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  1. Microsoft’s Colorful History: The Legacy of 'Chicago' in Windows 95

    Ah, Microsoft! Its history is as colorful as a Windows 95 desktop wallpaper, complete with quirky codenames for everything from groundbreaking operating systems to behind-the-scenes projects. In a bizarre case of historical breadcrumbs, a recent report reminds us how these seemingly...
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  2. Windows 8 Retailers report slow Windows 8 sales, low demand

    Retailers report slow Windows 8 sales, low demand I think it's time they started working on Win 9. Codename: Windows for smart people.

  3. MS11-049 - Important: Vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Editor Could Allow Information Disclosure (

    Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft XML Editor. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user opened a specially crafted Web Service Discovery (.disco) file with one of the affected software listed in...
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  4. Sinofsky shows off Windows 8 at D9

    President of Windows Steven Sinofsky demonstrates the next generation of Windows, codenamed Windows 8, at the tech confab in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Source: Yahoo! News
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  5. Microsoft Finally Officially Unveils Windows 8, and It's Radically Different

    Today at the D9 Conference Microsoft previewed the next version of Windows. It also officially confirmed that Windows 8 is the codename for the next version of Windows. The new version, optimized for touch, presents a radically different interface similar to Windows Phone 7. You can view a video...
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  6. Dell's 2011 smartphone and tablet lineup leaked: Android Ice Cream, WP7 sliders, and

    Wrigley, Hancock, Millennium, Gallo, Sterling, Rosemount, Silver Oak, Peju and Opus One. What are we rattling off? Oh, just the list of codenames from one of the largest leaks we've ever seen out of Dell . WPCentral and Android Central got their hands on alleged smartphone and tablet roadmaps...
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  7. Windows 7 Excel 25th Anniversary - Part One

    Here at Microsoft, we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Microsoft Excel by taking a look through its compelling and dramatic history, which is filled with great tech tidbits. In this video, we talk to Scott Oki, Charles Simonyi, Jeff Raikes, and other visionaries behind Excel. We go back...
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  8. Windows Vista How Vista, XP, and Blackcomb got their name

    Windows Code name blackcomb now Vienna, and Windows NT 5.1, codenamed "Whistler"; were both named after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Vista, codename longhorn, which was an intermediate release, was named after a bar at the Whistler-Blackcomb resort. Isn't Microsoft smart at the naming? :P
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  9. Windows 7 How do you guys know about this?

    Its the first ive heard of 'windows vienna', is this the codename like longhorn was or the actual name?
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  10. Windows 7 Why Blackcomb became Vienna

    http://www.windowsvienna.com/ Has posted a reason for it: Courtesy windowsvienna.com
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