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Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market

After months of talking about Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft is announcing on Tuesday that the first crop of phones to carry the Windows Phone brand are ready to hit the market. A host of new phones running the new operating system are expe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft, Intel Design Windows 7 to Be Speedy

Collaboration with Microsoft could allow the software giant's upcoming Windows 7 OS to take advantage of multithreaded and multicore Intel chips for faster application performance, according to an Intel official. Microsoft and Intel are wor [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft likely to RTM Windows 7 Wednesday

Microsoft will likely announce that Windows 7 has reached "release to manufacturing," or RTM, status on Wednesday, sources said. The company would neither confirm or deny that Windows 7 will RTM Wednesday; a spokeswoman on Tuesday [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Windows 7: Getting More Bullish

On the day Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled the next version of its Office suite of productivity programs, company executives were hoping they could also generate buzz for the next version of the Windows operating system. During a July 13 keynot [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Fennec Mobile Makes Windows Mobile Debut

The Mozilla foundation has made the first Alpha release of its very own Mobile browser - the Fennec for Windows Mobile 6. It is now available for download by developers and testers. Back in March, the first Alpha version for Nokia's Maemo p [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

'XP Mode' On Windows 7 To Require Additional Software

Microsoft forthcoming Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 won't have any of the management features large organizations need, but Microsoft recently began using virtualization to increase backward compatibility for enterprises using Windows Vista [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

How IT Must Prepare for Windows 7

Though eight years old, Windows XP still powers 71 percent of all PCs, according to a recent report from Forrester. That translates to millions of users that Microsoft must convince to upgrade to either Vista or the upcoming Windows 7. T [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Full version of Windows 7 on Samsung Netbooks? Maybe

Though Microsoft wants Netbook purveyors to pack future products with full versions of the new Windows 7 operating system, it's going to come down to pricing, as one Netbook maker, Samsung, confirmed. sat down with the head of global compu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft updates the Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Start Men...

When Microsoft unveiled Windows Mobile 6.5 last month at the Mobile World Congress 2009, it also announced the "honeycomb" Start menu which will replace today's Windows Mobile touchscreen Start menu logic. In general, the new hon [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Shows Forth Long List Of Improvements For Windows ...

Microsoft is working hard on making Windows 7 the dream-operating system, and this week has presented us with some of the changes that will be included in the Release Candidate after the Beta version went live. First of all, the Windows Fl [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Windows 7 to Ship In Six Different Versions

If you thought that Microsoft learned all its lessons with Vista, you'll soon be disappointed. Despite the fact that the Windows 7 beta is getting mostly positive reviews, revelations that Microsoft plans to release six different flavors of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Looks Beyond Vista with Windows 7

Without a doubt, the first beta edition of the Windows 7 operation system indicates that Microsoft is on the right track to shore up many of the perceived flaws of Windows Vista.While not a ground-breaking release Windows 7 is at its core v [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Why Microsoft left Windows 7 unpatched on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft started 2009 by fixing just one security flaw in its software; this month's Patch Tuesday only had a single security bulletin, MS09-001. The security update kills three birds with one stone: two privately reported vulnerabilitie [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

McAfee: We'll Work With Windows 7 When It's Launched

McAfee, which provides desktop security software that right now can't work with Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta, is working with its counterpart to fix any problems and should be A-OK by the time the new operating system is officially on the mar [...]