Windows 7 Filtering Platform New Features
Interested in building networking filtering applications tailored to the next iteration of the Windows client? Then you need to get up to date with the new features that have been added to Windows Filtering Platform for Windows 7.
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3.7.2009 Bill Gates: Office Is a Platform too, Not Just Windows
In an effort to underline the relevance of the Office System as a platform for developers and not just an application, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced during his keynote address at the Office System Developers Conference 2008, in San Jose, new software, services and tools designed to make Office an equivalent of Windows.
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12.2.2008 Microsoft starts Windows Network Developer Platform beta
Windows Network Developer Platform
Windows Network Developer Platform encompasses technologies such as Winsock, WinINet, HTTP Server API and WinHTTP. HTTP Server APIs (also known as HTTP.sys) is the kernel mode HTTP server stack in Windows that provides user-mode Win32 APIs.
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Windows Live Calendar, Presence coming soon to a dev platform near you
With its official announcement of the "Windows Live platform beta" at Mix '07 this week, Microsoft made available to developers a number of application programming interfaces (APIs) and controls upon which they can build their own applications and mashups.
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2.5.2007 Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 New Platform in Windows 7 Enables Remote Connectivity to Virtual Desktops
Even though Microsoft is yet to officially breathe a single word on the matter, the virtualization capabilities of Windows 7 will also evolve in comparison to what is offered with Windows Vista today.
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3.7.2008 Intel to take 'Averill' to market as Centrino-like platform
Intel will next year launch its third branded PC platform, after Centrino and Viiv, this time pitched at corporate desktops.
As yet there's no word on the platform's go-to-market brandname, but it will almost certainly be based on Intel's 'Averill' platform. Averill was announced at the chip giant's Developer Forum in March this year for availability in 2006.
Averill is based on Intel's upcoming 'Broadwater' chipset, which will ship primarily as the 965 family, but also as the 946 and 963 product lines, it is believed. The platform also takes in Intel's next-generation Gigabit Ethernet controller, 'Nineveh', and its 65nm dual- and single-core Pentium D and Pentium 4 6xx processors.
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1.12.2005 Microsoft Showcases Platform Strategy and Opportunity
Q&A: Tomorrow's triple launch of business availability of Windows Vista, 2007 Office system and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 underscores Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to providing customers and partners with even greater platform opportunities.
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30.11.2006 Microsoft readies a consumer healthcare platform
Microsoft has made no secret about the fact it has designs on being a healthcare-IT contender. But what the company has kept under wraps, at least until now, was what it planned to do on the consumer side of the healthcare space.
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2.7.2007 Microsoft updates MSN Video Platform Beta
Microsoft refreshed its video platform today with a new beta version of MSN Video. The updated site reflects the design, layout and features of Soapbox, Microsoft's answer to Google's user-generated video site YouTube.com.
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27.4.2007 Microsoft to Deliver a Platform Agnostic Standard for Virtualization
Microsoft is cooperating with rivals from Vmware, XenSource and IBM, but also with partners on the server market such as Dell and HP in order to deliver a single standard for portable virtual machines.
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10.9.2007 Intel to launch Calpella notebook platform in 3Q09
Intel's next-generation notebook platform (Calpella) is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009.
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5.8.2008 Microsoft add cheaper server platform to range
According to an article by Techspot, Microsoft has announced a version of Windows designed for small businesses, named Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
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1.4.2009 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Intel to launch new Core 2 Extreme CPU for Skulltrail platform
Intel is planning to launch a new desktop processor for its upcoming Skulltrail motherboard, a high-end enthusiast and gaming platform, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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16.10.2007 New Windows 7-Based Platform: Windows Embedded Server
Microsoft is not only hard at work laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of Windows 7, but it is also looking beyond the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems.
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31.3.2009 MS to unify MSN, Xbox and Zune with Ignition music platform
Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Ignition, a new program that gives recording artists with new releases a unique channel to reach tens of millions of consumers, whether they are browsing music online, playing games or catching up on the latest news.
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6.6.2007 Microsoft Denies Having Updated Vista's Anti-Piracy Platform or the WGA
Microsoft denied having introduced any sort of updates to the anti-piracy platform built into its latest operating system, Windows Vista or to the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism designed to safeguard over the legitimacy of the copies of the operating system.
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12.9.2007 Windows Mobile 7, the Next-Generation Mobile Platform
We all know Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, if not from using it, at least from what we've heard about it.
