Microsoft focuses on a feature called "device stage" that makes it easier to tweak settings for add-ons. Also, company shows off support for sensors and touch.
Windows 7 takes center 'stage'
Windows 7 takes center 'stage'
Looking to boost Web-based ventures and its new Windows Azure cloud services platform, Microsoft on Wednesday is announcing Microsoft BizSpark, a program providing software and services to startups. "The cornerstone [of the program] is to get into the hands of the startup community all of our development tools and servers required to build Web-based solutions," said Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president of Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft. Participants around the globe also gain visibility and marketing, Lewin said.
Microsoft launches BizSpark to boost Azure
Microsoft launches BizSpark to boost Azure
Software maker will allow certain companies to use Windows Server and other products for three years at no charge.
Microsoft offers free software for start-ups
Microsoft offers free software for start-ups
The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report shows Trojans continue to dominate the field of malware, emerging markets are at greater risk for infection, and vulnerability rates are going down overall.
Microsoft: Trojans are huge and China is tops in browser exploits
Microsoft: Trojans are huge and China is tops in browser exploits
Microsofts latest security report shows that the number of new vulnerabilities found in its software was lower in first half of the year than the last half of 2007, with the Windows Vista OS proving more resistant to exploits than XP.Microsoft reported 77 vulnerabilities from January to June compared to 116 for the last six months of 2007, according to the companys fifth Security Intelligence Report.
Microsoft: Data shows Vista more secure than XP
Microsoft: Data shows Vista more secure than XP
No more trawling the web for the latest media codecs. Windows 7 comes ready to play all your favourite "downloaded" videos.
Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
Windows 7 surprise: DivX built in
Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie is leading a risky but unavoidable Manhattan Project effort to build a planetary scale cloud computing platform.
Microsoft's Manhattan Project
Microsoft's Manhattan Project
Microsoft this week launched its cloud computing environment, Windows Azure, which is the foundation of the Azure Services Platform for developing applications extending from the cloud to PCs, datacenters, phones, and the Web. Microsoft's goal is to let Windows developers transition from Windows client development to Windows cloud development, using familiar tools, both those from Microsoft and other sources such as Eclipse. Developers would continue to develop apps on their desktops, but the Azure platform would handle the app deployment in the cloud.
The inside view of Microsoft's cloud strategy
The inside view of Microsoft's cloud strategy
Microsoft is putting the Windows client OS on a diet as a way to bring the PC OS into the age of cloud computing.Windows 7, Vista's follow-up, already will be a thinner, more streamlined OS, replacing some of the software Microsoft previously included with the OS with Web-based Windows Live Services. And if comments made by Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) this week are any indication, Windows will slim down even further in the future, returning to the original intent of an OS -- a way to optimize the hardware it runs on -- instead of being a bloated piece of software whose performance and value rely on compatibility with installed applications.
Microsoft points to slimmer future for Windows client
Microsoft points to slimmer future for Windows client
Thousands of enthusiasts around the world are downloading the version from BitTorrent sites like The Pirate Bay and Mininova. And they're not shy about offering their opinions.
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
Long Zeng published screenshots of glass, basic, and classic themes in Windows 7
Neowin published an introduction to the Windows 7 UI
Microsoft published a preview of the upcoming new Windows version
Software maker says enterprise and consumer demand both remain "relatively healthy," but it says it's keeping a close eye on expenses.
Microsoft earnings beat estimates, outlook lower
Microsoft earnings beat estimates, outlook lower
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.
