More details about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 have apparently leaked onto the Web, revealing new surprises and some makeovers to existing features. A greater peek into the next version of Windows is coming from Windows 8 Milestone 1, also known as Build 7850, which started popping up at various FTP and file-sharing sites. This build was released to Microsoft partners late last year.
Read MoreIE10 Platform Preview 1 is the first step in delivering the next wave of progress in native HTML5 support. Web sites and HTML5 run best when they run natively, on a browser optimized for the operating system on your device. Microsoft built IE9 from the ground up for HTML5 and for Windows to deliver the most native HTML5 experience and the best Web experience on Windows.
Read MoreMicrosoft has opened the tap on its cloud-based Office 365 and is now offering the service as a public beta for anyone to try out. Available in 38 countries and in 17 languages, the new beta follows several months of limited testing among a couple thousand businesses that were able to kick the tires on the service. After the public beta, Office 365 will officially launch later this year.
Read MoreRafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott from Withinwindows.com have posted a second look at some of the early changes which have surface in Windows 8 milestone 3. First there was the restyled Welcome Screen, and now it appears that Microsoft is toying with bringing the Ribbon UI to Explorer.
Read MoreInternet Explorer 9, in its first 24 hours of availability, has racked up a grand total of 2.3 million downloads. An impressive number, until you compare it to the latest major releases from Mozilla: Firefox 3.5 was downloaded 5 million times in 24 hours and Firefox 3, back in 2008, holds the world record for any piece of software with over 8 million downloads in one day.
Read MoreMicrosoft Corp. announced the release of Windows Internet Explorer 9 in 39 languages at the SXSW Interactive conference. Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft’s most-downloaded browser beta of all time, with more than 40 million downloads, and it has already gained more than 2 percent usage on Windows 7.
Regarding SVG Open, Microsoft will be hosting SVG Open 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 17-20, 2011, at the New England Research & Development Center. The theme of this year’s conference is “Where SVG meets the Web.” Though SVG itself has been around for a while, it is HTML5 that promises to bring it to the everyday Web.
Read MoreIn a bid to kill its Internet Explorer 6 web browser, Microsoft has launched a dedicated countdown website that shows the percentage of users worldwide still using the decade-old browser. Microsoft hopes to shrink global usage of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser to below one percent so that developers no longer have to support it when designing or updating websites.
Read MoreMicrosoft Corp. will pay Nokia Oyj more than $1 billion to promote and
develop Windows-based handsets as part of their smartphone software
agreement, according to two people with knowledge of the terms. Nokia will pay Microsoft a fee for each copy of Windows used in its
phones, costs that will be offset as Nokia curtails its own budget for
software research and development.