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15.3.2009 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008Live Search QnA moves to MSN platform
Back in 2005 Windows Live was announced and many products were moved from the MSN platform to the Windows Live platform. New products and services
were announced including Windows Live QnA. The service name explains it all. Windows Live QnA is a community of users from around the globe asking and
answering about anything and everything. When the Windows Live QnA beta first launched it was it's own service on the Windows Live platform, but
then moved to the Live Search platform and is now known as Live Search QnA. The move helped gain thousands of new contributors engaging in the
community.
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18.02.2009Showcasing Windows 7 Platform with Applets
This blog post discusses some of the platform innovations in Windows 7 and how Windows 7 applications have adopted and showcased these innovations.
This post details some of the platform features that developers and partners can expect in Windows 7 and how Windows 7 programs have showcased these
innovations. This post also discusses how applications have been given a facelift both in terms of their functionality as well as their user
experience by focusing on key Windows design principles and platform innovations. Finally, this post can serve as a pointer or guide to application
developers and ISVs to get themselves familiar with some of the key new Windows platform innovations, see them in action and then figure out how they
can build on these APIs for their own software.
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28.01.2009Windows Live Platform: LiveSide interviews with Angus Logan
Angus Logan is the Senior Technical Product Manager for Windows Live Platform, a title he only dusts off occasionally. Usually he's too busy
building out content for Windows Live Quick Apps, or creating cool tools like the Messenger IM control, or working with Chris Keating from Windows
Live Gallery to build a gadget to add that IM control to Spaces.
We met up with Angus in a conference room in Red West A, where
we talked about Windows Live Platform, complete with whiteboarding...
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15.11.2007Microsoft Expands Xbox Live to Windows
Microsoft continued to build
on the success of its Xbox
platform by extending its
popular Live gaming platform
to Windows PCs. The service is
set to debut on May 8, and
will connect gamers on both
platforms together...
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14.03.2007Is Microsoft/Yahoo about Windows' server platform failure?
Before my whiney enemies all get up in arms about yours truly once more beating up on Microsoft, I'd like to point out that the idea of Microsoft
buying Yahoo being a tacit admission that Windows can't cut the mustard as a top Internet server platform didn't originate with me. No, the
credit, or blame if you prefer, goes to Marcelo Carvalho, an IT manager in San Francisco and Damien Hocking, a Linux-Watch reader who brought
Carvalho's thoughts to my attention.
Carvalho, in a talkback on CNN/Money wrote, "I do not know if anybody … has understood
the layer beneath a Microsoft Corp. -Yahoo Inc. deal." Caravalho continued, "Microsoft runs on the Windows platform and it has proved inadequate to
run big Internet companies. There is not one big Internet company—and I mean "BIG" like Google Inc. , Yahoo, Amazon.com Inc. , eBay Inc. and
such—that runs on Windows besides Microsoft. Its software platform has been a disaster supporting its search engine, email and other free
services."
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15.02.2008Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform: Making Microsofts Software-plus-Services Vision a Reality
New platform and services enable developers to create experiences that connect people across all devices by linking personal and business applications
through the Web...
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28.10.2008Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program Documentation (v1.3)
The Windows platform has a broad ecosystem of products and partners that supports the platform. Displaying the Windows logo on your product represents
a relationship and a shared commitment to quality between Microsoft and your company. Customers trust that seeing the Windows brand on your product
ensures that it meets compatibility standards and performs well on the Windows platform.
The Windows 7 Software Logo program is
made up of policies and requirements that help ensure logod applications are easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows 7.
The purpose of this document is to outline the technical requirements and eligibility qualifications an application must meet in order to
participate in the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program.
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05.03.2009Microsoft WGX team offering SDET position for Windows 7 and beyond
Microsoft recently posted a job offering for a Software Development Engineer in Test for the WGX Windows Platform Development team. The WGX team is
"tasked with defining and implementing the Windows Gaming Platform efforts for Windows 7 and beyond, this team is staffed to plan and develop
specific platform enhancements for gaming on Windows." Some examples include updating the Games Explorer in Windows 7, improvements to the inbox
games and much more:
The WGX Windows Platform Development is an agile development team focused on making games a first class citizen
on the Windows OS platform. Tasked with defining and implementing the Windows Gaming Platform efforts for Windows 7 and beyond, this team is staffed
to plan and develop specific platform enhancements for gaming on Windows. In addition this team coordinates and works in close cooperation with
Windows gaming development efforts taking place across other groups in the Interactive Entertainment & Devices (IEB ) division. Initially tasked with
leading the future efforts on the Windows 7 platform and gaming improvements to Vista for E&D, this team is the owner of the Windows gaming platform
for Microsoft.
WGX is delivering the next great Windows Client gaming features, including updates to the popular Games Explorer,
improvements to the inbox games, and other features to delight hard core and casual gamers alike. Own a critical part of Microsofts overall
entertainment strategy and develop strong partnerships with industry leading technology, service, and development groups.
