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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3

We are announcing that the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24 2009. Power Pack 3 will be a free update to existing Windows Home Server users via Windows Update.

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing features like backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowshomeserver/archive/2009/11/19/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-available-november-24th-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx

Windows Mobile: Windows Live Mesh Tech Preview for Windows Mobile 6

With Live Mesh, you can synchronize files with all of your devices, so you always have the latest versions handy. Access your files from any device or from the web, easily share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file. Working on one computer, but need a program from another? No problem. Use Live Mesh to connect to your other computer and access its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it.

Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/deva/archive/2009/11/18/windows-mobile-windows-live-mesh-for-windows-mobile-6-x.aspx

Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals

The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have met Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements for compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 (“Compatible – Windows 7 Logo”).

Additionally, this list contains applications with a status of “Compatible,” “Free update required,” “Paid update required,” “Future compatibility,” and “Not compatible.” Any of these mean the software publisher has stated the compatibility status but note these products have not met the Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirement

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890e522e-e39e-4278-aebc-186f81e29173&displaylang=en

Windows Management Framework is here!

Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, was officially released to the world this morning. By providing a consistent management interface across the various flavors of Windows, we are making our platform that much more attractive to deploy. IT Professionals can now easily manage their Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines through PowerShell remoting

You can download the packages here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151321

Amazon to release Kindle reader for Windows PCs in November

Microsoft managed to keep a couple of news nuggets under wraps until the actual launch of the product on October 22. The most interesting to me was that Amazon is working on a Kindle reader application that will work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines.

The beta of the Kindle reader will be released internationally some time in November, said Laurent Selier, Senior Product Line Manager for Kindle, who was demoing the app at the Windows 7 launch event in New York City today. Users interested in notification about the beta can sign up at Amazon’s Kindle for PC site.

Link – http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4319&tag=col1;post-4319

Windows Mobile 7 to feature more operator-specific UXs

If you’ve been hoping Windows Mobile 7 will bring unification to the user experience of the Windows Phones ecosystem then you should give up and go home immediately.

A recent Microsoft job advertisement signals that the Windows Mobile team will not only support the layer of custom interfaces on most Windows Phones today at an OEM level but will even help create custom interfaces for individual operators comes Windows Mobile 7.

Link – http://www.istartedsomething.com/20091022/windows-mobile-7-feature-more-operator-uxs/

Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the way

When Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 earlier this month, the latest version of the company’s operating system for cellphones and mobile devices was met with lukewarm (if not hostile) reviews. In a nutshell, the biggest complaint is that the operating system was essentially unchanged from the previous few versions and didn’t offer much to convince users to stick with the platform instead of switching to an iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android, or Palm device.

Link – http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/20/windows-mobile-6-5-1-on-the-way/

24 years of Windows package design

Software packaging isn’t exactly the epitome of great design. And, as the world’s most used operating system – and being from Microsoft – Windows has had some rather dull boxes designed for it to sit within.

But it’s also had some great packaging designed for it too, so we’ve gathered together images of the box art from each version of Windows, from 1985’s Windows 1.0 to next week’s Windows 7.

Link – http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/24-years-of-windows-package-design-643034

Windows retrospective: boot screens through the ages

With Windows 7 upon us next week, it’s time to take a quick look back at the good, bad and downright ugly of Windows versions past and present.

So our first look down memory lane focuses on the mighty boot screen. Windows boot screens aren’t exactly a scientific representation of the performance of each version of Windows, but the sea changes in the move to Windows 95 and then to XP are clear, while Vista’s blank space probably said more than we ever knew at the time about how the OS would be received. Anyway, on with the (slide)show!

Link – http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/windows-retrospective-boot-screens-through-the-ages-642928

Windows 7 Sells Itself: A Look at the New Ads

About a year ago, Microsoft finally began fighting back against the snarky Apple "I’m a Mac, I’m a PC" ads with a series of its own advertisements which highlighted the diversity of the PC market. Simply dubbed "I’m a PC," the advertising campaign is still a huge hit, and virtually everyone who sees these ads is taken by how nice they are. Unlike Apple’s sarcastic, borderline libelous advertising, the Microsoft ads feature real PC-using people telling real stories. The contrast with Apple is simply amazing.

Link – http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/ads.asp

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 update

We’ve talked extensively about the improvements that Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server will deliver for users.  We were proud to show off the beta code of Power Pack 3 at the recent CEDIA 2009 custom installer technology show, where we got lots of positive reception to the feature set.  It’s clear that the anticipation of using Windows Home Server with the upcoming Windows 7 client PC operating system is reaching feverish pitch!  OK, maybe that was a slight exaggeration…But the bottom line is that we’ve gotten tremendous feedback (and test coverage) from you, our enthusiasts, around Power Pack 3 – and we couldn’t be more excited.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowshomeserver/archive/2009/09/28/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-update.aspx

Announcing windows live Messenger Web Toolkit v3.5

We’ve been working hard on the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit (MWT) which allows you to connect your web site to 330M+ people who use Windows Live Messenger every month! Today we’d like to announce the availability of the Messenger Web Toolkit v3.5 which will enhance the user experience, make it easier to enable sharing via Messenger scenarios on your site (new sharing control), and enable new scenarios (e.g. people who don’t use Messenger will be able to see display pics / names). Specifically, the improvements we have made are:

  • User experience: smoothed out the user experience, added a first run experience, expanded the browser support, increased the performance
  • Developer experience: reduced the amount of code for you to implement “Share via Windows Live” and the Messenger Web Toolkit is now built on the Microsoft Ajax library.
  • New scenarios: Allow people who don’t use Messenger to see display pictures and names of Messenger users.

Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/messenger/archive/2009/09/24/announcing-windows-live-messenger-web-toolkit-v3-5-better-ui-faster-development-richer-experience-for-non-messenger-users.aspx

First update for Windows 7 released

Install this update to resolve issues with non-compatible applications for Windows 7. For complete details of this update, see Knowledge Base Article KB974332. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0f9e69a3-c29d-4538-af0e-c081635c65c5#tm

Windows 7 UK Student Offer – Buy Windows 7 for only £30!

We are offering students the opportunity to buy Windows 7 for an amazing discounted price, £30 for either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional.

You can take advantage of this offer from October 1st but you will need to be quick as it is for a limited time only and is only eligible to college and university students with a valid .EDU email address (an email address given by the college or university, for example: [email protected] ), a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx

Windows 7 UK Student Offer – Buy Windows 7 for only £30!

We are offering students the opportunity to buy Windows 7 for an amazing discounted price, £30 for either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional.

You can take advantage of this offer from October 1st but you will need to be quick as it is for a limited time only and is only eligible to college and university students with a valid .EDU email address (an email address given by the college or university, for example: [email protected] ), a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7.

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx

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