By Paul Thurrott, 03/18/2010
An often irreverent look at some of this week's other news, including the end of 11 straight days on the road, a Microsoft confirmation of my Windows 7/R2 SP1 reports, a nice change for Virtual PC, a Google migration tool for Exchange, and so much more......
By Paul Thurrott, 03/18/2010
Like a swarm of locust, Microsoft's critics are pouring over all the news releases and blog posts this week from MIX'10, trying to poke holes in the company's Windows Phone strategy. It's a tactic they used in the past, successfully, to destroy Windows Vista's reputation. Sorry, but I'm not going to let it happen this time....
By Paul Thurrott, 03/17/2010
On the second day of its MIX'10 conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Microsoft announced a pre-release version of Internet Explorer (IE) 9 aimed at web developers. Called the IE 9 Platform Preview, this pre-beta version of the browser provides no hints about any future UI changes....
By Paul Thurrott, 03/15/2010
As part of an ongoing series of revelations about its upcoming Windows Phone platform, Microsoft on Monday discussed the developer story for the platform. This information follows the initial Windows Phone announcement last month at Mobile World Congress and some game developer info at the Game Developer Conference earlier this month....
By Paul Thurrott, 03/14/2010
This week, Microsoft will hold its annual MIX conference in Las Vegas, and while the show isn't as big as, say, CES—heck, it's got less hype than an Apple press conference—it's a big deal for the software giant and its customers....