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Beta EscrowWindows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 6.1.7601.16537 v.153 was leaked in the wild a little over a month ago and at that time, the bits came accompanied by documentation detailing the changes associated with the first major upgrade for the operating system. I did offer an overview of the evolution represented by Windows 7’s first service pack in April, but without going into all the details,

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And not of the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 packageMicrosoft is making no secret of the fact that the latest release of Windows Live will be tailored to Windows 7 and Windows Vista, while not supporting Windows XP at all. The Redmond company’s position is of course that the operating system released back in 2001 is obsolete, despite the Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 releases, and that

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Documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools Microsoft has made available for download the software development kit for Visio 2010 RTM. Developers can leverage the resources packaged in the SDK in order to build solutions designed to run on top of the latest iteration of Visio. In this regard, the Visio 2010 SDK brings to the table not only documentation, but also code samples,

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VAMT 2.0With the latest versions of Microsoft’s cash cows available to volume license customers, a new version of the tool allowing for the administration of volume activation is currently available for download. The Volume Activation Management Tool has made it all the way to version 2.0, and is now tailored not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but also to the recently released to

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In the detriment of more advanced browsers Internet Explorer 6 is not getting all that much love these days, what with even Microsoft sending flowers to a mock-funeral event, and the General Manager of IE expressing regrets that representatives from the company were unable to attend. But there are those with a deep loyalty for the decade-old browser, and they are not few by any standards, as IE6

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According to the Redmond company Attackers targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft software have a definite preference for a decade-old operating system released in 2001. Windows XP, the platform that continues to own the lion’s share of the operating-system market, attracts twice as many attacks targeting Microsoft vulnerabilities, compared with Windows 7 and Windows Vista combined, according to

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Courtesy of Microsoft Microsoft released Office 2010 to manufacturing on April 15th, and is already allowing MSDN and TechNet subscribers to grab the RTM bits. At the same time, the Redmond company made available for download an extensive collection of resources, designed to help customers get an insight into all the components of the productivity suite. The Office 2010 product guides are

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Over 50% of which choose 64-bitWhile Microsoft has yet to provide any statistics related to the adoption of Windows 7 by enterprise customers, one company dealing with automated application compatibility testing and remediation, indicates that uptake is strong. According to ChangeBASE, makers of AOK, no less than 80% of its customers plan to upgrade to the latest iteration of the Windows

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Windows Embedded Standard 7A little over half a year since the general availability deadline of Windows 7, Microsoft is gearing up to make available a new release of the operating system, this time around the componentized embedded version. Windows Embedded Standard 7 is the successor of Windows Embedded Standard 2009, and is based on the Windows 7 platform, according to Microsoft, as the company

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For company partners Microsoft plans to revamp an older offering and to deliver a new software package designed especially for partner companies. Come May 24th, 2010, members of the Microsoft Partner network will be able to take advantage of two new Microsoft Action Pack subscriptions. The Redmond company will introduce Microsoft Action Pack Development and Design, and will make available an

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From MicrosoftWindows Media Services 2008 is described by Microsoft as nothing more than an optional supplement designed to add extra functionality to the latest iteration of Windows Server. A new release of Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 R2 has been available for download as of the end of the past week, with the components having already been offered as early as the Release

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Customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client now have a refreshed version of a package of solution accelerators available. On April 1, 2010, the refreshed version of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2010 was released. In fact, MSDN and TechNet subscribers can already download the MDOP 2010 Refresh bits and test drive the new release. At the same time, existing MDOP

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March 2010 releaseMicrosoft is gearing up to release SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, with the official sign-off date now approximately a month away, and the company is also working to get developers familiarized with the new product. The Developers Training Kit for the software giant’s data platform has been available for download with SQL Server 2008 R2 still in pre-release, Community Technology Preview

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At MIX 2010 The wait is almost over for new demos of Internet Explorer 9. Come next week and MIX10, Microsoft will showcase the evolution of IE9 since the first demonstration of the browser at PDC 2009 last year. The Redmond company has already published details on a number of IE9-focused sessions scheduled for the coming week. The official MIX10 website was updated to detail the new demos

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Yes, it’s more than possible Microsoft has officially announced the sales target for the latest version of the Windows client, and, while extremely high, it is in no way beyond the company’s reach. Speaking at the CeBIT Global Conference, in Hanover, Germany on March 4, 2010, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner revealed that the software giant aimed to sell in excess of 300 million

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Microsoft sends flowers to IE6 funeral A very dignified bouquet of flowers from Microsoft arrived at the address of a Denver venue on Thursday, March 4, 2010, where mourners had gathered for a tongue-in-cheek funeral of Internet Explorer 6. The Redmond company obviously wanted to compensate for its absence from the funeral ceremony, unable to break away from the Internet Explorer 9 development

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Courtesy of the Discovery Channel and BBCWindows 7 users that have been keeping an eye on Softpedia already know that Microsoft has been releasing a steady flow of personalization content. The latest Windows 7 theme made available by the Redmond company is titled Life, and comes courtesy of the Discovery channel and BBC. The theme pack in question is available for download, as many others, free

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Windows 7 breathes new life into Microsoft’s OS market share Windows 7 has managed to breathe new life into Microsoft’s share on the operating system market. For the first time in the last six months, Windows’ market share got a small bump, and an unusual break from an otherwise constant and downward trajectory. According to statistics made available by net Applications, the overall usage share

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The root(kit) of all evil The recent MS10-015 incident, related to BSODs and rootkit infections, got me thinking about a time, not so long ago, when Microsoft had to fight with security companies in order actually secure Windows. I know of no other example of a company doing valid work to bulletproof their software only to be accused by prominent members of the security industry that it was

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Available for download What better way to celebrate the year of the tiger, than with a theme pack from Microsoft? Users running the Redmond company’s latest iteration of the Windows client can now download a new theme via the Windows Personalization Gallery. A Windows 7 ‘Year of the Tiger’ theme pack is available from the software giant free of charge, and can be integrated seamlessly into the

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MS10-015Microsoft starting to serve the February 2010 security updates to customers running its products was just the first move in what has become an interesting game of chess between the company and malware authors. The Redmond company moved first, with the release of the MS10-015 (KB977165) patch, among the many security bulletins offered this month. The second move also belonged to Microsoft,

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A variant of the Home and Student SKU At the end of the past year, Microsoft launched a new edition of Office 2007 targeted at markets on the African continent. The Office 2007 Home and Student for Africa SKU comes with a discounted price of approximately 39 Euro or $53, namely the equivalent of 3,999 Kenyan Shillings. According to the Redmond company, the new edition of Office 2007 was

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For Word and Outlook Windows operating systems (Windows 7 included) are not the only Microsoft products receiving stability and performance improvements before the RTM and GA deadlines. The Redmond company has made available an update designed to kick up a notch two components of the Beta development milestone of Office 2010, namely Word and Outlook. The refresh is designed to integrate

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Says MicrosoftAlmost a third of the pirated copies of Windows 7 and the activation cracks for the operating system are infected with malicious code, and will cause users to infect their own machines, according to Microsoft. Joe Williams, general manager, Genuine Windows, cited data from a study performed by Media Surveillance, a German-based anti-piracy solutions company. At the end of 2009,

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GA is just four months awayOffice 2010 Release Candidate Build 14.0.4734.1000 follows Beta Build 14.0.4536.1000 and the Technical Preview development milestones offered in 2009. The first build of Office 2010 this year signals the fact that Microsoft is approaching the finishing line with its next generation of the productivity suite. Third-party sources indicate that the company is planning to

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