What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation
Introduction
The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named "Avalon") provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer.
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1.1.2006 Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 1.2
Overview
Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow-enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a Microsoft WinFX name space (System.Workflow), an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
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16.1.2006 Windows Server 2008 Foundation Launched
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Server 2008 Foundation. For small businesses with 15 or fewer users, Windows Server 2008 Foundation puts the reliability, security and manageability of the Windows Server platform within the reach of all businesses at an affordable price.
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1.4.2009 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 Microsoft Readies Windows Server 2008 Foundation
Over the weekend, I received information about what appears to be the new Microsoft server product recently preannounced by CEO Steve Ballmer.
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31.3.2009 1. april: Ballmer joins Linux Foundation board
In what many long-time observers of free and open source software consider a natural progression, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is to join the board of the Linux Foundation.
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1.4.2007 Gates Foundation awards $69 million in grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has rolled out its first round of grants in a much-publicized effort to double the number of low-income students who earn a postsecondary degree or credential by age 26an increase of about 250,000 graduates each year.
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6.1.2009 Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
Brief Description - The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.
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18.3.2006 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
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28.8.2009 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006 3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP
DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page.
Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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Windows PowerShell 1.0 download
Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity.
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15.11.2006 Windows 7 themes download
Here is several Windows 7 Slide show themes for download. Download links are dirext from microsoft.com Enjoy!
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14.7.2009 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Windows Internet Explorer 7 DOWNLOAD
Few days ago at RSA, Bill Gates talked about Internet Explorer 7. As the guy responsible for IE, I wanted to say a couple of things about it.
First, some basics: we’re committing to deliver a new version of Internet Explorer for Windows XP customers. Betas of IE7 will be available this summer. This new release will build on the work we did in Windows XP SP2 and (among other things) go further to defend users from phishing as well as deceptive or malicious software.
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Download new Windows Live Toolbar
Now you can download new Windows Live Toolbar Beta.
What it is
A super-useful tool that helps you find stuff on the Internet faster and more securely.
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19.3.2006 Windows Vista X Download Site
Complex download pack for Windows vista, MS office 2007, MS Messenger, Windows Media Player 11, Vista Tweaks, Direct X 9c .....
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13.5.2006 Windows Vista beta 2 DOWNLOAD
The Vista Beta 2 x86 DVD is 3,200.15 MB. The package contains Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business binaries. As ever, the key used is what determines what SKU you see.
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24.5.2006 Official: Windows Beta 2 Available for download
As previously mentioned by Tekmaven on bink.nu, here is the offical blurb from the offical Windows Vista Website concerning Beta 2.
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8.6.2006 Download Windows Live Writer now
Microsoft, will be reaviling a new Windows Live product on 14th August 2006. This new product will be called Windows Live Writer. This new product from Microsoft will allow a user to write documents/blog postings from a downloadable application called Windows Live Writer and post them to a blog (other than Windows Live Spaces). Right know, we have no other known features, except Spell Check, of this product untill Monday the 14th.
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13.8.2006 Windows Vista RC1 DOWNLOAD
Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) was just posted on Microsoft Connect. (~2:45 EST).
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2.9.2006 Windows Vista Ultimate download
This is the final version of Vindows Vista.
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8.2.2007 Windows XP SP3 Available for Download!
In two weeks too :) Microsoft confirmed officially that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be made available for download in the next couple of weeks.
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29.8.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Download
Windows Live Messenger is the next - generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!
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4.10.2007 Download Windows vs. Walls Wallpapers
On September 18 Microsoft kick started the second phase of the $300 million Windows marketing campaign put together by ad agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky.
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19.9.2008 Windows 7 build 7022 download
In December 2008, Windows 7 Beta 1 was leaked via torrents sites. Now there is one more leak and this time it's Windows 7 (build 7022).
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9.2.2009 Windows 7 Build 7057 Download
Another leak already? Thats what I thought when we were given the heads up by community member WGUIMB that Windows 7 Build 7057.0.x86fre.winmain.090305-2000 has leaked to the public in the x86 flavor, with x64 supposedly on its way.
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12.3.2009 Windows 7 Build 7068 download
Now there has been another leak for Windows 7. This time its build 7068, there has been a lot of speculation of this build being a fake but now its confirmed. WINDOWS 7 BUILD 7068 IS NOT A FAKE.
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27.3.2009 Windows 7 Transformation Pack 1.0 Download
Seven Transformation Pack will convert your XP based system to look like Windows 7 and some of its features emulated. You don't have to purchase Windows 7 or any 3rd-party applications to get Windows 7 UI experiences. This transformation pack will simply make it done for you for free!
