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<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft warns of another update to Windows Update Computerworld, MA - 5 minutes ago The new Windows Update client will be downloaded and installed to machines running Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. ... More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=NAJ2n5puOW0J&imgurl=news.cnet.com/i/bto/20081030/Windows_7_security_610x413.jpg width=80 height=54 alt="" border=1> CNET News <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Reveals Windows 7 Washington Post Blogs, DC - 29 minutes ago Earlier this week, Microsoft provided the first extensive preview of Windows 7 -- the successor to Windows Vista that may ship in early 2010 -- at its ... Microsoft previews Windows 7, and it looks like... Vista Dallas Morning News Revealed: How a new feature gets into Windows TECH.BLORGE.com So, why do you hate Windows Vista? PC Pro all 59 news articles More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=j3VoYg7XKUEJ&imgurl=www.internetnews.com/img/2008/10/azure_pdc2.jpg width=80 height=72 alt="" border=1> InternetNews.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Take That, Apple! InternetNews.com - 15 minutes ago "I’m really excited about Windows 7 as a whole," wrote the Windows Now blog. "Windows 7 is Windows Vista done right," said Paul Thurrott on his Windows ... More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=yiWPniP-IS0J&imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/reuters/olustech_iptc/2008-10-28t183707z_01_btre49r1fq200_rtroptp_2_tech-us-microsoft-windows.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1> Canada.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Simon Bisson & Mary Branscombe's Blog IT PRO, UK - 17 hours ago The only thing that’s different from the laptop you can buy today is that it’s running the pre-beta build of Windows 7 that’s been distributed here at ... Windows 7 May Trigger 64-bit OS Adoption Internet News Vista's successor is more than Windows dressing guardian.co.uk BLOG: Why Windows 7 could change the way you make music MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers jkOnTheRun - PC World all 856 news articles More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> WinInfo Short Takes: PDC 2008 Special Edition Windows IT Pro, CO - 8 minutes ago Short TakesPDC 2008: For Windows, the Swagger is BackThe past several years haven't been great for Windows. Part of the problem, of course, is Windows Vista ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows 7 May Trigger 64-bit OS Adoption Internet News, CA - 9 minutes ago In late July, for instance, Chris Flores, a director on the Windows client communications team, wrote a post on the Vista Team blog, to the effect that ... More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=XR3C_RIA7Q4J&imgurl=www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/summary/9143.jpg width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1> TrustedReviews <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft enhances Live Mesh WindowsForDevices, CA - 25 minutes ago Intended to integrate desktop and mobile operating systems -- including Windows Mobile, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Macintosh OS X -- Live Mesh provides ... Windows 7 Sheds Vista Bloat Enterprise IT Planet all 393 news articles More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=nz52tjTOiecJ&imgurl=news.cnet.com/i/ne/p/2008/1028Word-document540x432.jpg width=80 height=64 alt="" border=1> CNET News <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Google Updates Chrome To Version 0.3.154.9 InformationWeek, NY - 1 hour ago ... Google Chrome (0.78%), and Opera (0.69%). Chrome is currently available for Windows XP and Vista; Google plans to release a Mac version in the near future. Windows 7 Sheds Vista Bloat Enterprise IT Planet all 378 news articles More...

http://ieblog.members.winisp.net/images/IE8codefocus.jpgIn preparation for the Professional Developers Conference, the IE team recently authored some articles for a special issue of Code Focus magazine. The articles cover everything from cross-version compatibility to performance, and include new sample code. You can read the articles online at the following locations: Welcome to CoDe Focus for Internet Explorer 8! What’s New in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2? Making Your Web site Compatible Across Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer Introducing Compatibility View Create Your Own Web Slices Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 New Search Features in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Developer Tools in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Better AJAX Development with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 AJAX Performance Measurement Methodology for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Performance Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Reliability and Privacy with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Secure Coding with Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Internet Explorer 8 New Accessibility Features Or, if you’d prefer, you can also download the entire issue as a single PDF file. Enjoy! Eric Lawrence Program Manager Update 11:50 am - fixing a formating issue. http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9023346 More...

