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Windows 7 XP Mode enters RC

Microsoft has announced that XP Mode, the Windows 7 add-on that will allow users with the proper hardware to run a virtual version of Windows XP within Windows 7, has entered Release Candidate status.

Microsoft scraps Windows 7 E

The software maker had originally proposed shipping Windows 7 in Europe without a browser at all — the so-called 'E' version of the operating system. However, European regulators indicated that might not satisfy its concerns.

Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community

Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

Guide to Microsoft Office 2010

Direct response to Google Apps, Microsoft is rolling out lightweight, FREE, Web browser versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. All based in the cloud, the web-based versions of these products have fewer features than their desktop cousins but still give users basic tools to edit and change documents.

The Redmond corporation has already released its Live cloud services that allow for online document collaboration.

Microsoft Launches Silverlight 3 and Expression 3

Microsoft Corp. launched Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3, combining groundbreaking new capabilities with simplified packaging to provide the industry’s leading media and rich Internet application (RIA) solution.

Windows 7 ISO Verifier to be packed with Windows 7

A blogger and developer Long Zheng has created a small application designed to verify that a Microsoft Windows 7 image download is not modified.

Microsoft opens Hohm to energy monitoring

Microsoft opened up its Hohm Web application on Monday to U.S. users, a site that gives people a starting point for cutting home energy use. The "brains" behind Hohm's energy-efficiency recommendations is an existing database that Microsoft licensed from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy. That means much of the basic information on how to save money on energy bills has been available for some time from the Energy Department and other sources, if in a disjointed and less attractive form.

Silverlight 3 to be Released on July 10

Microsoft is planning to launch Silverlight 3 and its Expression Studio 3 family of designer tools on July 10 in San Francisco.

Service Pack 2 for Vista and Server 2008 Arrives

Microsoft has finally given the public Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The SP2 is available for download at the Microsoft Download Center and if you have any beta versions of SP2 installed, they must be uninstalled prior to installing the final version.

Microsoft Vine beta

Microsoft Vine is designed to help users send notifications to the people they need to reach in emergencies. At its core, Vine is based on a new Microsoft platform for routing communications between different systems. The platform is built to know the various ways there are to reach anyone using it, and it tries multiple methods until it gets its message through.