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Microsoft’s Longhorn RSS Plans

David Adams 2005-06-25 Windows 11 Comments

Microsoft is planning for tight integration of RSS in Longhorn. Many potential users are surely happy at the idea of good, free tools for managing syndicated content, but others fear that Microsoft's embrace of the fledgling standard might signal an "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" strategy in the works.

Longhorn preview and more

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-23 Windows 60 Comments

The newest versions of the next Windows add graphics sizzle and more search features but lack visible productivity enhancements. Also, Microsoft is battling the perception that there's little to get excited about in the long-awaited and much-ballyhooed Longhorn. Elsewhere, here is Longhorn's lengthy security wish list.

Partial preliminary feature list for Windows Longhorn beta 1

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-21 Windows 44 Comments

This afternoon, a Microsoft spokesperson gave Tom's Hardware Guide some initial background information regarding which technologies will be represented in the company's release of beta 1 of Longhorn Server, which now appears on schedule for this summer.

Microsoft Shares More Clues About Longhorn Server

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-16 Windows 6 Comments

Longhorn Server Beta 1 looks likely to hit by August. And Microsoft is considering a future home version of its Windows Server product, too.

PC makers snub Windows sans media player

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-15 Windows 34 Comments

Four major PC makers have no plans to sell the media-player-free version of Windows, which Microsoft was ordered to offer by Europe's competition commissioner.

The slow road to Windows XP

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-14 Windows 69 Comments

Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new study shows that nearly half of business PCs are still running the older Windows 2000.

Microsoft Teaches Longhorn New Configuration Tricks

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-13 Windows 12 Comments

Microsoft Corp.'s "Longhorn" server will be a far more configurable system than past Windows releases, allowing customers to change the server's setup on the fly by selecting which components to load.

Windows Command Line to be overhauled

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-09 Windows 48 Comments

The command line interface to the Windows Server OS will be changed to the new Monad Shell (MSH), in a phased implementation to take place over the next three to five years. This confirmation comes from Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia in an interview published today by Microsoft. 'Monad' Scripting Shell Unlikely to Debut in Longhorn says Mary Jo Foley though: Microsoft is planning to make its alternative to Unix and Linux command-line scripting available as part of Exchange 12, due next year.

Microsoft’s road map for Longhorn tools

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-08 Windows 6 Comments

Microsoft later this year will look to populate the market for Windows Longhorn applications with development tools and the company's own server applications, including long-awaited updates to the Visual Studio programming tool and SQL Server. Also, although Microsoft is still working on the next version of Windows Server, code-named Longhorn and due to ship in 2007, the company already has a team working on Longhorn Release 2 and is looking at the potential feature set for Blackcomb, the version that follows Longhorn.

Microsoft updates slimmed-down Windows

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-08 Windows 19 Comments

As part of its effort to assuage European authorities, Microsoft has made changes to its Windows XP N--the slimmed-down version of the operating system it was ordered to offer last year.

Microsoft ‘hypervisor’ plan takes shape

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-07 Windows 39 Comments

Microsoft gave more details Tuesday on its plans to launch Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems.

A introduction to Windows Mobile 5.0 for developers

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-02 Windows No Comments

This extensive whitepaper, authored by Microsoft, introduces the many new features of Windows Mobile 5.0 from a developer's perspective, and provides an overview of the tools used by developers to create applications based on the new mobile device software platform. Read it here.

Microsoft to Roll Out Windows 2000 Update Rollup

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-02 Windows 53 Comments

Microsoft Corp. plans to announce as early as next week that it is ready to ship a Windows 2000 Update Rollup, the final security patch for the 5-year-old operating system. Microsoft has drawn some criticism after confirming that it will not make the next version of Internet Explorer available to users of its Windows 2000 operating system.

Change 2 Bytes and Windows XP Home becomes XP Professional

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-01 Windows 56 Comments

German Computer magazine C'T (Heise) is describing in its current print issue how to change Windows XP Home to a Windows XP Professional version before install.

Dr. Watson’s Longhorn Makeover Raises Eyebrows

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-01 Windows 40 Comments

Microsoft's Dr. Watson error-reporting tool will undergo a significant makeover in Longhorn, but changes in the way program crash data is collected and transmitted have raised eyebrows among privacy rights advocates. Also, the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will feature support for RAW uncompressed digital camera images--which could change the way people view and edit photos.

Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-27 Windows 393 Comments

"Every year or so I like to see how Microsoft is doing in its attempt to make a desktop operating system as usable as Linux. Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition, with Service Pack 2, is a tremendous improvement over previous Windows versions when it comes to stability and appearance, but it still has many glitches that..." Read more at NewsForge.

The ‘Dirty Little Secret’ About Longhorn

Submitted by JM 2005-05-27 Windows 69 Comments

Developers say there's a dirty little secret about Longhorn that few Softies are discussing publicly: Longhorn won't be based on the .Net Framework . . . Instead, the .Net Framework will be the core for a small subset of Longhorn, specifically the Windows API Platform (WAP), which consists primarily of the "Avalon" Windows presentation system and the "Indigo" Windows communications system

Microsoft: SP2 makes Windows 15 times safer

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-24 Windows 76 Comments

Computers running Windows XP SP2 are 15 times less likely than those running XP or XP SP1 to be infected by some of the most dangerous forms of malware, according to a Microsoft security guru.

Windows Server 2003 R2 Product Overview

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-23 Windows 27 Comments

Windows Server 2003 R2 makes it easier and more cost effective to extend connectivity and control to identities, locations, data, and applications throughout and beyond your organization. Experience the difference yourself by downloading the Windows Server 2003 R2 trial software.

Microsoft to flash Windows ID cards

Eugenia Loli 2005-05-18 Windows 19 Comments

Microsoft is getting ready to provide an early peek at new Windows software that aims to help consumers deal with the plethora of Internet logins. Also, more on Windows XP "Eiger", the lean Windows client.