Our tour of Windows 7 M3 continues in Part 3 of the Windows 7 preview. This one focuses on bundled applications and device support! More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> CNET News Daily Podcast: Early impressions of Windows 7 security CNET News, CA - 29 minutes ago He writes a daily blog about industry happenings and also contributes to the CNET News Daily Debrief. Leslie Katz is senior editor of CNET News' Crave blog, ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows 7 - user interface is king ZDNet Blogs - 5 hours ago NET among Windows ISVs. One last thing: I can’t build an entire blog post out of this (and it’s not really related to the point of this post), ... More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=PvOnUtkYHRIJ&imgurl=cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/10/27/1225160821_3621/539w.jpg width=80 height=56 alt="" border=1> Boston Globe <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> PDC Three-Day Wrap-up Microsoft Watch - 38 minutes ago Microsoft Debuts Windows Azure. My live blog of the Day 1 keynote adds quick on-the-spot analysis. Azure: Windows Becomes the Web. My post-keynote analysis ... Amazon Web Services: Cloud Computing Pioneer Windows & Net Magazine Microsoft launches Windows Azure CNET News Microsoft Announces 'Azure' Cloud Services PC Magazine all 933 news articles More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista SP2 released in limited beta GCN.com, DC - 5 minutes ago In a statement on Microsoft's Springboard blog, Celine Allee wrote that Windows SP2 is anticipated to go live in the first half of 2009. ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Dell Inspiron Mini 12: Bigger display, Thinner body Inquirer.net, Philippines - 20 minutes ago Windows XP and Ubuntu will still be the OS options for 2008 but come 2009, Windows Vista will likewise be available as well. There will also be 60GB or 80GB ... More...

Microsoft was straight to the point during the presentation of Windows 7 at PDC; mostly to the delight of the audience.Ray Ozzie noted that Windows 7 is going to increase the value of consumers’ investments through the combination of PC, Web and mobile devices. — “If you take one thing away from what you see [...] More...

Dennis O’Reilly asks you to check your Windows Vista update history as an important patch by Microsoft needs to be applied on your machine. In an excerpt:Microsoft usually releases patches for Windows on the second Tuesday of the month. But last Thursday, the company sent out an update that was too important to [...] More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Mobile Networking News ComputerWeekly.com, UK - 53 minutes ago GPRS and wireless LANs hold the fort while frontrunners research the way aheadIn Depth Date: 01:00 25 Aug 2000 IDG Connect : Using Windows Vista on a ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Windows XP News ComputerWeekly.com, UK - 38 minutes ago However, faced with an upgrade from Windows XP to Vista and IE7 from IE6 and you have a situation akin to explaining quadratic equations to a t...Blog Date: ... Windows NT News ComputerWeekly.com Unix News ComputerWeekly.com SQL Server News ComputerWeekly.com all 6 news articles More...

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie finally announced during WinHEC PDC 2008 their Windows Cloud operating system named Windows Azure.I have previously written about Windows Cloud and was excited how it would synch up with Windows Vista. The announcement focused on the architecture of Windows Azure which was being built for open development. In the [...] More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Scate Releases Ignite 4 Home Edition MarketWatch - 25 minutes ago Scate Ignite 4 Home includes a free account at Scate's own media sharing website (IgniteCAST.com) for podcast syndication, blog posting, message board ... More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=yiWPniP-IS0J&imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/reuters/olustech_iptc/2008-10-28t183707z_01_btre49r1fq200_rtroptp_2_tech-us-microsoft-windows.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1> Canada.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Vista's successor is more than Windows dressing guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago To give just one example, the Windows Engineering blog points out that the number of applications and tasks that generate a UAC prompt fell from 775312 at ... BLOG: Why Windows 7 could change the way you make music MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers Microsoft previews Windows 7, and it looks like... Vista Dallas Morning News Microsoft leaks Windows 7 details New York Times DaniWeb - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 773 news articles More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=VXFxuHr1iiUJ&imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/reuters/olustech_iptc/2008-10-27t164020z_01_btre49q1abk00_rtroptp_2_tech-us-microsoft.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1> Canada.com <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Amazon Web Services: Cloud Computing Pioneer Windows & Net Magazine, OH - 3 hours ago Unlike Windows 7 -- which Microsoft is positioning as an improved version of Windows Vista -- Windows Azure not only signals a big change in how Microsoft ... Microsoft launches Windows Azure CNET News Microsoft Announces 'Azure' Cloud Services PC Magazine all 895 news articles More...

<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=3oCERNRwNHUJ&imgurl=www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/10/29/windows_7_2_wideweb__470x314,0.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1> Sydney Morning Herald <img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Netbooks and the End of Windows Vista Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 37 minutes ago ... tells the Business Technology Blog. So what does this have to do with Microsoft? Most netbooks aren’t powerful enough to run Windows Vista, ... BLOG: Why Windows 7 could change the way you make music MusicRadar.com - The place for music makers Microsoft previews Windows 7, and it looks like... Vista Dallas Morning News Microsoft leaks Windows 7 details New York Times PC Magazine - DaniWeb all 771 news articles More...

In Part 3 of my Windows 7 preview, I look at changes to Windows Explorer and networking! More...