By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor (Softpedia)
Microsoft already confirmed that Windows 7 will have Windows Vista as its foundation. Like it or not, Windows 7 will be nothing more than an evolution of the current Windows client. According to the little details the Redmond company did manage to make public, the Vista architecture will survive [...]
Microsoft has updated Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and made new English-language installation packages available for download as of June 23, 2008.
Designed to integrate with Windows Server 2003 SP1, SP2 and R2 (x86, x64 and Itanium-based) along with Windows XP SP2 (both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions) and SP3 (only [...]
Even with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available and with Windows 7 planned for release by the end of 2009 (according to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer), Windows XP is still far from taking its due place in the Windows cemetery.
The June 30, 2008 Direct OEM and Retail License Availability (end date) has without [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Undoubtedly, the recent events focused on the next iteration of the Windows platform qualify these past days as the week of Windows 7. Make no mistake about it, even though the Redmond company started communicating Windows 7, it failed to diverge in any way from its official policy of keeping the world in the dark [...]
Some people say that Windows XP doesn’t look too great and use all kinds of applications to change the way it does, customizing the window interface, the interface, the start menu or any other element of the operating system.
Here’s how the modified Ubuntu desktop looked like and the let’s see what we can do about [...]
Steven Sinofsky’s motto should be, in the spirit of Memorial Day: “Loose lips sink ships.” Office development proceeded with scant disclosure under his tenure. Little has changed since he assumed the role as Microsoft’s senior veep for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering group. Open disclosure and dialog punctuated past Windows development—not that the process [...]
Microsoft has detailed its plans to release a public beta of its Windows Home Server Power Pack.
The update will include a fix for the data corruption issues that have plagued the OS since its release.
In a message to potential testers the company said:
“Due to the nature of the shared folder data corruption bug (KB #946676) [...]
When is Microsoft finally going to start sharing information on Windows 7?
After all, if the Redmondians stick to their own oft-quoted ship target of 2010 for the operating system, that is just two years away. For developers two years isn’t a whole lot of time when trying to make decisions about whether or not to [...]
