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The NSA Helped Microsoft Improve Windows 7 Security [Windows]
Nov 20th, 2009 - Gizmodo
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While some of us are likely to associate the National Security Agency with daydreams of espionage, the organization is also highly involved in improving security standards in software...Windows 8 in 2012?
Nov 20th, 2009 - CNET
Steven Sinofsky may not be talking about Microsoft's future Windows plans, but the Windows Server team appears to see more value in letting customers know its road map.
Ballmer Says Windows 7 Sales Booming
Nov 19th, 2009 - ChannnelWeb
It's been less than a month since Microsoft launched Windows 7, but the new OS is already far exceeding the sales rate of previous Windows releases. "We've already sold...
Why Microsoft's IE 9 will frustrate standards fans
Nov 19th, 2009 - The Register
PDC Performance and standards look like dominating work on Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer.
As ever with Microsoft, though, it's likely to be the former...Google Releases Chrome OS To Open Source
Nov 19th, 2009 - ChannnelWeb
Google on Thursday released the code for its Chrome OS project to the open source community, removing any ambiguity that may have existed about its intention to tip the Microsoft Windows cash cow with an easy-to-use Linux based alternative...
Microsoft Windows videos from YouTube:
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waterspringFri, Nov 20th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsDell demand pick ups "substantially" after Windows
Dell, the world's No.3 PC seller, said on Friday that demand for its PCs picked up "quite substantially" following the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system in October.Dell also expec(Hardware)ounewslettersFri, Nov 20th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsMicrosoft Silverlight, now with hidden Windows bias, no way!
This last point is interesting in the context of Google's recently announced Chrome OS, which is based on Linux and likely to prove popular. If it does, Microsoft will have to take Linux support more seriously, or lose all pretense of cross-platform support.(Linux/Unix)
BicepFri, Nov 20th, 20095 Diggs, 1 Comments
Microsoft Windows from WikiPedia:
Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93% of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the Internet. The most recent client version of Windows is Windows Vista; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008. Vista's successor, Windows 7 (currently at release to manufacturing), is scheduled to be released on October 22, 2009.
The term Windows collectively describes any or all of several generations of Microsoft operating system products. These products are generally categorized as follows:
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