Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), will not run on Windows Vista, either now in its developer preview form or when the software ships.
TNW reports that the Silverlight 5 beta is now live for download.
Just like it did a year ago, Microsoft is using its Mix designer/developer show in Las Vegas this week to launch the first preview build of the next version of Internet Explorer (IE), IE 10.
Skipping steps in the popular copy and paste upgrade, may affect futures updates.
Microsoft has upgraded and renamed its Bing search engine's directory of local businesses
Research analysts Gartner predicted on Monday that Microsoft will hold virtually 0% market share in the 2015 media tablet market space.
The proprietary multimedia plug-in platform and rival to HTML5 will offer 64-bit capabilities and digital rights management.
Microsoft's next desktop platform, Windows 8, is expected to take some interface cues from Windows Phone 7
Chris Walsh, part of the ChevronWP7 team and responsible for the current ChevronWP7.Updater app, which used Microsoft's own tools to push NoDo to thousands of Windows Phones prematurely, has blogged about why he pulled the app.
After the explosion of major Windows Server releases in 2010, it may appear not much is worth getting excited about in 2011 -- wrong
Microsoft is already pushing Internet Explorer 9 via Windows Update
It looks like there could be a problem with the recently released ChevronWP7.Updater that was posted a few days ago by Chris Walsh.
According to an April 4 post on the Silverlight Team Blog, Microsoft will be making a beta of Silverlight 5 available the week of April 11, concurrent with the Mix11 conference.
wpcentral posted a news story that Microsoft has released a Windows Phone Support Tool that fixes NoDo update errors
Long Zheng noticed two user interface elements in Windows 8 Explorer that hints at some new file syncing and sharing features
A number of websites that have been known for posting details and leaked images of Windows 8 have closed today.
Neowin.net posted a news story that Microsoft is testing ribbon UI in Windows 8
Microsoft's new browser is doing well but IE's market share is dropping.
Microsoft stands behind its decision to limit IE9 to users running Vista and Windows 7.
Neowin.net posted a screenshot of the Windows 8 login screen
Software maker says Windows Phone 7 now has more than 11,000 applications and that rivals' figures are bogus.
Microsoft appears to be reconsidering a decision to bar an application from the Windows Phone 7 market, in one of the first tests of the software giant's mobile approval process.
The European Commission has confirmed that it has entered talks with Microsoft with the aim of keeping its licensing agreement for Windows.
Windows 8 Beta reports that the latest internal Windows 8 build is 7974
Geek Smack learned that current builds of Windows 8 don’t have any form of Live ID login integration in place
GeekSmack reports that references to “Immersive Shell” confirm Windows 8's tile-based tablet UI
Long Zheng shows you how to get an early internal Mango update for your Windows Phone 7
Faced with rival Firefox 4's record-setting launch, Microsoft this week argued that it's unfair to grade its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) against Mozilla's Firefox.
Microsoft now 'gets' security at every level of the organisation but the wider software industry has yet to match its zeal, the company has said in its latest Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) Progress Report.
IDC's surprising forecast that Windows Phone will surge to second place in global smartphone OSes by 2015 -- up from its current fifth place standing -- has some support from other analysts.
Windows 8 information keeps trickling out slowly. Here to add to the mix is a new wallpaper and some additional information.
Microsoft has turned down "Imagewind" for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Corp. filed a formal complaint with European antitrust regulators about Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet search market in the region.
Software programmers are gearing up to build applications for the newest version of Windows Phone 7; consumer demand has been tepid
Microsoft needlessly botched getting timely updates for Windows Phone 7 to customers and antagonized some of its most loyal fans by not delivering on its promises, a crisis communication expert said today.
Hardware 2.0 reports that WP7 handset owners on the AT&T network still have to wait for the 'NoDo' update.
Neowin.net posted a news story that Windows 8 will come with History Vault, a Time Machine competitor
Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer (IE) 9 to users in earnest starting at the end of June 2011, using its Windows Update mechanism, officials said this week.
In the past few days, rumors of a possible leak of one of the newer Windows 8 internal builds have been gaining steam.
Windows 8 Beta posted a complete screenshot tour of the Windows 8 upgrade
IDC made a bold prediction Tuesday, forecasting that Windows Phone will surge ahead to become the No. 2 smartphone operating system by 2015.
Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Windows Home Server 2011 product, codenamed Vail company officials said on March 29.
Neowin.net posted a quick tip about getting the NoDo update for your Windows Phone 7 now
Microsoft has made available for download, as of March 28, the first Windows Thin PC Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build.
InformationWeek posted a news story that Microsoft will throttle the Windows Phone 7 Update
All About Microsoft published an article on how Microsoft an get Windows Phone 7 back on track
Neowin.net reports that an image of Windows 8 system reset has been leaked on the Internet
Nokia fully expects, and plans, to do what Microsoft and its handset partners have so far been unable to do: make Windows Phone 7 a must-have mobile platform.
PCWorld posted a news story that Windows Phone 7 users are not happy about the slow pace of updates to their smartphones.
Microsoft is supporting Apple iOS and Android-based devices in Beta 2 of System Center Configuration Manager 2012
