Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios
Via Microsoft Connect, the company is accepting participation requests in a new Beta program for Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios. The software giant aims to streamline the way in which users interact with the desktop in an enterprise environment.
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27.11.2008 Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7
Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official technical preview scheduled for July.
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16.5.2009 Windows Vista SP1 RTM Optimized Desktop
With the advent of Windows Vista at the end of 2006/the beginning of 2007, Microsoft has started pouring a consistent amount of efforts into enabling optimized desktops.
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30.4.2008 Windows Vista SP1 at the Basis of the Optimized Desktop
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is at the basis of Microsoft's vision for the Optimized Desktop. Of course that the Redmond company is building a comprehensive strategy that involves additional resources and solutions on top of its Windows client.
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4.9.2008 SanDisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid-state drives
SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid-state drives, delaying the delivery of optimized drives until next year.
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22.7.2008 Windows Live FolderShare Beta Refresh for PC-to-PC Sync
Today, the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at http://www.foldershare.com/.
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11.3.2008 IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh
From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that we’ve dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007.
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19.4.2007 New PC model
PC for Women
Google PC?
Just five years ago, Microsoft Corp. was considered the Big Bad Wolf of the media business.
Armed with a stockpile of cash and the Windows operating system that dominates office computing, Bill Gates' company was expected to huff and puff its way into America's living rooms as well, with video game consoles, home networking systems and TV set-top boxes.
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3.1.2006 Sweet for your PC
Really dirty PC
Windows or No PC at All!
sk0t has been arrested, fact which comes as quite a blow to torrent users all around the world. He was the one that uploaded Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith before
its theatrical release, as The Register informs.
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25.8.2007 What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
Our reporter tried to buy a computer with Windows XP preinstalled on it from the United States' nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib.
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16.7.2008 Mobile gambler PC
Pc guru or blonde?
Can Your PC Really Handle Vista?
Over at Tom's Hardware, they have done a neat article on running Vista on a budget PC. Can it? and do you want to? Here's a short blurb from the article:
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27.2.2007 Build it! Best PC components available
Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 “Very Best Kit List” for Jul/Aug 09. Here I’ve put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So if you’re thinking of buying, building or even upgrading a PC, this list is a must-read for you!
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2.7.2009 Virtual PC 2007 now available on Connect
Virtual PC 2007 includes support for virtualization technology from Intel and AMD. By default, hardware-assisted virtualization is enabled if the feature is enabled on the physical computer.
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12.10.2006 Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer?
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10.12.2006 No Effect on PC Sales This Year
Microsoft's new OS isn't having much effect on 2007 PC sales, with 'at best, a limited boost.'
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26.3.2007 Vista no panacea for PC sales
Although Microsoft has characterized itself as happy with Vista adoption so far—and Bill Gates said last week at WinHEC that Microsoft had shipped 40 million copies—the release of the new operating system has not resulted in a significant bump in PC sales.
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24.5.2007 PC sales are growing - but not because of Vista
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to increase by 11 per cent this year spurred by uptake in emerging markets rather than the launch of Microsoft’s Vista operating system, according to research.
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28.6.2007 Should Microsoft get into the PC hardware business?
I really enjoyed watching this recent interview with Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich on Microsoft’s TechNet Edge.
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9.9.2008 PC sales to drop despite Windows 7
Research firm Gartner have published their predictions for PC sales for 2009, predicting that worldwide sales will fall by 6% from 2008 levels. The sales of netbooks, however, are set to rise.
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29.6.2009 Microsoft debuts Web-to-PC clipboard
Microsoft Corp. extended an olive branch to some of its harshest critics on Tuesday by proposing a way for Internet users to "cut and paste" live Web data across different sites, just as they can between computer programs.
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11.3.2006 Origami PC maker has to scribble 'wait'
With Samsung planning a U.S. launch of its Origami tablet on Monday, the folks at TabletKiosk had hoped to already be shipping significant quantities of their rival device.
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2.5.2006 Virtual PC 2004 SP1 is freeware!
Microsoft has released an update to Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1, and is now making the virtualization software available free of charge to all users. The company also promised to freely release Virtual PC 2007 next year, bringing support for Windows Vista.
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13.7.2006 Windows Vista Custom PC Design
Microsoft and Dell recently partnered up to create a super-cool custom PC in celebration of Microsoft releasing Windows Vista to manufacturing earlier this month.
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21.11.2006 Windows Vista Secrets for Tablet PC
Tim Sneath has been posting a wonderful
series of "Windows Vista Secrets". (The ability to start Quick Launch items with the [Win+<n>] keys has changed my life -- thanks Tim!)
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29.11.2006Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Released
Anyone who has tried Virtual
PC 2004 on Windows Vista knows
that the experience can leave
something to be desired. But
today, from the hard working
folks on the Virtual PC Team,
we have Virtual PC 2007.
Virtual PC 2007 was
optimized for using Windows
Vista as the host operating
system, allowing you to run
multiple operating systems on
a single PC and have an
excellent experience doing so.
