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New video ofof Alan Wake has just been released, courtesy of developer Remedy. Microsoft has also announced that Alan Wake will ship to North American stores on May 18.

Microsoft has released its latest update to the DirectX end-user runtime. The update patches DirectX installations on all current Microsoft PC, workstation and server operating systems. Microsoft releases updates to the DirectX end-user runtime on a bi-monthly basis, with security, performance enhancements and features usually forming the update. The latest update or the entire redistributable (for offline installations) can be downloaded from Microsoft here.

The SideWinder X5 Mouse is a decent gaming mouse. For very close to the same money you can get much more sensitive mice. However, the macro recording capability is nice and the mouse works very well. Gamers looking for an alternative to Logitech or Razer may find the SideWinder X5 Mouse appealing. Microsoft SideWinder X5 @ I4U News

Windows 7 is Microsoft‘s next client operating system. It will succeed the current release, Windows Vista. There has been some talk about whether the company would retain the name “Windows 7″, which has been used so far, to refer to the OS, and it is the name that release candidates carry. Mike Nash, Vice President for Microsoft’s Windows Product Management has confirmed in his recent blog post, that the OS retains the name “Windows 7″, for its commercial release. Nash stated that since it’s the seventh major release of the client OS, it would make sense calling it Windows 7. TechPowerUp

Izvori koji žele ostati neimenovani govore da Microsoft planira izbaciti beta 1 verziju novog operativnog sustava, Windowsa 7, sredinom prosinca ove godine. Šačica sretnika (ako se to tako može nazvati) već posjeduje probnu kopiju novog OS-a, a koji bi se trebao pojaviti na tržištu kasno iduće godine ili rano 2010. Windowsi 7 bi trebali ponuditi interaktivno upravljanje dodirima, a posebno veseli težnja da se OS učita u 15 sekundi. Prvi “šlužbeni” video Windowsa 7 pogledajte dolje:

Microsoft, planetarno popularan proizvođač Windows operativnog sustava ovim je mišem pokazao da može napraviti jako dobar proizvod. Ugodan, egonomičan i precizan miš svakako vrijedi uloženih novaca i zadovoljiti će svojim performansama čak i igrače koji se rijetko odlučuju za bežičnu tehnologiju zbog poznatih problema sa preciznošću u brzim igrama. Miš nije gubio preciznost za vrijeme testa niti u nekoliko igara u kojima je testiran, a tipke su odrađivale svoj posao isto tako sasvim zadovoljavajuće.