Debugger Canvas is a new user experience for stepping through code in the debugger in Visual Studio Ultimate. It displays the code of each of the methods you step into on a canvas with call lines between them, helping you keep track of the bigger picture as well as the details.
Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2011/06/13/debugger-canvas-on-devlabs.aspx
With MDT 2012 Beta 1, the feature improvements span all installation scenarios. For User Driven and Zero Touch installations, MDT 2012 Beta 1 fully leverages the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012. MDT 2012 Beta 1 is integrated into the new Configuration Manager 2012 console, which provides wizards for creating task sequences and boot images, and task sequence actions.
We’ve been sharing updates on Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) for some time now and are excited to announce that today WinTPC reached its RTM milestone and will become generally available for download on July 1, 2011.
With the above goal in mind we created WinTPC to help customers repurpose their PCs as thin clients, thereby driving down the cost of VDI.
Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2011/06/07/windows-thin-pc-rtms.aspx
Microsoft has been working hard to make Bing the premier search website. But the features of the platform go beyond your traditional search as Bing also offers up a set of webmaster tools to help out site owners make the most of their website.
Microsoft has been working hard to make Bing the premier search website. But the features of the platform go beyond your traditional search as Bing also offers up a set of webmaster tools to help out site owners make the most of their website.
Microsoft® Visual Studio® LightSwitch™ Beta 2 gives you a simpler and faster way to create professional-quality business applications for the desktop, the web, and the cloud. Beta 2 includes performance updates, improved publishing to Windows Azure and SQL Azure and support for custom data source queries.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cff6c4ef-a29a-4c82-9a59-8a3bbb65ec3d
In a move aimed at cutting down on support call costs, Microsoft has released a malware recovery tool that boots from a CD or USB stick.
The tool, currently in beta, is called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper, and promises to help start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove rootkits and other advanced malware.
Today at an AllThingsD event, Microsoft showed off their all new Windows 8 interface for tablet based PC’s, based on the metro design language we’ve seen in the Zune software as well as on Windows Phone 7. The new operating system strives to provide a experience that suits the form factor and is easy to use, unlike previous versions of Windows on tablet computers.
Link – http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-tablet-interface-shown-off
It appears as though the Windows 8 may include some filesystem changes after years of sticking with NTFS as the standard go-to filesystem. Discovered by ITWorld’s Sando Villinger, early builds of Windows 8 include a new filesystem driver codenamed “Protogon.”
It is unknown whether or not this new filesystem will end up replacing NTFS in the final builds of Windows 8, but “Protogon” is certainly there in the early builds that have been circulating.
Link –http://www.itworld.com/software/169627/10-hidden-features-windows-8
It appears as though the Windows 8 may include some filesystem changes after years of sticking with NTFS as the standard go-to filesystem. Discovered by ITWorld’s Sando Villinger, early builds of Windows 8 include a new filesystem driver codenamed “Protogon.â€
It is unknown whether or not this new filesystem will end up replacing NTFS in the final builds of Windows 8, but “Protogon†is certainly there in the early builds that have been circulating.
Link –http://www.itworld.com/software/169627/10-hidden-features-windows-8
REDMOND, Wash. – June 1, 2011 – Today, at the D9 Conference, we demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” for the first time. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2011/jun11/06-01corporatenews.aspx
REDMOND, Wash. – June 1, 2011 – Today, at the D9 Conference, we demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,†for the first time. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2011/jun11/06-01corporatenews.aspx
The Internet Explorer 9 Language Packs install language specific resource files, allowing users to view the user interface (UI) of Internet Explorer 9 in a different supported language.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will preview its Windows operating system designed for tablet computers in demonstrations planned for next week, according to three people with knowledge of the company’s plans.
The company will showcase the software’s touch-screen interface running on hardware with an Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) Tegra chip, said the people, who declined to be identified because the plans are confidential. Windows President Steven Sinofsky is scheduled to present at the All Things D conference, while Vice President Steve Guggenheimer will address the Computex show in Taipei.
REDMOND, Wash. — May 24, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,†through a series of media events around the world. “Mango†will deliver more than 500 new features to push the boundaries of the smartphone experience around communications, apps and the Internet.
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/may11/05-24WinPhonePreviewPR.mspx