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29.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7127 Download
Although not many of us have just started exploring Windows 7 Release Candidate, another build has already leaked. The leaked build is 7127 and the complete build string is: 7127.0.090507.1820,
Build 7127 is part of the RTM branch. As Microsoft stated, they are in the process of RTM.
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16.5.2009BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Extensions For Windows Workflow Foundation SDK V1
The BizTalk Server extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation provide an SDK toolkit for developers building workflows in Windows Workflow Foundation
to host these workflows in BizTalk Server 2006. This makes use of the functionality provided by BizTalk Server for orchestration. This SDK sample is
unsupported by Microsoft Customer Support Services.
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01.11.2007SDK for the November 2005
WinFX Runtime Components CTP
Available for Download
This version of the
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Windows SDK is intended to
support only the Microsoft?
Pre-Release Software WinFX?
Runtime Components - November
Community Technology Preview
(CTP) on Windows? XP and
Windows Server? 2003 SP1
only.
Whil
e this version of the Windows
SDK also contains pre-release
content for Windows? Vista,
the Win32-related content is
not compatible with publicly
available versions of Windows.
This release of the Windows
SDK is compatible with the RTM
version of Microsoft? Visual
Studio 2005.
The
Windows SDK includes content
for the APIs in Windows Vista,
including the WinFX
technologies: .NET Framework
2.0, Windows? Presentation
Foundation, Windows?
Communications Foundation, and
Windows? Workflow Foundation.
Because the Windows SDK now
contains the WinFX SDK
content, the WinFX SDK will no
longer be released
separately.
This
edition of the Windows SDK
contains pre-release
documentation, samples, and
tools designed to help you
develop managed applications
and libraries using WinFX, the
managed programming model for
Windows. In future versions of
the Windows SDK, the download
and custom installation
options will allow you to
select Win32 or WinFX only
content if you desire one or
the other. ..
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19.11.2005Near-Final Vista Foundations
Released
Microsoft has made available
prerelease versions of the
Windows Communication
Foundation and Windows
Workflow Foundation, which
comprise two of the core
building blocks within Windows
Vista. The company has also
issued a Go-Live license for
each, signifying the
products' state of readiness...
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19.01.2006New Test Build of WPC Released
Microsoft made available for
download on Wednesday the
January Community Technology
Preview test build of WinFX.
That means
testers can get their hands on
refreshed builds of Windows
Communication Foundation
(WCF), Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF) and Windows
Workflow Foundation (WF).
Microsoft also
is making "Go Live" builds
of WCF and WF available to
testers who are interested in
deploying these technologies
in production early.
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19.01.2006Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package
The Microsoft .NET Framework
3.0 is the new managed code
programming model for
Windows. It combines the
power of the .NET Framework
version 2.0 with new
technologies for building
applications that have
visually compelling user
experiences, seamless
communication across
technology boundaries, and the
ability to support a wide
range of business processes.
These new technologies are
Windows Presentation
Foundation, Windows
Communication Foundation,
Windows Workflow Foundation,
and Windows CardSpace. The
.NET Framework 3.0 is included
as part of the Windows Vista
operating system; you can
install it or uninstall it
using Windows Features Control
Panel. This redistributable
package is for Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003.
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10.11.2006More New Windows Dev Tools on
the Way
The Windows Presentation
Foundation isn't the only new
Windows subsystem to which
Microsoft is encouraging
developers to write.
The company also
wants to foster development
around the Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF,
or "Indigo") and Windows
Workflow Foundation (WF).
To encourage
this, Microsoft is working on
some new designers for WCF and
WF. No word on when the
company will make these new
tools available, however.
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04.02.2006Microsoft Guide to Team Development with Team Foundation Server
The Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team has released a downloadable (PDF) book on how Microsoft recommends (suggest might be a better word) that
organizations incrementally adopt Team Foundation Server.
Click here to access the PDF downloadHere's the chapter breakout winbeta.org -
20.12.2007Linux Foundation: We Have Our Own Patent 'Arsenal'
In an op-ed piece published by
BusinessWeek today,
Linux Foundation Executive
Director Jim Zemlin stated his
organization will be ready to
fund the legal efforts of
anyone who produces Linux
software who's threatened
with - or sued on account of -
patent infringement. If
necessary, Zemlin writes, the
foundation will use its own
patent portfolio to mount
countersuits...
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26.05.2007Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile (BETA)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile (BETA) contain the .NET Framework Client profile needed for the installation and distribution of .NET
Framework Client applications. The .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile (BETA) contains a subset of features contained in the full installation of the
.NET Framework. The subset of features are the Common Language Runtime, ClickOnce, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows
Communication Foundation.
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09.05.2008Gates Foundation donates $6.9m to libraries
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have stated that they will begin a new pilot program spanning 7 US states which will help fund Internet
expansion into public libraries, as well as donating $850,000 to the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy.
