Internet Explorer 8 RTM

Have they really done it..??

According to Russian publication Wzor, Microsoft finalised Internet Explorer 8 on February 21st.
The final build that was prepared and passed to internal staff and partners is 8.0.6001.18691. Microsoft is reportedly readying this build for distribution via TechNet/MSDN and Connect before a general release to web.
The software giant released a final test build (RC1) last month before readying the RTM last week. According to Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 includes the following enhancements:

• Faster Internet Explorer 8 is more responsive with new pages and tabs, opening up fast and reliably. You can now get to the information you care about most, in fewer steps; one click access to your webmail, favorite news sites or other online services.
• Easier Reduce the steps to accomplish many common tasks, and automate your access to real time information updates. You can keep track of your favorite sports team, news, weather with a single click.
• More Private Helps protect your privacy and confidential information where ever you go on the web.
• More Secure Helps protect and stop malicious software from reaching your PC, and makes it easier to detect when a website is an imposter.

 

 

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Ballmer: Office 14 will not be released in 2009

Expecting RC atleast??

Despite Windows 7's release looming over the horizon, ZDNet has stated that Steve Ballmer himself said, "Office 14 will not be this year," in an interview with analysts at the Wall Street Journal. Keen readers will notice that Ballmer called it Office 14, and not Office System 2009 which it could possibly be named on release.
Many people thought that Microsoft would time the new Office revision along with Windows 7's release, as many businesses prefer to upgrade to a new OS and a new Office suite at the same time, but Ballmer has dashed all thoughts of this happening. However, it is still quite possible Microsoft may delay Windows 7 to bring the two releases to the public simultaneously. Undoubtedly many people would be rather upset if Microsoft decided to hold back a major operating system to wait for an office suite, but nobody knows for sure what will happen yet.
ZDNet's report said that a beta of Office 14 is expected this coming summer, with that news coming from Microsoft sources, and Microsoft released an Alpha version to selected customers in January. Microsoft is reportedly aiming to release Office 14 and SharePoint Server 14 alongside each other.
Be sure to check out the Office 14 Beta when it hits in summer.

 

 

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Ballmer: Windows Mobile 7 coming in 2010

Windows Mobile User?? ..Delighting..isn't it??

Windows Mobile 6.5 is slowly coming up to a public release, however discussions have already begun about the next iteration; Windows Mobile 7. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that the 7th iteration of Microsoft's popular mobile OS will be released to manufacturing next year.
WM Power User reported the news, which was announced at a Microsoft conference call earlier today, and was stated alongside Ballmer's thoughts that the growing popularity of smartphones is going to greatly help WinMo in the future, despite the economy woes at the moment. Ballmer also said that Windows Mobile will get more and more shared technology with Windows, bringing in technology such as, "browsers, presentation services, and even, in the future, the kernel, and that the amount of shared technology will only increase over time." Perhaps by presentation services, he is referring to Silverlight.
Lastly, Ballmer confirmed that Microsoft will not be producing a Microsoft Phone, but only sticking to the phone operating systems. For more information, keep your eyes peeled as more Windows Mobile information is released.

 

 

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Windows 7 build 7047

Possibility of windows being reached for build 7047

Windows 7 RC is set for April 10, 2009 and what Sinofsky had mentioned regarding the RC release "recently we've seen people talk about 'RC Builds' and the like. First, all builds since the beta are RC builds since by definition that is the next milestone. But by far the most humorous element has been that the build numbers blogged about are higher than our current build. Today's build is 7046, but it hasn't completed yet :-)"

On February 21, it was build 7046. And today we have a tweet which confirms that Microsoft is indeed progressing with their builds and latest would be build 7047, according to this tweet from a Technical marketing guy in Microsoft

 

 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Application Compatibility Update

Another Test Update..perhaps..

Following on from the Internet Explorer 8 update that Microsoft released for Windows 7 Beta a day ago, another update has been released targeting application compatibility.
Judging by these two updates released, Microsoft is progressing nicely, and the most recent update targets mainly games that did not run before hand, or had to be opened via compatibility-mode. Interestingly, Microsoft didn't state which applications were targeted in this update, but it is of no doubt that users will find out soon enough.
If you're currently having problems with gaming, or have had problems with it, in the Windows 7 Beta, install these updates and post in the comments to show which games now work, or still don't. As Ars Technica is reporting, this update have no affiliation what-so-ever with the Windows 7 test updates that have been released. You can choose to download the updates from the links below, or as usual, update using Windows Update.
Download: Windows 7 Beta (x86) Update
Download: Windows 7 Beta (x64) Update

 

 

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IE8 Update for Windows 7 Beta is Out now

'Compatibility and Reliability' update for Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft has recently released a 'compatibility and reliability' update for Internet Explorer 8, on the Windows 7 Beta operating system. The update fixes many things, including the following:

• When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with Adobe Flash Player 10, Internet Explorer may become unresponsive.
• You experience a Print dialog box that is unusable when you try to print an Adobe PDF document. 
• After a crash, Internet Explorer 8 becomes unresponsive and you must restart the computer to resolve
  the problem.
• Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you visit some Web sites.
• Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you resize the browser window.
• Internet Explorer 8 does not seem to remember information that was stored in cookies on the computer.
• Popular third-party extensions cause crashes in Internet Explorer 8.
• Previously blocked third-party extensions are no longer blocked after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.

