Archive for the 'Microsoft' Category

Windows Phone 7 goes RTM

Sure, Apple’s been stealing most of the blog headlines this afternoon, but Microsoft has some pretty big news of their own. Today, Windows Phone 7 was officially released to manufacturing — and the boys in Redmond are pretty stoked about it.
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson certainly sounds pumped in the official blog post. “We’ve had thousands [...]

Microsoft Surface Used to Command, Control Robots

Researcher Mark Micire at the UMass-Lowell Robotics Lab developed a custom interface that enables utilizes Microsoft Surface technology for commanding and controlling robots. In the first video, you’ll see him use “Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio to simulate his soldiers and environment.”
The researchers use multitouch to send the robots scurrying around to execute commands, but also [...]

Windows Live Hotmail to Provide SSL and ActiveSync Support

“More information is being revealed about the next iteration of Microsoft’s Live-branded products. We know when the new programs are going to start rolling out, we know that Windows XP won’t be supported, and we know a lot about the features of the next Windows Live Messenger…Now Windows Live Hotmail is in the spotlight. The [...]

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Leaked

Microsoft continuously improves Windows 7® and Windows Server® 2008 R2 by providing ongoing updates while working with software and hardware vendors to deliver application compatibility and hardware compatibility improvements. Service Pack 1 (SP1) is another vehicle through which Microsoft provides operating system improvements to customers.

Microsoft privately testing a ‘Twitter for business’ service

Microsoft is continuing to look into ways to make social computing services part of business users’ lives with a new pilot program for something called "OfficeTalk." Microsoft mentioned OfficeTalk in a March 19 posting on the Office Labs blog, calling it a vehicle that “applies the base capabilities of microblogging to a business environment."

Microsoft set to launch beta of Silverlight for Symbian

In March 2008, Microsoft and Nokia announced their commitment to make Silverlight available for certain Nokia phones running the Symbian operating system. Microsoft is finally ready to make a beta of that code available.

Microsoft: 90 million copies of Windows 7 sold

It was just over a month ago that Microsoft officials said the company had sold 60 million copies of Windows 7. On March 2, they updated that tally, claiming 90 million copies of Windows 7 have been sold to date.

Run XP Mode on Windows 7 Machines Without Hardware Virtualization

One of the neatest new features in Windows 7 Professional and above is XP Mode, but not all machines are capable of running it. Today we show you how to use VMware to run XP Mode on machines without Hardware Virtualization.
How does this work?
Even if your computer doesn’t have hardware virtualization, you can still install [...]

Microsoft actively urges IE 6 users to upgrade

A shopping video and eBay promotion are part of Microsoft’s effort to give IE 6 users a reason to upgrade. The company also is trying to move corporate customers away.
via Deep Tech

Office 2010 Beta Available

Microsoft has posted the Office 2010 Beta for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, but not before it had already been leaked. It was already appearing on your favorite BitTorrent search engine last week, but now there is some legitimacy to the download.
link:Office online companion website