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The Tech Report: News — ... Iron Tech 2008 : Malaysia semi-finals round How to equip your PC with SSD for about $200 Tech ARP on weatherproofing camera tripods Win AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2 card from Driver Heaven Software and gaming Ars Technica on Chrome antics : did Google reverse-engineer Windows? and AmigaOS 4.1 review Apple's patch process a mess , says researchers Windows HPC Server 2008 released C|Net reports e-mail, photo programs stripped from Windows 7 SuperSite for Windows on Windows 7 : too soon? and Apple ...

Windows 7 Will Not Include Email, Photo and Movie Programs
techPowerUp! — ... Source: CNET

Windows 7 won't include e-mail, photo applications
DV Hardware — ... the confusion of offering and supporting two different programs that perform essentially similar functions. "It makes it much cleaner," Hall said. Lastly, he said, making the Windows Live tools completely separate from the operating system paves the way for Microsoft to work selectively with specific partners. "We can do things with specific partners to enable really great experiences that might be hard in Windows," Hall said. source: CNET Windows 7 won't include e-mail, photo applications - ...

Windows 7 to lack mail, photo gallery, video editing apps
The Tech Report: News — ... — 9:15 AM on September 24, 2008 Microsoft may have taken complaints about Windows Vista's bloat quite seriously indeed. CNet reports that Windows 7 will not include successors to Vista's Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows Movie Maker applications. In their stead, Microsoft will offer Windows Live equivalents as free, optional downloads. Those apps have been around since Windows XP, so why the big change? CNet asked Windows Live General Manager Brian Hall, who said the move stemmed from a "desire to issue new operating system releases more quickly than it has in ...

PDC Attendees to Get Pre-Beta Copies of Windows 7
Tech-Ex — ... As noted earlier in the week, Windows 7 is going to shed some of the dross it's been carrying --- News.com confirmed earlier this week that Windows 7 is no longer going to have the built-in e-mail, photo-editing and movie-making applications that were part of Windows Vista. Microsoft plans to make those available as free, downloadable Windows Live applications. ...