad's built-in virtual keyboard, but it can use the virtual keyboard built into Windows 7 and Windows' limited touch features and handwriting recognition.
Up until then, Windows 8 felt like an improved version of Windows 7, bringing new features to the table, and a reorganization of the layout of programs such as Windows Explorer.
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Although things look pretty grim for our preferred DVR platform, we're optimistic that things are actually about to get really good in the next year thanks to Windows 7 and some unannounced features and products.
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Kaspersky recently praised the security of Windows, noting Windows 7 has a number of features that have improved security.
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Ballmer highlighted some of the new features in Windows 7, the company's newest operating system, and said it will be available this weekend, in beta, as a free download.
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These tablets run the desktop version of Windows 7, which has touch-screen features.
The ultrathin and lightweight Windows 8-based tablet(7) also features optional HP ElitePad Smart Jackets, (8) which add connectivity options and longer battery life along with specific add-ons that customize the tablet for specialized uses.
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Making Windows 8 work like Windows 7 by keeping the Taskbar visible whenever the Modern UI features are running.
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That version would be Windows Phone 7.8, and would bring some of the major features of the new OS to the older hardware, although the really interesting stuff that needed a faster processor (and different architecture) would be left for the newer handsets.
Today marks the release of the final Windows Phone 7 developer tools, which enable developers to create beautiful Windows Phone 7 apps that take advantage of the phone's new application platform, unique features and capabilities.
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