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Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut
Two of Microsoft’s hybrid research-product labs made available test versions of new wares this week.
Microsoft’s Live Labs — the unit that married Microsoft Researchers with MSN developers — quietly delivered a new spinoff to its Seadragon technology. (Seadragon is best known as the technology powering Deep Zoom, a seamless-browsing feature of Microsoft’s Silverlight.) The new [...] -
IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback. The team is providing detailed information and answering questions about the product in many different places. Now’s a good time to talk about what comes next.
Since the release of Beta 2, the team has [...] -
A deep dive into Windows 7 (build 6801)
Ed Bott: Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 for the first time at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles three weeks ago. That public unveiling and the widespread availability of a pre-beta release of the Windows 7 code (build 6801) inspired a slew of first looks (including mine). But after that initial flurry [...]
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Microsoft Live Search Toolbar/Java Runtime Environment
Java was offering the Google Toolbar as a "crapware" add-on to the installer. Looks like they have switched to Microsoft now.
Microsoft Live Search-Powered Toolbar as Part of Java Runtime Environment
Search distribution deal expands reach of Microsoft Live Search via custom MSN Toolbar.
Java Web site
REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 10, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a [...] -
Latest Microsoft Innovations Help Developers Build Better Applications, Faster
During the keynote address at Microsoft Tech•Ed EMEA 2008 Developers, Jason Zander, general manager of the Developer Division at Microsoft Corp., highlighted how Microsoft is dramatically simplifying everyday development tasks through recently released technologies, such as Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and the forthcoming Visual Studio 2010 [...]
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Microsoft ‘interested’ in open source browser: Ballmer
Microsoft has given its most ringing endorsement of open source Web browsers to date with chief executive officer Steve Ballmer not ruling out adopting such technology as an alternative to its own popular Internet Explorer, saying it is "interesting".
In Sydney to speak at a Power to Developers event, Ballmer ignited the audience with his [...] -
Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" RC Release
ILM "2" offers a comprehensive solution for managing identities, credentials, and identity-based access policies across heterogeneous environments. Users can create their own security and email distribution groups and decide who to include in those groups. They can reset their passwords without calling their help desk. IT Pros can use ILM "2" to manage certificates and [...]
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Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
The pre-beta version of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developers Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it.
Well-known BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay and Mininova were at the time of publication Friday hosting multiple downloads [...]