In an 8,600-word epistle, Microsoft's top Windows executive pulled aside the curtain on the first version of the company's iconic OS that targets tablets. We dig into the details for you. read more

The next version of Office has been released as a technical preview, but the actual beta is slated to debut late summer, according to Microsoft.

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The Windows XP End of Support deadline is drawing dangerously closer and small, medium and large enterprises alike are still facing considerable problems in migrating to a new desktop operating system. That is why Juriba is thrilled to unveil the selective free public beta of Juriba's cloud based Windows 7 migration & desktop virtualisation migration project management tool. ...

For the past two decades, Microsoft Windows users have relied on the highly recognizable start button to find all their programs and documents. When Windows 8 launches, maybe by the end of 2012, Microsoft will kill the start button.

Microsoft announced today that its Windows Phone Marketplace is opening up in five new countries. Those countries include Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines. Users in these regions will have to make sure their devices are updated to Windows Phone 7.5 in order to access the Marketplace. The Marketplace may take a few hours [...]

Computerworld - In an 8,600-word epistle yesterday, Microsoft's top Windows executive pulled aside the curtain on the first version of the company's iconic OS that targets tablets.

Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, will be based on the Windows 8 kernel and not on Windows CE as are current versions. This will not impact app compatibility: Microsoft expects to have over 100,000 Windows Phone 7.5-compatible apps available by the time WP8 launches, and they will all work fine on this new OS.

Telstra has (quietly) launched a new Windows Phone 7 handset on its NextG network, the Samsung Omnia W. Samsung Omnia W debuts in Australia (Credit: Telstra) The Omnia W – a reasonably powerful smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 – is the first Windows Phone 7 device to debut in Australia this year on the carrier. As first spotted by WP Down Under [and via Delimiter], it features a ...

HUA HIN, Thailand - Microsoft is planning a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona at the end of this month during which the beta version of the operating system is likely to be released and the date for the final edition, later this year, should be announced.