Virtual PC 2007 has also been
optimized for Windows Vista
running as the guest operating
system as well.
Virtual PC 2007 is both free
of cost and unsecured by
Windows Genuine Advantage.
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25.02.2007PlayReady PC Runtime v1.2
Microsoft PlayReady technology is optimized for the mobile industry to support the growth of online content services, and includes features designed
to make it easier than ever for consumers to enjoy mobile digital entertainment. This runtime allows PC based applications to access PlayReady content
using the PlayReady PC Runtime API.
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31.10.2008Red Hat to Build Optimized Java for Enterprise Linux
Nearly a year after Sun Microsystems first announced it would be releasing a build of Java to the open source community, Red Hat has apparently signed
on. In an announcement this morning, the company said it has licensed Sun's Java SE Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK), with the objective to produce
an optimized Java for its Enterprise Linux that will drive JBoss applications...
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06.11.2007Microsoft Virtualization Day: Helping IT professionals do more with less
Nick White: Today we're making a series of announcements outlining our company-wide strategy for virtualization from the desktop to the
datacenter.
<...> We have a vision that focuses on businesses employing our virtualization toolset to more simply and
cost-effectively manage their IT environments. We're calling that vision Dynamic IT. Dynamic IT is aiming to help IT professionals get more out of
their computing resources across both server and desktop environments. One of the benefits of this initiative is to enable IT managers to dynamically
make changes or add capacity to their deployments in a matter of minutes instead of hours (or even days). In a phrase, Dynamic IT is about
efficiently getting the necessary resources to users and computers at any given moment and with a minimum of hassle and effort. We expect this vision
to result in a whole new era of datacenter and desktop PC management, all hinging on virtualization technologies and Windows.
Central to the vision of Dynamic IT is the concept of the Optimized Desktop. The Optimized Desktop refers to virtualizing a user's applications
and profile together so that they follow that user, regardless of the location of the PC in use at the moment...
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22.01.2008Update: Windows Optimized Desktop for the Enterprise
Chris Flores: We've been talking with a lot of organizations about what they need most from an optimized desktop experience, and we've been making
great progress in delivering against those needs. I want to take this opportunity to share details on the Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios and
highlight some news.
If you've been reading this blog regularly, you will have seen updates on the work we're doing with the
Optimized Desktop. I contributed a
blog on this in January for our Virtualization Strategy Day and a second
blog about the announcements we had made at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas in late April. While there are many facets
to the Optimized Desktop, the framework is based on technologies that enable decoupling the traditional desktop stack of hardware, operating system,
applications, data, settings and user profiles, making desktop management more efficient and easing change and user migration.
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23.05.2008Sandisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid state drives
SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid state drives, delaying the delivery of optimized drives until next year.
Solid state drives (SSDs) are used instead of hard disk drives in select high-end notebook PCs today such as the Apple MacBook Air and
Toshiba Portege R500.
The next generation of SSDs will use multilevel cell (MLC) technology, which will require a more
sophisticated controller--a crucial component in solid state drives. These drives will have capacities ranging up to 128GB, 160GB, and later, 256GB.
MLC drives are expected to appear in a wider selection of notebooks later this year.
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22.07.2008BitTorrent Optimized Microprocessor Announced
BitTorrent continues to expand
beyond the computer. Today,
the Taiwanese company IAdea
announced that BitTorrent
optimized microprocessors will
become available soon. This
makes it relatively easy to
add BitTorrent support to
other consumer electronics
devices.
The
microprocessor will enable
hardware manufacturers to
create devices that directly
download .torrent files, and
play files that are downloaded
over BitTorrent. This is one
step further in simplifying
BitTorrent, and incorporating
it in non-PC hardware.
John Wang, CEO of IAdea
Corporation and developer of
the new chip said in a
response, "This new service
architecture is infinitely
scalable, delivers faster as
more users join, and can be
built at a fraction of the
cost of a traditional server
farm. We see this trend
emerging as ‘Web 3.0′
where each consumer becomes
part of a universal content
storage and delivery system.
Our new chip plays part in the
new paradigm by making
BitTorrent available
efficiently and economically.
You should not be surprised if
you find your next car or
cellphone enabled with our
technology."
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11.01.2007Microsoft PlayReady PC Runtime v1.0
Microsoft PlayReady technology is optimized for the mobile industry to support the growth of online content services, and includes features designed
to make it easier than ever for consumers to enjoy mobile digital entertainment. This runtime allows PC based applications to access PlayReady content
using the PlayReady PC Runtime API.
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19.07.2008Microsoft and Novell Deliver Joint Virtualization Solution Through Partners
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. are announcing the availability of a joint virtualization solution optimized for customers running mixed-source
environments. The joint offering includes SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server from Novell® configured and tested as an optimized guest operating system
running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and is fully supported by both companies channel partners, including Dell Inc., which will test and validate
this offering at the Microsoft and Novell joint Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. The offering provides customers with the first complete,
fully supported and optimized virtualization solution to span Windows and Linux* environments.
