Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RC released to MSDN subscribers

February 8, 2010 – 11:35 PM

Microsoft said on Monday that it had shipped a Release Candidate (RC) copy of its development software Visual Studio 2010.

Visual Studio is a development environment that allows developers to create GUI applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all platforms supported by Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, .NET Framework, .NET Compact Framework and Microsoft Silverlight.

There are no new features in the RC release from beta 2 and Microsoft has focussed on speed improvements. A Microsoft spokesperson stated: “We heard from customers that performance in Beta 2 wasn’t everything they had hoped it would be. The RC released today delivers enhanced performance and is an added milestone to garner even more customer feedback before the final build is released. Specifically, customers will see performance improvements in loading solutions, typing, building and debugging.”

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 will launch in cities all over the world on April 12. Major events will be taking place in the UK, China, Malaysia, India, and in the US.

The RC is available to MSDN subscribers today and will be available to the public on February 10.

View: Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate

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Microsoft dismisses Windows 7 “battery problems”

February 8, 2010 – 11:32 PM

Microsoft said on Monday that users experiencing battery warnings from Windows 7 are by design.

Last week BlogoFlux revealed reports of users receiving notifications that they should replace their laptop battery. The warning is triggered when a laptops BIOS detects a battery replacement is required. Windows 7 provides the following alert: “Consider replacing your battery. There is a problem with your battery, so your computer might shut down suddenly.” Some users claimed their laptop battery’s had gone from two hours battery life to 30 minutes whilst others threatened class action lawsuits assuming the software giant had “permanently damaged” their laptop battery.

Microsoft officials confirmed on Monday that the company looked into the issue fully and found no problems with Windows 7. “In every case we have been able to identify the battery being reported on was in fact in need of recommended replacement,” said Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft President of Windows. In a company blog posting, Sinofsky also stated “To the very best of the collective ecosystem knowledge, Windows 7 is correctly warning batteries that are in fact failing and Windows 7 is neither incorrectly reporting on battery status nor in any way whatsoever causing batteries to reach this state.”

Microsoft has received 20 customer service incidents and states none of these have shown anything other than degraded batteries. “The notifications appear to be working as they were designed to do from what we’re seeing” said a Microsoft Spokesperson. From the reports that Microsoft has seen across the Internet they “seem to be from people who don’t realize that this is new functionality in Windows 7 that just wasn’t available previously,” the spokesperson confirmed.

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Latest iPhone update breaks T-Mobile unlock

February 8, 2010 – 11:27 PM

Many iPhone-ers out there prefer T-Mobile’s network over AT&T’s. By unlocking their phones, they have been able to use it on the magenta underdog without a problem (EDGE only, of course). If you’re one of those daredevils who has parted ways with AT&T and is looking to take your iPhone over to T-Mobile, you may want to think twice before upgrading to the latest iPhone OS.

Phone Arena is reporting that Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.3 update breaks the ability to do a T-Mobile unlock. They also caution against upgrading iPhones that are already successfully running on T-Mobile.

“The new OS creates issues with T-Mobile’s network. For example, some 3rd party apps might fail to launch (Cupertino, we have a problem), furthermore, upgrading to the new OS would upgrade your baseband to 5.12.01 which would make it impossible to unlock the iPhone and use it on T-Mobile’s network. Owners of the first-gen iPhone are not affected and can still upgrade to the new OS without affecting a T-Mobile connection.”

No official statement has been made by Apple, but it doesn’t seem like such a farfetched thing for them to do. We’ve seen Apple fight Palm’s ability to sync with iTunes via software upgrades, and we’ve seen them continuously try and beat jailbreakers. Why should customers being able to choose their own carrier be any different?

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4th generation iPhone pictures leak?

February 8, 2010 – 4:11 PM

The iPhone repair site, iResQ, has leaked photos of, what they claim to be, the faceplate of Apple’s upcoming 4th generation iPhone. According to the site, the front panel of the phone is approximately 1/4 of an inch taller than that of the iPhone 3GS. The screen is also longer, but exact measurements are not given. In addition, there seems to be some sort of “reflective, mirror-like surface” that sits right above the speaker. It’s unclear what purpose this will serve, but iResQ postulates that it could be for the proximity sensor.

The site also notes that the LCD is “factory glued to the digitizer,” similar to the first generation iPhone. This will make screen repairs pricier due to the need to replace two parts instead of one. No other hardware details are available at this time.

From left to right, you have the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the iPhone 4G front panel

On the left, the iPhone 3GS front panel. On the right, the iPhone 4G front panel assembly. Note the difference in length and the reflective surface above the speaker, presumably for the proximity sensor

On the left, the iPhone 3GS front panel. On the right, the iPhone 4G front panel assembly. Note the difference in length and the reflective surface above the speaker, presumably for the proximity sensor

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