Microsoft to allow Win Mobile 6.0, 6.1 users access to its online app store
Mary Jo Foley: On the same day Apple celebrated the one-year anniversary of its iPhone app store, Microsoft announced it a few more tidbits about its own Windows Marketplace for Mobile store. Microsoft execs are now saying that Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 users will be able to access Microsoft's app store, which opens this fall.
Tue Jul 14 09:05:42 PDT 2009
Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft reconfirmed today that its cloud computing platform will be commercially available this November and unveiled pricing for its Azure components -- the base operating system, its hosted database and its messaging service.
Tue Jul 14 07:23:58 PDT 2009
Microsoft to flesh out further its private cloud strategy
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is crystalizing its "private cloud" positioning and plans to run it by the 6,000 or so partners attending its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week.
Mon Jul 13 14:15:27 PDT 2009
Next-gen Microsoft Forefront security products get final names, pricing
Mary Jo Foley: Forefront codename ?Stirling? - the next generation of the Forefront Security Suite will be officially known as Forefront Protection Suite (FPS), the team announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 13.
Mon Jul 13 11:27:35 PDT 2009
Take two: Microsoft says business licensees to get Windows 7 bits on September 1
Mary Jo Foley: On July 13, Microsoft officials said business users with volume license agreements won't be able to get the Windows 7 bits until September 1. Microsoft isn't providing further information as to why customers will have to wait more than a month after release-to-manufacturing to get the final bits.
Mon Jul 13 07:54:50 PDT 2009
Microsoft shares more developer-focused Windows 7 E details
Mary Jo Foley: In a July 13 posting to the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft shared a few more developer-focused specifics about Windows 7 E, its Internet-Explorer-free version of Windows 7 that it is planning to offer in Europe.
Mon Jul 13 07:27:03 PDT 2009
Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until August
Mary Jo Foley: Many industry watchers were expecting July 13 to be Microsoft's coming-out party for Office Web Applications, the company's Web-centric version of its core Office apps (Word, Excel, poerPoint and OneNote) -- and head-to-head competitor with Google Docs. But that's not what's happening today.
Mon Jul 13 05:16:28 PDT 2009
Microsoft to deliver invitation-only tech preview build of Office 2010
Mary Jo Foley: On July 13, Microsoft is slated to make available a limited technical test build of its Office 2010 suite to select testers via the company's Connect download site. The new build is not a public beta. Here's what it is....
Mon Jul 13 05:16:02 PDT 2009
Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation
Mary Jo Foley: Just when I thought I couldn't stomach even one more post about Google's Chrome OS, I stumbled onto Michael Miller's "Google's Chrome OS: Maybe Not a "PC" OS After All" piece from July 9. Reading it, I had one of those "aha!" moments.
Sat Jul 11 08:51:04 PDT 2009
Business licensees to get final Windows 7 release in July
Mary Jo Foley: On July 10, Microsoft notified its reseller partners that it plans to allow business users who've purchased volume licenses plus Software Assurance contracts to get Windows 7 before the end of July.
Fri Jul 10 11:10:15 PDT 2009
Sensors, search and sleep apnea on Microsoft Research confab's line-up
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft has spread itself pretty thin, as of late. But did you know the company is working on helping to remedy sleep apnea? That's just one of the research projects Microsoft execs and invited researcher guests are slated to discuss at next week's Faculty Summit 2009
Fri Jul 10 07:42:08 PDT 2009
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