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11.09.2008Opera touts "Nvidia-optimized" mobile browser
Opera Software and Nvidia say they will collaborate on a customized, accelerated Windows Mobile web browser for devices using the chipmaker's
ARM11-based SoCs. An "optimized, pre-integrated" Opera Mobile 9.5 edition will deliver higher performance and lower battery consumption on devices
using Tegra processors, the companies say.
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10.09.2008Facebook Optimized for Windows Mobile
Microsoft has released developer tools for the creation of optimized Facebook applications on
Windows Mobile. See the developer tools
here. The good thing about these tools is the integration with
pretty much all the Windows Mobile applications themselves, so youll be able to let your Facebook apps take advantage of mobile media-sharing,
contacts synchronization, and Outlook integration.
That makes it easier on the consumer end for the real-life utilization of
certain applications found on
Facebook. Either way, Facebook apps
can ow be better optimized for use on Windows Mobile, but the benefit of this set of APIs is the option for a deeper integration.
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26.11.2007A Blueprint for Healthier Healthcare IT
Latest Connected Health Platform supports and accelerates optimized IT for health organizations...
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22.04.2009Are Microsoft's newest webcams the last of a dying breed?
Microsoft today has announced the pricing and upcoming availability of its LifeCam VX-5000 Windows Live-optimized webcam...
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14.05.2008Customizing WES 2009's appearance
A new posting on Microsoft's Windows Embedded Standard blog reviews ways to customize the appearance of Windows Embedded Standard (WES) 2009. The
"user interface needs to be optimized according to the device purpose and should not behave like a PC," writes author Alexander Wechsler...
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25.02.2009Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second
Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation
that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly
short boot times -- we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10.
It's pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon -- check a video after the break...
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25.09.2009AMD Highlights Optimized Integration between Quad-Core Opteron and Upcoming Microsoft Products
AMD today announced it is demonstrating platforms based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, including features designed to help Microsoft Windows
application developers optimize their software applications through tools in upcoming software products from Microsoft Corp. The technology
demonstrations at the conference in Barcelona, Spain show new integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.
Ongoing collaboration throughout product development has ensured that Visual Studio 2008 tools will produce optimized code when
compiling for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. This hardware/software collaboration is designed to ensure that software developers will enjoy
improved instruction selection, optimized register allocation and enhanced 128-bit floating-point performance.
śThe Microsoft
Visual Studio suite represents key building blocks in the Windows software development tools stack and is widely used by the Windows development
community. This is why Visual Studio support for AMD processors is so important to us- it provides a highly productive environment for our customers
to connect their hardware and software,ť said Earl Stahl, vice president of Software Development at AMD. śThe hardware/software collaboration is vital
across the entire Microsoft Application Platform, so we are also working to ensure that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
are optimized for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.ť
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05.11.2007Microsoft's road to the cloud is paved with parallelism
A new whitepaper that Microsoft researchers are set to present at a conference next month sheds more light on Microsoft's back-end cloud
infrastructure.
The paper, entitled,
“SCOPE: Easy and
Efficient Parallel Processing of Massive Data Sets,” details a new declarative scripting language that is optimized for storing and
analyzing massive data sets (like search logs and click streams) that are key to cloud-scale service architectures. SCOPE, or Structure Computations
Optimized for Parallel Execution, is the name of the language.
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01.08.2008Samsung and Microsoft work to speed up SSDs
A few weeks ago SanDisk slated Windows Vista for not being optimized for SSD (Solid State Drive) storage hardware.
"As soon as you
get into Vista applications in notebook and desktop, you start running into very demanding applications because Vista is not optimized for flash
memory solid-state disk”. Said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Eli Harari
SandDisk’s solution is to develop a new
controller technology which will overcome these limitations but could take upto a year to reach the market.
Now according to
PCworld Samsung has been in talks with Microsoft to increase the performance of SSDs using Vista
and other MS OSes.
The speed and way in which SSDs fetch and cache data are different than hard drives, said Michael Wang, flash marketing
manager at Sun.
Standard magnetic hard drives have a 512kb cluster size where as SSDs only have a 4kb cluster size. Samsung hopes to work
with Microsoft to boost SSD performance on Windows by discovering optimal packet sizes for data transfers and the best ways to read and write files,
for example.
SSDs have been hailed as the future storage medium for PC’s and internet connected devices, citing speed, power use and
durability.
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07.08.2008RIM Adds Facebook to Blackberry
Research In Motion Ltd. today launched its faster, more optimized Facebook application for Blackberry, at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment show
in San Francisco...
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25.10.2007Has the PC Become Antiquated?
In a recent interview with
BetaNews, the chief researcher
for IDC's Quarterly PC
Tracker report -- which rates
the relative market share of
PC manufacturers -- raised a
serious question pertaining to
the market growth figure
around which much of IDC's
reporting is based: Has the PC
become antiquated?..
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