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Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday backed away from comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer, who had told Japanese software developers that the next version of Windows would be dubbed Windows 8, and that it would launch in 2012. Link Removed

Microsoft in the same Japanese Developer Forum speech that revealed... Source: Yahoo! News

No, you can't put money down on a copy yet, but it looks like Windows 8's a-comin' sometime next year. So sayeth Microsoft doyen Steve Ballmer in remarks yesterday. "As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8," said Ballmer, addressing developers in Tokyo...

Shy and retiring Microsoft CEO, Steve "there's a kind of hush" Ballmer has softly whispered to a gaggle of Japanese developers that Windows 8 will be out in time for 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows 8 would ship on desktop computers and tablets in 2012, while also promising 500 new features in an upcoming Windows Phone 7 update, at a developers conference in Japan on Monday. Ballmer made the announcement in a speech, shortly after expressing his...

The Channel 9 events area now includes all keynotes from previous Microsoft Professional Developers Conferences or as everyone calls it The PDC! Our archives start with the very first PDC which happened in Seattle in 1991 and go all the way up last fall’s event. We hope you enjoy this look back...

For some it may be an obvious thing to state, but Windows 8 on ARM will be a completely blank canvas with no compatibility mode for any software running on previous x86 versions of Windows. If a developer wants an older app to run on Windows 8 ARM, they need to develop a new version [...] Link...

Microsoft wants developers to use Bing Maps in their iPhone and iPad apps, and has given them a tool to help. It's yet another example of how Microsoft is hedging its bets in mobile by supporting Apple's popular platform, even as it tries to get iPhone developers to port their apps to...

Lucian Wischik is an engineer who spends a great deal of his time making Async magic happen in the C# and VB compilers that do the heavy lifting and enable new asynchronous language features. Now, with the recent release of Visual Studio Async CTP SP1 Refresh, come several low-level improvements...

Microsoft is holding a big event for developers in September, and will probably use it to show off the first public beta of Windows 8. That means the OS will probably ship a year later, in fall 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

Happy Birthday, Channel 9!!! We are 7 years old today! Link Removed Wow, hard to believe. What a great 7 years it has been. THANK YOU, NINERS! In celebration, we bring you the latest episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer. Our very special guest is Eric Lippert. Many of you probably know Eric...

Microsoft is reportedly planning to imminently add Silverlight support to the Xbox 360 , with an announcement of the update tipped for MIX11 next week. According to WinRumors sources, Microsoft’s engineers have been hard at work on the functionality “for some months” and could potentially be...

The iPad may be "magical," but future Winpads will be "immersive." Understanding what Microsoft means when it invokes the "I" word is going to become increasingly important to Windows developers... Source: Yahoo! News

Android’s open-source approach to mobile operating systems had enabled Google (Link Removed) to spread its platform far and wide, at a relatively rapid pace. But the now-established OS faces another challenge in maintaining security for apps and user access. After dozens of Market apps were...

Recently, MVPs from all over the world descended on Redmond to interact with product teams as well as each other. They were given access to information relating to technology futures, roadmaps, etc.—all the things MVPs are privy to. I spent some time at the C++ MVP summit where VC++ team members...

Recently, MVPs from all over the world descended on Redmond to interact with product teams and fellow MVPs. They were given access to information relating to technology futures, roadmaps, etc. Al the things MVPs are privy to. I spent some time at the C++ MVP summit where several excellent...

I was at GDC 2011 in San Francisco this year and ran into a few old friends. Including video game journalist Geoff Keighley and bungie composer Marty O'Donnell. GDC is a great event that happens every year where big gaming and independent gaming companies alike attend sessions, meet other...

After Microsoft’s U-turn on Kinect hacking, the corporate giant made the source code available for developers this month so that they could start to write applications for Windows 7 using the gesture controls of the Kinect system. The tool set was called Kinect for Windows SDK and...