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Microsoft releases Silverlight 4 beta
Microsoft's fourth-generation answer to Adobe Flash, Silverlight 4, was released overnight at the software giant's 2009 Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Read more »
Microsoft dabbles in hardware
Taking a page from arch-rival Apple, Microsoft has teamed up with hardware-maker Acer to deliver a Windows 7 laptop created to its specifications. Read more »
Office 2010 beta gets LinkedIn
Microsoft has released a beta of Office 2010 at its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. The beta integrates social network LinkedIn with Outlook, offers a stripped back Excel for browser editing, and video editing tools for PowerPoint. Read more »
Microsoft open-sources .NET for embedded devices
Microsoft has open-sourced most of the .NET Micro Framework, the company's development and execution environment for embedded systems. Read more »
Office 2010 beta available for developers
The beta of Office 2010, expected this week, is now available to developers who are part of Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet developer programs. Read more »
Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
Microsoft on Friday said it plans next month to end support for a test version of its Live Framework, which was essentially the developer side of its Live Mesh service. Read more »
Microsoft's server boss: No Azure in a box
One of the limiting factors for Windows Azure — Microsoft's operating system for the cloud — is that it only runs in Microsoft's data centers. Read more »
Tech.Ed attendees get free HP netbook
Microsoft has raised the stakes for conference swag, with paying attendees of its September Tech.Ed conference in Australia having the opportunity to go home with a new HP laptop. Read more »
In the Mix for Microsoft? IE 8 and Silverlight to headline
The expected release of Internet Explorer 8 is likely to be the biggest headline coming out of Microsoft's Mix conference this week, along with the anticipated arrival of Silverlight 3, the next version of its rival to Adobe's Flash. Read more »
Microsoft: Azure not pie in the sky
Microsoft is trying to convince folks that its cloud operating system is more than hot air. Read more »
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Jim Allchin on Microsoft's Vista
Windows chief Jim Allchin talks about the challenges ahead and how the new OS might help conserve electricty. Read more »
Longhorn beta unlikely this year
Microsoft's efforts to bolster security in Windows XP will likely delay the release of a widespread test version of its forthcoming operating system until next year. Read more »
All about Longhorn
COMMENTARY -- Longhorn will be immensely popular once it is released, because Longhorn is revolutionary technology that makes desktop computing better. Read more »
Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?
The debut of a new Windows operating system won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying between Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA. Read more »
Get some laughs and VB.NET info with VBTV
Whether you've been left in the dark about VB.NET or you're just in the mood for some zany geek humor, this Microsoft Webcast is well worth an hour of your time. Read more »
Selling developers on .Net
He's hardly as well-known as Bill Gates but Eric Rudder will have more influence over the future of Microsoft's bet-the-company .Net software strategy than his more famous boss. Read more »
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Ray Ozzie announces Windows Azure
At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie talks about the company's new cloud computing operating system, called Windows Azure. The new OS is a framework that allows you to scale from 10 users to 10 million users without additional coding. Ozzie also discusses what the technology means for developers and businesses. Read more »
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Chrome OS source code unveiled
-- Google has open sourced the code of its web-based Chrome operating system. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
How many Windows 7s will there be?
-- The internet has been awash with rumours about Windows 7, with a pre-beta release being handed out to attendees at the Professional Developers Conference in the US this week. But how many Windows 7 versions will there be? Read more »
Highlights from the PDC
-- This week we bring you special coverage from the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Read more »
Azure: A matter of trust
-- Ray Ozzie hit the nail on the head when he said Azure's success will hinge on trust. Who outside (and inside) the core circle of ISV trust Microsoft? Read more »
XP stays on life support for longer
-- This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
Vista a step closer
-- Last week, Microsoft released its Windows Vista February 2006 community technology preview (CTP) on MSDN for beta testers, partners and developers.
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