WindowBuilder™ Pro Java GUI builder 7.0 Released

Instantiations will release version 7.0 of its market-leading WindowBuilder™ Pro Java GUI builder today. It's a good week for Instantiations as they were also awarded "Best Commercial Eclipse-Based Developer Tool" by the Eclipse Foundation at EclipseCon. WindowBuilder Pro includes powerful functionality for creating user interfaces based on the popular Swing, SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit), and GWT (Google Web Toolkit) UI frameworks. Click here for the full article.

Catalyst 9.3 is the latest driver that unifys Vista and Win7

Whether you have Vista or Win7, you'll download the same driver package. It will detect which OS you are running and install the WDDM 1.0 drivers if you're running Windows Vista, or the WDDM 1.1 drivers if you're running Win7. Click here to full the full article.

Microsoft makes room for Netbooks rising popularity

Microsoft blamed disappointing Vista sales in recent months on the comparative increase in netbook sales against traditional laptops and desktops. The firm believes many netbook manufacturers steered clear of Vista believing (rightly in some cases) that it wouldn’t work on their machine. Microsoft might well find itself having to lower the price of Windows 7 (or produce a special slimmed-down version) to make it financially viable in netbooks. That risks making the system less profitable – though the boom in low-end machines may make that inevitabile anyway.Click here to the full story.