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Last month, the Windows Live Movie Maker team made a blog post with a status update on what’s been happening to Movie Maker. To give you a recap, in the post Mike Torres offered some glimpses of what to expect from the new version, including more rich-editing capabilities (more transitions, trim, split, multiple soundtracks), “some sort of a timeline”, and a simple interface that would “allow more experienced people to go deeper when they need to”.

Today I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the new version. The first thing I’ve noticed is a more comprehensive ribbon menu with much more functionalities compared to the version we’ve been seeing since December last year. First things first, here’s a screenshot of the newly updated Movie Maker:

Full Article – http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/07/25/sneak-peek-of-what-s-coming-in-windows-live-movie-maker.aspx

Last month, the Windows Live Movie Maker team made a blog post with a status update on what’s been happening to Movie Maker. To give you a recap, in the post Mike Torres offered some glimpses of what to expect from the new version, including more rich-editing capabilities (more transitions, trim, split, multiple soundtracks), “some sort of a timeline”, and a simple interface that would “allow more experienced people to go deeper when they need to”.

Today I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the new version. The first thing I’ve noticed is a more comprehensive ribbon menu with much more functionalities compared to the version we’ve been seeing since December last year. First things first, here’s a screenshot of the newly updated Movie Maker:

Full Article – http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2009/07/25/sneak-peek-of-what-s-coming-in-windows-live-movie-maker.aspx

Microsoft is willing to give Windows 7 users in Europe a choice of browsers, rather than simply no browser.

The European Commission (EC)announced on its Web site on July 24 that Microsoft has now proposed as part of settlement talks to allow a “ballot screen“ to  be included in Windows 7. Microsoft initially was dead-set against allowing the inclusion of a ballot screen which would prompt users at set-up to select among a number of different browsers, including Internet Explorer (IE) 8, as its legal representatives made clear earlier this year.

Full Article – http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3502

icrosoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next versions of its flagship desktop and server operating systems. With the completion of this development phase, industry partners are readying products in time for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 worldwide general launches. Windows 7 will be generally available to customers around the world on October 22, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be generally available on or before that date. As always, current customers of the Windows Volume Licensing program, Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers and TechNet subscribers will be among the first to get customer access to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in the coming weeks.

Full Article – http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/jul09/07-22Windows7RTMPR.mspx

Microsoft has released trial downloads of there new Expression Studio products.

Expression Studio 3 opens up a new world of creative possibility. Its professional design tools give you the freedom to make your vision real—whether you’re designing for standards-based Web sites, rich desktop experiences, or Silverlight. Includes Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design and Expression Encoder.

Download – http://www.microsoft.com/expression/try-it/Default.aspx#PageTop

The next-generation wireless 802.11n standard could be made official earlier than expected, according to a recent email from Bob Heile, the chairman of the IEEE 802.15 working group on Personal Area Networks. The mail states that the IEEE 802.11n draft standard has been set for approval at the Standards Review Committee, or RevCom. If 802.11n becomes official, this could set the start to an upcoming wave of new routers and

chips supporting the wireless connectivity standard. There will also be questions regarding the backwards compatibility of the official 802.11n with the previously released draft version of the 802.11n.

Full Article – http://news.softpedia.com/news/802-11n-Standard-Could-Be-Finally-Approved-by-September-11-117278.shtml

I recognize this is an important question to have answered. Many of you have said you want to know exactly when you will be able to get your hands on RTM. Last Monday, I gave an update on RTM to close out some myths. In that update, I also gave a broad timeline on when different groups of people – or “audiences” – would get the final RTM code.

While I have nothing new to add regarding RTM today, I do however have more precise information to give on when you will be able to get RTM. Again, when you can get RTM depends on who you are.

Full Article – http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx

Kingston Technology, one of the world’s leading vendors of NAND Flash-based memory products, has just announced another addition to its line of DataTraveler USB flash-drives, expanding the storage capacity to a world’s first 256GB. The new DataTraveler 300 comes just weeks after the company’s previously announced DataTraveler 200, which was launched as the world’s first 128GB USB drive. With the

launch of its new DataTraveler 300, Kingston doubles the storage capacity of the world’s highest-capacity USB flash drive, providing high-end users with even more storage in the same convenient form factor.

Full Article – http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kingston-Technology-Intros-World-039-s-First-256GB-USB-Flash-Drive-117111.shtml

Kingston Technology, one of the world’s leading vendors of NAND Flash-based memory products, has just announced another addition to its line of DataTraveler USB flash-drives, expanding the storage capacity to a world’s first 256GB. The new DataTraveler 300 comes just weeks after the company’s previously announced DataTraveler 200, which was launched as the world’s first 128GB USB drive. With the

launch of its new DataTraveler 300, Kingston doubles the storage capacity of the world’s highest-capacity USB flash drive, providing high-end users with even more storage in the same convenient form factor.

Full Article – http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kingston-Technology-Intros-World-039-s-First-256GB-USB-Flash-Drive-117111.shtml

Microsoft Corp.’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 (SP2) today — a midcycle free update that is designed to improve the Office 2008 experience where it matters most to customers: speed, stability and compatibility. SP2 delivers highly requested features throughout the suite as well as a new tool, Document Connection for Mac, that helps improve access and browsing to documents on SharePoint Products and Technologies and Microsoft Office Live Workspace. These new improvements and features are part of Microsoft’s long-standing investment in delivering excellent cross-platform collaboration and compatibility for Mac users, and the commitment has paid off. According to a recent study, customers indicate that the ability to share files while ensuring document fidelity between colleagues and friends on Macs and PCs is a top advantage of Office for Mac.1 This customer confidence in Microsoft Office compatibility is the biggest reason why nine out of 10 Office for Mac users would recommend the software to others.

Full Article –

Download Mac Office 2008 Services Pack 2 :
http://www.microsoft…/downloads.mspx, and it also will be available from Microsoft AutoUpdate.
Mac users also can access a full trial version of Office 2008 for free at
http://www.microsoft…l-download.mspx

We’re introducing some new features starting with .NET 4.0 Beta 2 that you may find useful. Additional information will be available on MSDN and in subsequent articles. If you have any questions or comments, let us know!

Sockets – DnsEndPoint – This feature was first introduced in Silverlight 2 and it allows you to connect to a listening socket by DNS name, simplifying the connect experience. Now you can take advantage of this in .NET as well.

Full Article – http://blogs.msdn.com/ncl/archive/2009/07/20/new-ncl-features-in-net-4-0-beta-2.aspx

This week kicked off the “virtual” Silverlight 3 and Expression Studio 3 launches.  For weeks the SeeTheLight website had a placeholder countdown timer.  As UX Geek and Twitter user it was pretty exciting as we all watch the countdown slowly go down from days to minutes.  “

Full Article – http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev/archive/2009/07/17/microsoft-silverlight-3-and-expression-studio-3-have-launched-and-there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-jump-into-the-ria-space-so-how-do-you-get-started-get-all-the-juicy-details-here.aspx

In another move which may or may not be part of its ongoing attempts to appease European antitrust authorities, Microsoft is changing the way Internet Explorer (IE) 8 will prompt users about making IE their default browser.

According to a July 16 post to the Internet Explorer blog, Microsoft is changing the way IE 8 prompts users during browser installation. The change will take effect in mid-August and will only be pertinent to users for whom IE is not set as their default browser. From that post:

Full Article – http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3396

We are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.

If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!

Full Article – http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/07/17/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx

We are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.

If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!

Full Article – http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/archive/2009/07/17/windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta-includes-enhancements-for-windows-7-based-computers.aspx