Office 2007 Service Pack 2 due in spring '09
Microsoft said via a company blog Wednesday that Service Pack 2 (SP2) of Office 2007 will ship between February and April of next year. The software maker had already said that SP2 will introduce support for the Open Document Format (ODF) used by Office's chief competitor, OpenOffice.org, the Portable Document Format (PDF) created by Adobe Systems, and its own XML Paper Specification (XPS) that is meant to compete with PDF.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 due in spring '09
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 due in spring '09
The I started something blog reports that Windows 7 is scheduled to be released to manufacturing most likely in late October 2009.
Microsoft has released Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008
Although Windows 7 was also the product's code name, the forthcoming version of Windows is not Microsoft's seventh iteration, and it won't carry the version number 7.0.
Windows 7 equals some strange math
Windows 7 equals some strange math
Microsoft plans to add voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), collaboration, and Web presence enhancements to the next version of its unified communications software, which is due out in early February 2009.
Microsoft to release OCS 2007 update in February
Microsoft to release OCS 2007 update in February
Microsoft's Mike Nash has announced that Microsoft will officially call the next version of Windows, Windows 7.
Microsoft has released Microsoft Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1
Microsoft's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications will be generally available on Tuesday along with supportive development tools, the company said during a teleconference on Monday morning.
RMicrosoft set to release Silverlight 2
RMicrosoft set to release Silverlight 2
Long Zheng reports that the WinHEC 2008 agenda confirms native VHD support
Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned UAC (user account control) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the new security feature it built into Windows Vista has caused unnecessary problems for users.
RMicrosoft to improve Vista's problematic UAC in Windows 7
RMicrosoft to improve Vista's problematic UAC in Windows 7
WinFuture published 34 screenshots of the latest Windows 7 build
Windows 7 Build 6.1.6801 Screenshots
Windows 7 Build 6.1.6801 Screenshots
Microsoft Office Labs released Tuesday its Touchless SDK for developers to experiment with multi-touch technology.
Microsoft touts Touchless SDK
Microsoft touts Touchless SDK
Microsoft has released Microsoft Expression Media 2 SP1
Microsoft laid out on Monday its road map for SQL Server and a complement of add-ons it hopes will eventually redefine business intelligence and data warehousing.
Microsoft lays out SQL Server roadmap
Microsoft lays out SQL Server roadmap
Microsoft has released the next version of its desktop management toolset for IT that includes updates to its application virtualization and asset management tools.
Microsoft updates desktop management tools
Microsoft updates desktop management tools
The All About Microsoft blog reports that the next Windows release is going to incorporate changes designed to improve their parallel-processing support.
Microsoft has released the MSDN Community Distribution CD for September 2008
Microsoft has released Microsoft Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 Preview
Microsoft published Microsoft Expression Media 2 Scripting Guide for Windows
The All About Microsoft blog reports that PDC attendees will get a pre-beta Windows 7 build