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Microsoft is backpedaling on its Silverlight strategy, but make no mistake: When it comes to cross-platform development on desktop computers and mobile devices, only one technology makes sense, and that's HTML 5. View the full article -
While Windows 7 is running on only one out of every 10 PCs at North American and European businesses,that percentage will grow considerably in the coming year, according to a new report from Forrester Research. View the full article
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Microsoft specifies some pretty high-end hardware that must be included with every Windows Phone. But the list of hardware that is optional or just not available is equally interesting, and this feature focus looks at both. View the full article
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There’s one more new Windows Server variant in the Microsoft pipeline, in addition to Vail, Aurora and SBS 7. Here’s a bit more on Windows Server Breckenridge. View the full article
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Google is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) over a bid for a new hosted e-mail system which Google claims unfairly benefits Microsoft. View the full article
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Microsoft has posted an update on the future of Silverlight which confirms the shift in the company’s strategy about which I blogged last week. View the full article
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At the company’s Professional Developers Conference in Redmond late last week, Microsoft execs fielded another new positioning attempt for its Azure platform. Microsoft is claiming to be the leading general purpose platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud platform. View the full article
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Microsoft Windows - Mailbag: October 31, 2010
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In this week's mailbag, Windows Phone 7 and email polling, Windows Phone 7 and custom ringtones, a faux Windows 8 delay, Windows Phone 7 and multiple calendars, how mobile carriers really can't screw up Windows Phone 7 software updates, and my true feelings about the iPad. View the full article -
Microsoft has purchased for an undisclosed amount the technology, people — and perhaps most importantly, the intellectual property — of chip maker Canesta, according to a press release issued by Canesta on October 29. View the full article
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and Paul discuss PDC10, Windows Phone and micro-SD storage expansion, Ray Ozzie's hand grenade-like goodbye memo, the Slate PC, Service Pack 1 RC1 for Windows 7 and Serer 2008 R2, and travel sites opposed to Google's purchase of ITA. View the full article
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The Harvest is a stunning 3D action RPG for Windows Phone 7 that puts to rest any doubts that this is a major new mobile gaming platform. View the full article
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Microsoft has been touting for a while the ability for developers to use a variety of tools, like Java, PHP, Ruby and Eclipse, when developing applications for Windows Azure. But the company is going to step up its Java support for Azure in the coming weeks and months, elevating Java to a “first-class citizen” in the Microsoft cloud realm. View the full article
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So what’s a developer to make of Microsoft’s messaging (or lack thereof) about Silverlight at its premiere developer conference? View the full article
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Today, Microsoft’s programming model for the cloud is .Net. At some point in the future, it may become Orleans. View the full article
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A number of financial analysts and company watchers (including yours truly) have wondered whether the company’s seeming lack of an immediate strategy to directly address the growth of the iPad and Android consumer slates would come back to bite it. Not too surprisingly, Microsoft officials are insisting that Windows PCs and tablets are what customers want and what they will get. View the full article
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Microsoft is making available for download on October 28 another new test build of Internet Explorer 9. View the full article
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Microsoft officials shared more information about cloud technologies and programs that the company is prepping for Azure developers during the opening day of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference on October 28. View the full article
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Sometimes Microsoft really surprises me, simply by doing the right thing. And Office 365 appears to be that kind of welcome surprise: A version of Office in the cloud, one that is affordable for most businesses. View the full article
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Microsoft will be releasing its Q1 2011 earnings on October 28 this week. And on the 28th and 29th, the company will be holding its first Redmond-based Professional Developers Conference. But there have been lots of other Microsoft-related happenings over the past few days (and it’s only Tuesday). View the full article
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Another Microsoft-germinated project has left the building and is now under the auspices of the Outercurve Foundation. The latest to go is Microsoft Research’s Scientific Workflow Workbench — codenamed Project Trident. View the full article
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In my first feature focus article for Windows Phone 7, I take a look at hubs, the panoramic, integrated experiences that really differentiate this platform from the competition. View the full article
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Ray Ozzie may be a lame duck at this point, as he will soon be leaving his Chief Software Architect post at Microsoft. But that hasn’t stopped him from publishing an updated assessment of Microsoft’s strategy and products. View the full article
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In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Leo and Paul discuss Windows 7's first anniversary with 240 million licenses sold, the start of the Windows Phone 7 rollout, Paul's Windows Phone 7 review, the first Windows Phones, the pain of switching Windows Live IDs, Office 365, Ray Ozzie is leaving Microsoft, Xbox 360 sales successes, and the first Google TVs. View the full article
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In this week's blockbuster, Windows Phone-oriented Mailbag, Windows Phone and Zune Pass, Windows Phone and Zune Pass with two users, Windows Phone app performance, switching from iTunes to Zune, Windows Phone and tasks, Windows Phone and ActiveSync, unlocked Windows Phones, reinstalling Windows Phone apps, Windows Phone and multiple Exchange-type accounts, Windows Phone and rSAP, Windows Phone and Zune music sync, and Windows Phone Secrets availability. View the full article
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Netflix is this week's Windows Phone 7 App of the Week selection, and it's a must-have for the millions of people who enjoy the Netflix streaming video service. Fortunately, the Windows Phone client is one of the best I've seen. View the full article