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Internet Explorer 8 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Now that Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3.0 are available to end users, the focus is bound to shift on Microsoft. The Redmond company has been cooking Internet Explorer 8 for over a year now, and is approximately one month away from releasing the second Beta build to the public. Since Beta 1 was set up [...]

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High Quality and Big Size Microsoft Office Icon Pack - Download Free

Most of you guys were looking for some High Quality Office Icons and here some.
Microsoft Office Icon Pack description
A set of 26 splendid Icons designed to let you customize your Office applications
Microsoft Office Icon Pack will enable you to change the deafult icons for the Office components installed on your PC. All these high quality [...]

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Microsoft Silverlight ver. 2.0 Beta 2 (Now Available for Download)

The much awaited Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2 is now available for download. There are plenty of improvements and additions this this version.
As Per Microsoft-

UI Framework — we’ve made lots of improvements to the animation support, error handling, accessibility, keyboard input and general overall performance. This is intended to bring us more in line with WPF [...]

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Microsoft unveils Windows Embedded Standard 2009

Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Community Technology Preview.
The software giant said that the product is designed to be built into hardware including thin clients, point-of-service and kiosk devices. It will be available to OEM customers in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The platform features technologies including Silverlight, Remote Desktop Protocol [...]

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Windows 7 Is Just the Beginning for Microsoft

As far as Microsoft is concerned, Windows 7 is just the beginning. Not a new beginning for Windows, mind you, but the debut of a revolution in human - computer interaction. At Tech Ed 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates indicated that he is betting big on natural user interfaces. “Now one of the big changes [...]

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Microsoft Clarifies XP SP 3 Flash Issue

Amid concerns that users of its Window XP Service Pack 3 operating system may be vulnerable to online attacks, Microsoft has finally broken its silence and explained which XP users need to upgrade their Adobe Flash Player software.
The confusion started Monday, when handlers at the Internet Storm Center pointed out that Microsoft had quietly noted [...]

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Microsoft to avoid transparency with Windows 7

Glyn Moody hits the nail on the head with his critique of Microsoft’s proposed approach to Windows 7: Say little so that the market expects little.
It’s not an unreasonable approach, and Microsoft did get burned for actually warning the market about what it would be providing, only to have to endure the consequences of not [...]

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Microsoft’s Dynamics AX 2009 Now Generally Available

The latest version of Microsoft’s ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for upper-midmarket customers is now generally available, Microsoft announced Monday.
Major new components of Dynamics AX 2009 include a centralized “compliance center” that Microsoft has characterized as a “one-stop shop” for compliance-related information, and “self-service” BI (business intelligence), which enables users to access KPIs (key performance [...]

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Microsoft confirms PDC and hints at Windows 7 sessions

As part of Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7.
Looking at the sessions agenda you can see the following:
* Windows 7: Graphics Advances
* Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
* Windows [...]

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GameStop to discontinue Microsoft Zune sales

GameStop will no longer sell Microsoft’s Zune digital media players in its stores once it runs out of its current inventory, the company said.

The game retailer, which started selling Zune when the player was released in November 2006, found Zune was not “working with our product mix,” said GameStop Vice President of Corporate Communications Chris [...]

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