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Since Microsoft is biggest software company and we usually have many news on Microsoft so I m making a sticky thread for all Microsoft related news and discussions.
This thread is not for queries and any type of help on Microsoft so please refrain from this thing and keep the thread clean.
so i m starting from a recent news from MS

IE10 Exclusively on Windows 8 and Windows 7, Forget XP and Vista
Forget Windows XP and Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 10 will support Windows 7 and Windows 8 exclusively.

Since IE9 doesn’t play nice with XP, it’s really no surprise at all that IE10 will also be ignoring the decade-old operating system.

However, with the delivery of the first Platform Preview of IE10, Windows Vista joins XP in warming the bench.
At least XP is being kept in the game by a loyal user base, still the largest worldwide, and over twice the size of Windows 7’s.

Vista never got much love to begin with, and dumping it for a Windows 7 upgrade feels like releasing ballast to take flight.

The IE team has met with a barrage of criticism for its decision not to bring IE9 to XP, but I doubt the fact that the same will happen over not offering IE10 on Vista. And since there is no support for XP with IE9, it’s clear that nobody should have expected the successors of Internet Explorer 9 to be any different.

But as far as IE10 not supporting Vista, the move makes perfect sense, even ignoring the shrinking market share of the OS.

I don’t know whether you watched the day one keynote address at MIX11, but Dean Hachamovitch, Corporate Vice President, Internet Explorer opened up focusing on native experiences, in the context of IE, Windows and the web.

Here’s an excerpt of what he said:

“Every library, every layer, every abstraction between your site and the device challenge performance, reliability, and the overall experience. Native experiences are the best experiences. Web experiences are the most important experiences.

“The only native experience of the Web of HTML5 today is on Windows 7 with IE9. To deliver the most native HTML5 experience, we built IE9 from the ground up for HTML5 and for Windows.”

This is why, early adopters heading to the IE Test Drive Center will find that: “The Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) Operating System.”

According to Microsoft: “Platform Preview 4 and later require updates to be installed on Windows 7 systems, after which your computer will require a restart. The updates support Platform Preview graphics, media, and printing functionality.

“The Platform Preview is designed to install these prerequisites automatically. However, if the Platform Preview encounters an error while installing the prerequisites, you can install them manually prior to installing the Platform Preview.”

My best guess is that the IE team aims to make IE10 a native experience on Windows 8. Just as IE9 delivers the best possible user experience only on Windows 7 today, so will IE10 be at the top of its game on the next version of Windows.

It’s really a question of Windows 8, IE10 and the underlying hardware working in unison to make possible native web experiences.

Now, this is all speculation on my part, but I’m willing to bet that I’m right. Also, I cannot help but wonder whether Microsoft plans to backport some Windows 8 technologies and components to Windows 7 (via Win7 SP2 maybe?), per the Vista SP2 and its Platform Update model.

I assume that ignoring Vista with IE10 is a move catalyzed by the fact that Internet Explorer 10 will be tailored for the enhancements in Windows 8 as well as upcoming hardware improvements. If IE10 will support Windows 7 it would simply make sense for some of the evolution related to Windows 8 to rub off on its predecessor.

Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) Platform Preview 1 (PP1) is available for download here.

Windows Internet Explorer 9 RTW for Windows 7 and Windows 7 SP1 is available for download here.
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Windows 8 Tablet PC Edition

Years before there was even the slightest hint of Apple making its first iPad, Microsoft was already hard at work building the software and hardware ecosystems around a Tablet PC version of Windows.

Approximately six years ago, in excess of 300 independent software vendors were building solutions for a slate flavor of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Acer, Fujitsu, HP, NEC, RIM, Toshiba and others, no less than 40 manufacturers were building Windows Tablet PCs.


It turns out that it was the watershed moment of Windows XP Tablet PC edition, released concomitantly with Windows XP SP2.

Years later, the world applauded Apple as the innovator behind the iPad, the product that catalyzed a consumer slate frenzy.

The Cupertino-based company announced earlier this month that it had sold 4.69 million iPads in the last fiscal quarter alone, falling short of expectations by a few millions only because it could not meet demand.

Meanwhile, while Windows 7 is already available on some Tablet PCs, the software giant might find it difficult to brag about sale numbers. The fact that there’s really nothing to brag about might have something to do with it.

Was Windows XP Tablet PC Edition ahead of its time when it was launched in 2005? Was Microsoft’s strategy to bring Windows Tablet PCs to the market less than stellar? Can the Redmond company reclaim the lost ground on the slate market?

I remember the feeling of enthusiasm that leaked details about the Courier prototype from the software giant, so I really don’t thing that there’s a mindset among consumers that would cause them to ignore a Tablet PC from Microsoft.

But alas, Courier was shelved, with speculation indicating that the demise of the project was related to the fact that the device failed to take Windows at heart.

But could in fact be platform the main problem with Windows slates? Windows XP did not become the Windows XP that users love today until after the release of SP2 in 2005.

So in this regard, I dare say that Windows XP Tablet PC Edition wasn’t released at an opportune moment, causing the Windows Tablet operating system not to gain traction with consumers.

Moving to Windows 7 and onward to Windows 8, Microsoft’s strategy doesn’t appear to have changed all that much, at least not at this point in time.

The company still wants Windows to power slates, and not only this, but the fully-fledged Windows operating system, making Tablet PCs less like next generation form factors and more like traditional PCs.

While I’m sure that there are users that want the full desktop Windows experience on their slate, I’m willing to bet that the vast majority of consumers would settle for the core components of the operating system necessary for content consumption scenarios.

Now obviously, I coined the moniker Windows 8 Tablet PC Edition based on the now dead Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. I can only hope that Microsoft will prove a tad more imaginative than me.

A successful Windows 8 for Slates release should start with a brand that’s not connected in any way to a failed past label.

At the same time, Tablet PCs should not be made into full PCs, but rather optimized for content consumption, since that the core usage scenario.

And it’s also necessary for Microsoft to control, at least to some degree the hardware design process for Windows 8 slates, since it should be obvious that the Windows XP Table PC Edition devices should not be making a comeback.
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source : http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-8-Tablet-PC-Edition-196724.shtml
 
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Conscript said:
I have been hooked to firefox for the last few years. Any reason to move back to IE? Pros?
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The looks are a little better, page rendering time is reduced too. But it looks like a beta, still have a lot of bugs. Crashes every now and then, people all over the internet are complaining about it :S
 
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[RUMOUR] Xbox 360 games on Windows 8!

With Windows 8 on the horizon, there has already been rumors that it will be 360 compatible and support 360 titles also according to this article

RumourPedia: As promised, we dug some more information regarding the upcoming Windows 8 feature which will allow users to play Xbox 360 games on their PC's.
According to our sources, Xbox 360 on PC will have a subscription fee (just like Xbox Live). However, when it comes to online gaming, it will use Windows Live Marketplace and as a result, PC owners will not be able to compete against console owners (at least in initial stage), due to plausible frustrations (mouse vs. controller)
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http://www.rumorpedia.net/more-xbox-360-games-on-windows-8-details

Do you think this may impact 360 gaming if all (or most) of it's titles become available on PC?
Seems even less reason to own the console imo.

What do you guys think if this does become true?
 
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If this were true, which it probably isn't, this would give gamers absolutely no reason to buy the 360.
 
lord zordon

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But what if the only release the XBLA games on the Win 8!

Or i think by the time they release Win 8 the successor for the 360 might already be available in the market! If this is the case, then this might be possible! :/
 
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