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Microsoft looks ahead at PDC

Microsoft looks ahead at PDC

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At this year's Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft offers glimpses into the next version of its OS, the next iteration of its productivity suite, and its cloud-computing efforts.

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Windows 7: A better Vista?

With the upcoming OS, Microsoft aims to address many of Vista's shortcomings while keeping things largely the same under the hood.
• Images: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 6801
• Video: Microsoft executive talks Windows 7
• CNET editors' take: Windows 7 prebeta (build 6801)
• What's new for audio in Windows 7?
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
October 28, 2008 9:00 AM PDT

Next version of Office heads to the browser

Microsoft has decided to offer both businesses and consumers the option of running Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from within a Web browser.
• Images: Browser-based Office
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
October 28, 2008 9:00 AM PDT

Microsoft launches Windows Azure

At PDC 2008, Ray Ozzie and company talk up Windows Azure, Redmond's new offering "at the Web tier of computing." It's ready for release in preview form.
• Windows Azure: Blue skies ahead?
• Ozzie on Azure: It all comes down to trust
• So just what is running on Windows Azure?
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)
October 27, 2008 10:08 AM PDT

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Microsoft hopes to rebuild trust with Windows 7

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WinHEC 2008: Bag yes, hard drive no

WinHEC attendees get a laptop bag, unlike those at last week's professional developer conference. That said, their copy of Windows 7 will come on DVD, rather than the hard drive that PDC folks got. Read more
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Inside Windows 7's new desktop

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Microsoft's other new platform: Live Framework

Expected to be a big deal at PDC, the developer component of Live Mesh finds itself overshadowed some by Windows Azure, the cloud-based OS that the mesh sits on top of. Read more
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Windows 7 security: An overall improvement?

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Rashid: Battery power is a tricky thing

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Microsoft researcher talks tools, telescope, and iPhone

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Video: For Ozzie, Azure is the OS as a service

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Microsoft delivers the goods at PDC 2008

Developers get copies of Windows 7 and a spacious portable hard drive, and give mixed reviews after playing with the new operating system at Microsoft's professional developer conference. Read more
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Video: Microsoft executive talks Windows 7

In a video interview, corporate VP Mike Nash talks about some of the thinking that has gone into the successor to Windows Vista. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 28 2008

Windows 7: A better Vista?

With the new operating system, Microsoft aims to address many of Vista's shortcomings while keeping things largely the same under the hood. Read more
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Microsoft PDC: Windows 7, Office 14 take the stage

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What Ray Ozzie sees in Azure's cloud

After several years of toiling away in secret--with only brief public appearances--Microsoft's chief software architect shares what he's been up to. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 28 2008

So just what is running on Windows Azure?

In an interview, corporate VP Amitabh Srivastava talks about how Microsoft itself is thinking about shifting its own software into the cloud. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 27 2008

Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software

Security update fixes critical hole in pre-beta version of Windows 7 operating system, due to be distributed to attendees of PDC 2008 on Tuesday. Read more
Posted By: Elinor Mills Oct 27 2008

Ozzie on Azure: It all comes down to trust

In an interview, Ray Ozzie says that businesses will be taking a risk by placing core operations in Microsoft's data center--but that Redmond has more to lose if things go bad. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 27 2008

Windows Azure: Blue skies ahead?

Analysts praise Microsoft's ambition with its Azure cloud-computing effort, but say that getting there will take some time. Read more
Posted By: Elinor Mills Oct 27 2008

PDC 2008: Windows Azure live blog

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie introduces Microsoft's operating system in the cloud to thousands of developers gathered in Los Angeles. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 27 2008

Microsoft launches Windows Azure

The software maker hopes an operating system in the cloud, unveiled at its Professional Developers Conference, will add up to blue skies. Read more
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Windows 7 to reach down to Netbooks

When Microsoft talks Windows 7 next week, expect the software maker to talk about a product that can reach a part of the market that Vista has so far barely touched. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 24 2008

Vista SP2 beta due next week

Microsoft confirms that it is indeed ready with a test version of the update, which will add native Blu-ray support, faster searching, and improved Bluetooth connectivity. Read more
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Microsoft's Surface pricier than anticipated

The software maker is offering developers a chance to buy one of the tabletop computers, but the machines cost well over $10,000. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 23 2008

Next Microsoft Office to make PDC cameo

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Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 20 2008

Wondering about PDC and Windows 7?

CNET News' Ina Fried will tackle questions later Friday as part of our Editor's Office Hours video series. Read more
Posted By: Ina Fried Oct 17 2008


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