Windows 7 on netbooks? No problem, says Microsoft.
"Looking forward, we can confidently say that no matter how netbook PC hardware evolves, we're gearing up to ensure that Windows 7 will run great on them," Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows communication manager, wrote in Friday blog post.
"We've been testing Windows 7 on netbook PCs since before Windows 7 was feature complete, and our plan is to enable these small notebook PCs to run any edition of Windows 7," he wrote.
A beta version of Windows 7 was released in January.
Microsoft on Monday will unveil a new version of its software for aggregating health records that makes it easier for patients and doctors to share information electronically.
The new release, Almaga Unified Intelligent System 2009, offers bi-directional integration with Microsoft's HealthVault, an online repository where people can store and manage their health and wellness information, said Steve Shihadeh, a vice president in the Microsoft Health Solutions Group.
Microsoft has released an updated application that provides tighter integration between Windows Live services and the company's mobile platform.
Windows Live for Windows Mobile 10 offers a variety of services for Microsoft-powered handsets like the Touch Pro and the Samsung Omnia. On the e-mail side, it provides more robust connectivity with Microsoft's Web-based e-mail by bringing full push and pull capabilities. This means Hotmail users can get their messages on the go quickly and nearly in real time.
Microsoft will make "major new announcements" relating to its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system when it launches the Release Candidate of the OS, according to a British technology news site.
Microsoft Windows OEM manager Laurence Painell told PC Pro that the company plans a "couple of additional, quite major announcements" at the time it releases Windows 7 RC. The Release Candidate will likely ship in May, though Microsoft has yet to formally confirm a date.
One possibility is that Microsoft may announce a release date for the final version of Windows 7 at the same time it ships the Release Candidate.
Microsoft says its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system is gaining momentum in the United States, and several handset makers are now ready to bring more phones to the market that use the OS. Microsoft expects several phones on the U.S. market to be powered by its Windows
Mobile 6.5 operating system after it launches in the fall of 2009,
according to a company executive.
"We will have over 10 phones available in the U.S. alone. We expect
to see that grow," said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's
entertainment and devices division said during his keynote speech at
the CTIA wireless technology showcase.
The HTC S743 smartphone is days from being released?unlocked and for use on any GSM network. There's been hope of HTC releasing a follow-up to the T-Mobile G1 running Google's Android OS, but the candy-bar-style S743, which HTC first announced at CES 2009, runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1.HTC?s S743 smartphone, which is geared toward enterprise users and offers Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, is slated for U.S. sales beginning in early April.
The S743 smartphone is a narrow, true candy-bar-style phone with an angular, crisp appearance compared with the softer, rounded-corners look that seems in vogue among many of its competitors.
Microsoft for some time has been wanting to kill off XP --- and when Windows 7 hits, the company will finally be able to do it. Here's why Windows 7 will let Microsoft pull the plug.
First off, it's no secret that Vista hasn't been embraced by enterprises, many of whom have treated it like the plague. That's unlikely to be the case with Windows 7. One reason: Vista wouldn't run properly on a fair number of PCs in enterprises when it was initially launched because the hardware wasn't high-powered enough.
Microsoft has made a series of recent moves in various divisions, including promotions in the company's Windows Azure group, Connected Systems Division and Server and Tools business unit.Microsoft has made a series of recent moves in various divisions, including promotions in the company's Windows Azure group, Connected Systems Division and Server and Tools business unit.
Amitabh Srivastava, Microsoft corporate vice president of Windows
Azure, was promoted to senior vice president on March 2. Srivastava is
known as the right hand man to Microsoft chief software architect Ray
Ozzie on the software giant's Windows Azure cloud computing effort.
Microsoft has decided to give away Office SharePoint Designer 2007 for free in order to get more organizations thinking creatively and building customized applications on the SharePoint platform. SharePoint Designer 2007, which previously cost $299.95, lets companies without coding experience build custom portals, extranets, intranets, Internet-facing sites and collaboration offerings on the SharePoint platform.
SharePoint is a major cash cow for both Microsoft and its channel partners, representing a billion-dollar business with more than 100 million licenses sold to date, said Tom Rizzo, senior director of SharePoint, in a video interview posted recently on Microsoft's Web site.
Always looking for unserved or underserved markets, Microsoft unveiled a Windows Server offering on Wednesday that aims to provide very small businesses with an entry-level server.
Dubbed Windows Server 2008 Foundation, the server offering, which targets small businesses that have 15 or fewer users, will be available through PC OEMs beginning in April, the company said in a statement.
"There are about 33 million small businesses around the world with one to 15 employees and less than 25 PCs," Chris Phillips, general manager of the Windows server solutions group, told InternetNews.com.