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- Microsoft to ship Windows Server 2008, over time, in eight flavors
- Microsoft is readying eight SKUs of Windows Server 2008, only some of which will include Hyper-V (the new name for Microsoft's hypervisor that was code-named "Viridian"). According to ActiveWin.com, which is reporting from the TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, Microsoft has finalized the WIndows Server 2008 line-up...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., ActiveWin, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1 is ready to roll
- Microsoft promised to deliver Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack SP 1 in the fourth quarter of 2007. It looks like the company is going to make good on its word, with the first SP looking like it will hit this week. Microsoft posted to its Download Center...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1, ActiveWin, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
- Office 2007 RTMs? Vista up next
- Checking around the Web this weekend, there are a couple of reports -- unconfirmed by Microsoft officials, as far as I can tell -- that Office 2007 was released to manufacturing some time after Friday evening, and that Vista is set to RTM on November 8.ActiveWin is reporting that Vista...
- Tags: Vista, Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista, RTM
- Blog posts 2006-11-04
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- Microsoft to showcase social bookmarking at TechEd
- One of the new technologies that Microsoft is planning to showcase at its upcoming TechEd U.S. conference is its social-bookmarking tool. John Martin, Lead Evangelist for Server & Tools Online -- as he describes it, "the group that manages the global MSDN, TechNet, Codeplex, and Expression...
- Tags: TechEd, Social Bookmarking, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Private IE 8 beta 1 test build coming soon
- A number of Microsoft enthusiasts this week received invitations to a "limited technical beta program" for Internet Explorer IE 8 Beta 1. According to the invitation, Microsoft is planning to make IE 8 Beta 1 available to the general public, as well. But before that happens, an...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Invitation, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-23
- Here's that Windows Vista service-pack blocker tool
- While some customers are clamoring for Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1, others aren't going to rush out and install an update without testing it first. As mentioned earlier this week, Microsoft is making available for download a service-pack blocker tool for Windows users who don't want...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Microsoft Live Labs rolls out list-sharing tool
- Microsoft's Live Labs -- the team that brought us PhotoSynth (photo manipulation/melding) and SeaDragon (smooth-browsing) technology previews -- has introduced another offering to its roster: Listas. Listas is a list-sharing tool. According to a description of the technology on the Live Labs Web site, Listas "allows you...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tool, Listas, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Microsoft wants inside your kitchen
- It looks like Microsoft has more kitchen-related projects in the works than the Windows-based Kitchen Client.The BBC is reporting on efforts coming out of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, to build kitchen-centric computing tools and technologies. (Thanks to ActiveWin.com for the BBC link.)I could be wrong, but I don't believe...
- Tags: Windows Live, Windows client, Research, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Office 14: Think first half of 2009
- Office 14, the follow-on to Office 2007, is due out in the first half of calendar year 2009, according to a slide deck allegedly from Microsoft, posted on the AeroXperience blog. The timeline states that the first beta of Office 14 is due out in the first half of...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Office, Office 2007, SharePoint Server, Vista, Windows 7
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Next versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox taking shape
- Microsoft and the Mozilla Foundation are pushing ahead with their respective next versions of their Web browsers. Their methods are different, but many of their priorities are -- at least in theory -- quite similar. The Mozilla Foundation has published to a public wiki a list of...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Live from the Windows Vista Lab in Las Vegas
- Is there any Windows Vista stone left uncovered? Microsoft seems to think there still is. (And were not even talking about the "Q," aka Windows Home Server.) The company has invited about 60 bloggers, Most Valuable Professionals MVPs and/or Microsoft Featured Community site members to the Microsoft-sponsored Windows Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Larry Richman, Ryan Hoffman, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-06
- On to the next version of Windows
- Guess Microsoft really wants to make sure the next version of Windows doesnt take another five years. The day after releasing the final Windows Vista bits to volume-licensing business customers. Microsoft issued a call to testers asking for input on the next version of Windows. "Many...
- Tags: Vista, Windows client, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-01
- Microsoft introduces a new freebie
- Slowly but surely, Microsoft is looking to grow its user base by giving away entry-level SKUs of its products. The latest freebie: Office Accounting Express 2007, the new, low-end of its not-so-popular small-business accounting software line. Microsoft made the Express version of its small-business accounting product available for free...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office accounting
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- Microsoft solicits testers for its Centro midmarket server
- Its been a while since Microsoft has talked up its forthcoming version of Windows Server that will be aimed at mid-sized customers. But on October 11, Microsoft broke its silence about "Centro" by sending out a solicitation for Technology Adoption Program TAP partners willing...
- Tags: Centro
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- Office 2007, Vista inch closer
- Microsoft posted for download on October 6, as expected, a new test build of Vista, No. 5744, which the company has christened Release Candidate RC 2.The company also sent a note the same day to its Technology Adoption Program TAP partners who are testing Office 2007, notifying them that Office...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-10-06
- Report: Vista coupons coming later this month
- It’s no secret that Microsoft and its PC partners are readying coupons to help make up for the fact that there won’t be any PCs preloaded with Vista ready for this holiday season. According to CRN, Microsoft is, indeed, going to launch its coupon program later this month. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, coupon, CRN, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-10-05
- Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
- Windows Genuine Advantage WGA isn’t the only Microsoft anti-piracy scheme that might raise the hackles of future Vista customers. Volume Activation 2.0 is worrying some Vista testers who’ve had a chance to dabble with early versions of that technology. Potential false positives – Microsoft labeling legitimate copies of Windows as...
- Tags: Volume, Volume Activation, Volume Activation 2.0
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
- Vista versions not so confusing after all
- Vista versions not so confusing after allso much fragmentationjust need one flavor with all the OPTIONAL toys, notice the apps people want are optional, the apps people do NOT want are bolted to the OSbasicbasic would be the best option if they'd include 64-bit support. from what i've heard they...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Operating systems, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-02-28
- Study: Americans' home Net adoption slowing
- Study: Americans' home Net adoption slowingThe biggest reason...to much of a hassle to protect the PC while on the internet. Keep in mind the average Joe and Jane just want to log in and go. They do not want to deal with defrag, AV, AS or any other maintenance.Another thing...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- This openness stuff isn't as easy as it looks
- Microsoft is trying hard to be more open. In fact, I’d bet that there are more bloggers from Microsoft than from any other company, in or out of the tech universe. The amount of inside information on Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7, and other new technologies coming directly out of...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 12
- Blog posts 2006-02-13
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