This from Robert Scoble : “(we’re shipping Visual Studio ‘within days’ I hear).”
Vijay P. Mehta writes, “Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 (VSTO) finally lets you [write custom solutions for Office in managed code without exiting the Visual Studio IDE], enabling you to write managed code that runs inside Word and Excel 2003. Taken together, […]
As we reported earlier, the Windows Vista Sidebar feature is to be made available at some stage to users of Windows XP.
Tech-Recipes has all the unofficial ingredients for running the Sidebar on XP, including a link for downloading the files. Caution is recommended as all of this software is in early beta.
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Microsoft Support has published the following Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center 2005 :
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 enhances the stability and performance of Media Center 2005. This update fixes several known issues. The update also adds the following new functionality to Media Center:
• This update improves the Media […]
The European Union Commission has appointed a trustee to oversee Microsoft’s compliance with last year’s rulings on “monopoly abuse”. According to the New York Times :
Neil Barrett, a computer scientist at Cranfield University in Britain, will monitor Microsoft’s compliance and report directly to the competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, Ms. Kroes said at a news conference. […]
As news leaks that Microsoft’s mini-apps known as Gadgets are to be made available to Windows XP, doubts grow about the marketing wisdom of this move.
Joe Wilcox of Jupiter Research says, “I remain concerned that these kinds of decisions will create marketing problems for Microsoft, as it tries to convince customers that Windows XP isn’t […]
Jason Dunn of PocketPC has obtained some interesting information from Microsoft about Windows Vista Synch Center, plus a screenshot :
Here’s part of Microsoft’s explanation : “Over the past few years, the number of devices and data sources that customers connect to their computers has exploded. Corporate customers are more often using offline folders as well […]
Rafael Rivera has been digging around in Windows Vista and : “I came across an XML file filled with alpha-numeric gibberish, quickly identified as base64 encoded data. I slapped it into my favorite web-based decoder and found some interesting product key SKUs …”
Ed Bott lists them and suggests it may show not seven, […]
A screenshot of the leaked Build 5231 of Windows Vista.
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A fake SP3 for XP is doing the rounds. Unfortunately it comprises a collection of hot fixes bundled together in the mode of a Service Pack. Microsoft has issued a warning on its Newsgroups as follows :
From: “Mike Brannigan [MSFT]”
Subject: Re: Windows XP SP3 Preview download
You would be well advised to stay clear of […]
If Windows needs security software, why do we have to pay for it, asks Rob Pegoraro in the Washington Post?
Proprietary brands of anti-virus software, such as Symantec and McAfee, are the norm for most Windows users. Yet, they often pose more problems than they solve because of their complexity. And at $50-$70 they represent a […]
A week before Build 5231 of Windows Vista was due to be released to beta testers, it has been leaked, says Joe Cashman.
Neowin.net reports :
Released with build 5231 are Windows Media Player Version 11 (still under the guise of Windows Media Player 10), which includes a smart new interface, and the latest Beta of […]
Microsoft’s IE7 team is asking for feedback on an icon to represent RSS (or Web) feeds on its latest version of Windows Internet Explorer, IE7.
1 – We use a variation of the gleam to convey that feeds are updatable.
2 – The ring illustrates movement around a feed.
3 – This is a spark to show new […]
If you spend a month’s salary on a top-of-range computer display or HDTV you may be disappointed when playing high-def DVDs on a Windows Vista PC.
According to PCWorld :
“Vista, the next version of Windows that’s slated to appear in about a year, will feature a new systemwide content protection scheme called PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path […]
The screenshot shows a representation of the small display on the lid of a laptop which can be used to view important data from your PC. Other devices may also be used with the feature, which is present in Beta 1 of Windows Vista.
Microsoft Gadgets blog reports : “A display on the lid of your […]
Ed Bott reminds us that tomorrow Friday is the 4th anniversary of Robert Scoble’s occupancy of his seat at Radio Weblogs as Microsoft evangelist.
Coincidentally, he’s moving house this weekend to Wordpress.com, where he’ll be my neighbor over at SYNTAGMA 2.0.
So we wish him well, and many years of good plugs ahead.
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Following more speculation on the release date of Vista Beta 2, Softpedia is going for end January or the beginning of February 2006.
The speculation was started by The Inquirer suggesting a November date for the much-awaited Beta, which is expected to have many of the sexier features kept out of Beta 1.
Bink.nu, a Windows site, […]
Ideas are being tossed around the Vista team for “self-healing” software which will check crucial files and reinstall them if necessary every time Windows loads.
A ZDNet review reports : “The applications and the OS will contain a list of key hash files; if any of the files have changed over time or are missing, the […]
Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for Windows XP, but it will not ship until after the launch of Windows Vista in November 2006.
ZDNet reports : “There will be a Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP,” Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft’s operating […]
Jonathan Schwartz blogging for Sun posed an interesting question to an audience recently :
… at a keynote, [I asked] the audience which they’d rather give up - their browser, or all the rest of their desktop apps. Unanimously, they’d all give up the latter without a blink.
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There’s something that Microsoft is doing much better than Apple, says Giles Turnbull at O’Reilly MacDevCenter.
“Microsoft is opening up like no other company I have ever seen. Just take a look at all the detailed information about … Windows Vista that is coming out on weblogs written by the coders and managers working on […]
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