The Excalibur is not my idea of wall climbing hobby, but might be yours.

At 121 feet (36.88 meter) in length, “The Excalibur” at the Bjoeks Climb Center in Groningen, The Netherlands, is considered to be the tallest climbing wall in the world. Alright, that’s scary enough! Now how do I get down again? I ain’t got no chutes homie!

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Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 RC goes public, final around the corner

It’s been rather quiet since the last news, but Microsoft has finally announced today the Release Candidate (RC) for their Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to the public. What does that mean? Well, simple. The final is just around the corner. A month or so if we go by the usual.As previously announced, the only new features added to the SP1 are the Windows Server 2008 R2-related virtualization technologies, Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX, and while Windows 7 SP1 will enable PCs to take advantage of these server-based features to provide a more scalable and richer VDI experience for end users, there are no additional new features specific to Windows 7.

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IE9 Tweaker: Tweak Internet Explorer 9 Browser Settings

Using IE9 Tweaker one can create a custom homepage, make the menubar always visible, change the menubar position to the top, add 3D border between toolbar and web window, make the toolbar icons smaller, and more.

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Windows 7 SP1 RC-Escrow (7601.17104) Released To Testers

It seems that Microsoft has released the Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Escrow build for Windows 7 to select group of testers. A Microsoft beta tester has twitted that the SP 1 RC-Escrow build (7601.17104) is now available to top Microsoft partners and testers. 

Even though there are no official words on the SP1 Release Candidate build yet, we can expect some official information in coming weeks. As Microsoft has mentioned before the beta release, SP1 for Windows 7 will contain only updates that have been delivered previously through Windows update service.
Users who are interested in SP1 can download the official SP1 beta build. One can always uninstall the SP1 beta by following our…continue reading



Even though there are no official words on the SP1 Release Candidate build yet, we can expect some official information in coming weeks. As Microsoft has mentioned before the beta release, SP1 for Windows 7 will contain only updates that have been delivered previously through Windows update service.

Users who are interested in SP1 can download the official SP1 beta build. One can always uninstall the SP1 beta by following our how to uninstall Windows 7 SP1 beta guide.

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