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Microsoft is letting the world see the beginning of what Windows 8 will bring to the table. read more Link Removed

Microsoft showed the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei on Thursday, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Microsoft called it a "reimagining" of Windows that will run on all types of...

Tile interface designed for tablet and touchscreens Microsoft showed the next version of its Windows OS at a press event, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Link Removed

Microsoft announced several new features Wednesday for the next version of the Windows operating system, code-named Windows 8. It was the most significant preview of Windows 8 that Microsoft has given so far. Source: Yahoo! News

Speaking at the Microsoft developer conference in Japan, CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system will receive over 500 new features with the Mango update. Source: Yahoo! News

Users wanting to get a taste of the new features Microsoft has been cooking up thus far in Windows 8 may get the opportunity to experiment with leaked M3 bits sooner than expected, according a source from a Softpedia editor: Check out the article here: Windows 8 Leak Coming Up, Promises...

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including: [00:26] Channel 9 - Voting for the Niney Awards is now open, so vote for This Week on Channel 9! [02:20] MIX11 - Voting for MIX11 sessions closes at 12PM Midnight PST on Feb 4, 2011 so Link Removed [02:57]...

Rumour has it that Windows 8 has now been pushed back to 2013 although as already mentioned this is only a rumour. Still, when it finally does arrive who's thinking of upgrading? I love anything new and will definitely be trying the new os. I was an early adopter with windows 7 but then again...

Microsoft says not much will be new in the next version of its latest mobile phone Link Removed

At Link Removed, you were introduced to Link Removed (new async and await language keywords), a new language feature in C# and VB.NET. At the same time, the Rx team shipped the Link Removed of their software, which adds the following capabilities to the library: Support for the new C# await...

Stephen Toub goes deep into the design and architecture of the new Async features in C# and VB.NET, which rely heavily on .NET’s Task Parallel Library. You can get an early look at this new async programming model, available as the Link Removed, today! Link Removed Link Removed

[Apologies for the quality of the video] On a very special This Week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by Duncan and Sampy to discuss: The IE 9 Beta release (download) Windows Phone 7 Tools RTM (download) The New Channel 9 Performance Numbers comparing the old and new (on average 2.62...

Is windows 7 really version 7.0? If one opens a command prompt window one sees that it says it is windows version 6.1. Last time i checked 6.1 is not version 7.... So it would seem that MS is only using the name "7" like how they used the name "XP" or "Vista". I think this is to decieve people...

Hey all, So, here we are a month or so into the Windows 7 Beta being widely available (legally) to whoever wants it. Many have installed with no problems at all (myself included.. :) ) and many have had only minor problems that were easily fixed.. I think it's safe to say that most of us have...

Well it's on it's way and has been officially named: Link Removed Who will be updating when it arrives? Personally I'll certainly be checking it out..

The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1 is the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features. The...

The free Foxit PDF Reader has been updated to Version 2.3 Build 2923. The changes include a range of new features and enhancements.

I've just started using the new IE8 beta from MS and so far it seems an improvement over IE7. There are some new functionalities, like if you highlight a line, as if your going to copy and paste, a little button appears with a menu. I'm still getting used to it so I'm still discovering all of...