In order to update Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, head into the Start menu and go to All Programs, followed by Windows Update. According to Ars Technica, these fixes are the ones that are available in the Internet Explorer 8 RC1, that was released for Vista and XP to the public about a month ago.
Keep your eyes out for more Internet Explorer 8 news as it approaches a release in the next couple of months. You can find the Microsoft Support article for the update here.
Download: Windows 7 Beta (x86) Update
Download: Windows 7 Beta (x64) Update

Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition-Free PDF e-Book Download

Build a Program Now!

After giving away Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio PDF digital eBook, Microsoft Press is now giving away “Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!” book as part of 25th anniversary of Microsoft Press. “Microsoft® Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!” book (ISBN: 9780735625426) is written by Patrice Pelland, and allow readers to learn how to program with Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.

Chapters and topics in the “Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!” book:

• Introducing Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• Installation Visual C# Express Edition
• Creating Your First Applications
  
• Creating Your Own Web Browser in Less Than Five Minutes
• Using Rapid Application Development Tools with Visual C# 2008
• Modifying Your Web Browser
• Fixing the Broken Blocks
• Managing the Data
• Building Your Own Weather Tracker Application

Register and download the free “Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!” e-book in PDF format from http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urrs4gt63d

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TCP/IP Fundamentals-Free ebook Download

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol) is the common name for the Internet Protocol Suite, which serves as the set of communications protocols used for the Internet and other similar private and public networks. As the World Wide Web (WWW) is powered with TCP/IP, with the IPv4 as its most common aspect and IPv6 for future use, Microsoft family of platforms supports the suite of protocols natively.

To help Windows user to have better understanding on TCP/IP, Microsoft is offering extensive documentation on TCP/IP as it is supported in Windows vista, Windows Server 2003 and XP in the form of book titled “TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows”.

TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows covers a wide range of subjects such as introduction, concepts, principles and the history of the TCP/IP, overview of the TCP/IP Protocol Suite architecture, how TCP/IP protocol functions, insight into IP addressing, subnetting, IP Routing, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a view of the Domain Name Space as well as Windows support for DNS, and additional TCP/IP related information and available configuration. In the end, readers will be able to understand the stage where TCP/IP is today after more than 30 years since its creation, and the manner in which this evolution is reflected in the four Windows server and client platforms.

Download TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows (PDF digital format): TCPIP_Fund.pdf

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Update For Windows 7 (KB962921)

Fix Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Compatibility and Reliability Issue

Windows 7 Beta users are having compatibility and reliability issues while running Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) RC1 which was released to the public for Vista and XP earlier can download an official update released by Microsoft to overcome the problems. Based on the feedbacks, Microsoft has detected various reliability problems such as system crashes, memory leaks, etc encountered by users. This update for Windows 7 beta will fix an unknown number of reliability bugs in IE8.

In the released Knowledge Base Article KB962921, Microsoft has highlighted the issues fixed by the update:

• When Internet Explorer 8 is installed with Adobe Flash Player 10, Internet Explorer may become unresponsive.
• You experience a Print dialog box that is unusable when you try to print an Adobe PDF document.
• After a crash, Internet Explorer 8 becomes unresponsive, and you must restart the compter to resolve the problem.
• Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you visit some Web sites.
• Internet Explorer 8 may crash when you resize the browser window.
• Internet Explorer 8 does not seem to remember information that was stored in cookies on the computer.
• Popular third-party extensions cause crashes in Internet Explorer 8.
• Previously blocked third-party extensions are no longer blocked after you upgrade to Internet Explorer 8.

The update is available for download via the Microsoft Download Center:

Update for Windows 7 Client Beta: Download 962921 package via the link here.

Update for Windows 7 Server Beta for Itanium-based Systems: Download 962921 package via the link here.

Update for Windows 7 Client Beta for x64-based Systems: Download 962921 package via the link here.

Update for Windows 7 Server Beta for x64-based Systems: Download 962921 package via the link here.

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Windows 7 RTM-Release in Sept or Oct 2009

The final edition of Windows 7, which commonly known as RTM (release-to-manufacturing) version, may be released and start shipping as early as in September or October 2009, months earlier that what Microsoft officially predicts on when Windows 7 will hit the market, January 2010.

According to Ray Chen, president of Taipei-based Compal Electronics Inc.，the maker of laptop personal computers for Hewlett-Packard Co. and Acer Inc, Windows 7 should be released on late September or early October according to current planning, as reported by Bloomberg.

According to Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, Microsoft has decided to skip Windows 7 Beta 2 to go direct to RC (release candidate) development milestone for Windows 7, which is expected to release in April 2009, paving the way for the Windows 7 to go on prime time showcase on September or October.

In fact, Lotta Bath, from the Microsoft Sweden Partner team, has published a blog post which has since been taken down at http://blogs.msdn.com/partnerblogg/archive/2009/01/30/n-gra-h-ndelser-inf-r-lanseringen-av-windows-7.aspx, that specified deadlines to he upcoming Windows 7 releases, mapping a variety of events that would lead to the launch of Windows 7. The Windows 7 release roadmap date is said to be given by Michael Bohlin, Windows product manager.

According to Lotta Bath, Windows 7 RC will be released early April, after the CeBIT event, while Windows 7 RTM is set to release on October 3, at 11:10 AM. Microsoft itself will probably install Windows 7 from May 31st. There will be lots of events and presentations for business launch and consumer launch, which will run parallel during the 3Q 2009, including Windows 7 Summit, and during the lead up to the official launch of Windows 7. Some events will happen on 7th of every month too. However, the boxed retail version of Windows 7 is expected to hit the store only by February 2010.


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