The Foundation has carefully selected Arkansas, California, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Virginia to be included in the initiative
after monitoring Internet speeds and congestion at libraries. These libraries will receive a much-needed upgrade with $6.8 million donated by the
Foundation.
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21.12.2008Microsoft releases Windows Demo Toolkit for Windows 7
Microsoft has released the The Windows Demo Toolkit Foundation Suite which makes it easier to demo Windows 7 to your customers or clients. This is
very helpful if you are presenting to a small group or to your company regarding Windows 7 or you can use the toolkit as a starting point for demoing
your own products and services. The toolkit includes demos for Consumers and Enterprises. Whether selling Windows OS, Windows Live, or related
products and services, these demos give you a foundation to build your story!
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02.04.2009Microsoft building new UI framework
Long Zheng: Not too long ago Microsoft described
Windows Presentation Foundation as the UI
platform for the next 20 years. Surprisingly work is beginning on an even newer Windows UI framework. My Windows Vista clock must be running slow.
Bearing in mind the arsenal of Windows UI frameworks that exists today - Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Windows
Forms, Win32, Media Center Markup Language, Microsoft Foundation Classes and more from third parties; Microsoft has decided to build yet another one
to enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows. Here is the job advertisement...
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11.01.2008Windows 7 Developer Guide v1.2
Build applications on a solid foundation; enable richer application experiences; and integrate the best of Windows and web services. The features and
technologies of the Windows 7 operating system enable you to build the next generation of software applications. Download this guide to read
descriptions of those features and see vivid screen shots from the pre-Beta version of Windows 7 released at PDC.
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09.12.2008Gates Foundation CEO Stepping Aside
Patty Stonesifer, who has served as chief executive of the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since its inception in 1997, is stepping aside.
Stonesifer, 51, will leave
her role as CEO of the world's largest charitable foundation by Jan. 1, 2009, but she won't be leaving the organization, the foundation says.
Her new job title has not been announced.
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07.02.2008Wikimedia Foundation Requests The Free Software Foundation Modify GFDL
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has resolved to formally request the Free Software Software Foundation (FSF) modify the GNU Free
Documentation License (GFDL) so that mass collaborative projects such as Wikipedia can use and license existing GFDL content under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license.
We are grateful for the wonderful work the Free Software Foundation and
Creative Commons have done thus far. Without their support and wisdom, Wikipedia would not be where it is today. As the worlds largest repository of
free content, this step enables Wikipedia and its sister projects to become more compatible with other free culture projects, said Jimmy Wales,
Wikipedia Founder.
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09.12.2007TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows PDF download available
This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems. This book is primarily a discussion of concepts and principles to lay a conceptual
foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite and provides an integrated discussion of both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6).
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02.06.2008Microsoft Launches Open Source Foundation
Just days after being
accused of attempting to unleash potentially harmful Linux-related patents to find their way into the hands of
open-source-hating patent trolls, Microsoft is now slated to announce its founding of a new foundation to support open-source software.
According to foundation documents and published reports, the group will be known as the
CodePlex Foundation and will be led by Sam Ramji, Microsoft's senior director of Platform Strategy. Ramji has been Microsoft's
guy in the hot seat in dealing directly with various factions of the open-source community, including the Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse
Foundation. And Ramji has proven his mettle in establishing relationships with those organizations and others. Ramji will be the interim president of
the foundation.
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11.09.2009Course Change for OpenDocument Developers Seen as Emerging Rift
A presentation made two weeks ago by two members of OASIS' OpenDocument technical committee, and founding members of the OpenDocument Foundation,
made it clear that the foundation would be turning its attention away from developing the ODF format and translators for it. Instead, in a course
change instigated as far back as last May, the Foundation is steering back toward a project launched in 1995 by the World Wide Web Consortium, in
hopes of recapturing the momentum toward document interoperability for all existing word processor users...
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30.10.2007Industry leaders join board of OpenID foundation
Several industry leaders in the tech industry, and in particular the online side of it, have officially joined the OpenID foundation as corporate
board members, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, IBM, and VeriSign. This large step forward for the OpenID foundation could lead to quicker adoption
of the technology which vows to eliminate the need for multiple accounts across different services, by essentially only making the user sign up once
to use an account across all supporting services.
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08.02.2008New Entry-Level Server Platform Gives Small Businesses Access to Big-Business Solutions
Microsoft Corp. has expanded its industry-leading Windows Server family of operating systems with the addition of Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
Built for small businesses with 15 or fewer users, Windows Server 2008 Foundation puts the reliability, security and manageability of the Windows
Server platform within the reach of all businesses at an affordable price. Windows Server 2008 Foundation is initially available in 40 countries and
will provide small business customers with the ability to run business applications and databases, host Web sites, and provide basic server
functionality such as file and print sharing and remote access.
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