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18.02.2008AMD shows off its Puma platform beating Centrino
Although AMD didn't have a major presence at CES, the chipmaker did have a reference design of its upcoming Puma platform on hand to show how it
out-performs Intel's Centrino platform...
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11.01.2008Motorola's new VoWLAN platform extends PBX to mobile devices
Motorola has unveiled a solution that leverages a business' existing Wireless LAN and PBX setups and merges their voice and data functions into a
single platform, accessible through Windows Mobile 6.1 devices...
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11.11.2008Facebook releases its open source platform
After last week's confirmation of plans to make its developers' platform an open source project, Facebook this week followed through by releasing
most of the code that runs its platform, including the most frequently used methods and tags...
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04.06.2008Overview of Windows Server 2008 in the Enterprise
Amit Pawar: By now you have either heard or read something somewhere that Microsoft is about to release a new Serve operating System. The new server
operating system is Windows Server 2008, slated for world wide release on February 27 2007. I have now been working with and presenting on Windows
Server 2008 for the past one year and the first thing I talk to customers about is why this is a significant release of Window Server Platform, and
the top reasons for why they should consider Windows Server 2008 as a important part of their IT Infrastructure platform.
The
capabilities the new version of Windows Server brings to an IT infrastructure is a strategic asset and the critical foundation upon which software can
deliver services and user applications that a business needs in order to operate effectively and succeed. Windows Server 2008 enables greater business
success by providing a platform that supports mission critical solutions and applications, making them available to your organization when it needs
them. Windows Server 2008 is the platform on which our customers can build their business on.
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20.12.2007Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (beta) is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web
Platform, including the IIS7, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer.
Developers and server administrators
can use the Web Platform Installer Beta to more easily discover, download and install the Microsoft Web platform. Using the Web Platform Installers
simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer easily and quickly. To help
you stay up-to-date with product releases, the Web Platform Installer tool always contains the most current versions and new additions to the
Microsoft Web Platform.
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30.09.2008Nokia to Open Up Navigation Platform
Nokia is making a foray into
the mobile applications
market, saying Thursday it
plans to make its smart2go
navigation platform available
at no charge to select Nokia
S60 and Windows Mobile
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09.02.2007Facebook opens platform to other social networks
Online social network site Facebook has opened up its developer platform to other social networking sites, with rival site Bebo the first major rival
to implement the platform. The move comes in response to criticism that developers wouldn't create applications for Facebook because the website
is too "closed" to be an effective market, and sets up a potential clash between Facebook's now open platform and OpenSocial, the open
development platform initiative Google Inc. launched in November. Facebook senior platform manager Ami Vora first posted the news in a blog entry on
Wednesday.
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13.12.2007Microsoft Web Platform Installer Released (RC)
"The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008
Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework.
Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can
choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to
date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.
Now supporting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Web PI makes it
easy to install and stay up-to-date with the Microsoft Web Platform. This updated release lets you install ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Tools for
Silverlight, and much more! "
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25.11.2008Can Microsoft Out-Google
Google?
For the past decade, Microsoft
has largely ignored the Web as
an emerging platform for
application development with
fears that it could render
Windows obsolete. But that
will all change next week, as
Microsoft unveils a new
strategy for transforming its
Web properties into an open
platform for developers...
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09.09.2005Sneak peak at upcoming Windows 7 advertisements
Microsoft has a lot riding on its upcoming launch of Windows 7. With Vista burned by bad reviews, user errors, and a general vibe of negativity, it
needs Windows 7 to replace Windows XP as the next rock solid platform. Posted below are some upcoming advertisements for the Windows 7 campaign
where Microsoft hopes to show off some of the highlights of the new platform, according to istartedsomething.com. Each advertisement shows off a
different feature in a unique way that directly address negativity received over its previous "The Wow is Now" campaign for the launch of Vista.
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08.09.2009Cross-platform dev tool adds Windows Mobile
Zhmicro announced that its novel technology for creating cross-platform applications is now compatible with Windows CE and Windows Mobile. The "Z47
Virtual Processors" and Z++ Visual IDE (integrated development environment) allow creating apps that run unmodified on Windows desktops, Linux, and
Palm devices, the company says.
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04.10.2008The Origins of Microsoft's Oslo Software Modeling Platform
Microsoft's data-centric platform, which is aimed at empowering nondevelopers to build distributed applications, has roots in some very familiar
apps.
Microsoft set out to create Oslo, its general-purpose software modeling platform, back in 2003 in an attempt to make
software development more accessible to more people by enabling them to create applications from models or diagrams.
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