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LATEST MICROSOFT NEWS
Microsoft Announces Global
Availability of Internet Explorer 9
March 14, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today
announced the launch of the latest version of the
world’s most-used browser with the release of Windows
Internet Explorer 9 in 39 languages at an event 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
has gained more than 2 percent usage on Windows 7.
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Feature Complete Internet Explorer 9 Release
Candidate Launches
Feb. 10, 2011 – After seven
platform preview builds and a beta that has been
downloaded 25 million times, generating a mountain of
user feedback, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is ready to
unleash a more beautiful Web.
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Windows 7 Helps Bring Touch PCs to the Tipping Point
Jan. 7, 2010 — Will PCs with touch screens soon
be as de rigueur in America’s kitchens as the
ShamWow? General Mills hopes so. The food company has
made available a free PC application called the
Betty Crocker Kitchen Assistant that provides not
only recipes, but also cooking tips, personalized recipe
suggestions based on what ingredients users have on
hand, programmable kitchen timers, and a highly
intuitive recipe search interface. And it’s all
optimized to work with the features of Windows 7, like
touch.
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Providing Windows Customers with More Choice and
Control of Their Privacy Online with Internet Explorer 9
Dec. 7, 2010 — Recently,
policy makers in Washington, D.C., Brussels, and around
the world have discussed how companies collect, use and
store information from people browsing online. With the
development of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is
introducing a new feature, "Tracking Protection," to
help consumers be in control of potential online
tracking as they move around the Web.
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Microsoft Lync 2010: The Future of Communications,
Right Now
Nov. 17, 2010 — Three years
ago, the introduction of Microsoft Office Communications
Server (OCS) changed the way people stay connected. An
individual’s identity and presence became the center of
business communication, thanks to the integration of
unified communications across e-mail, voice, instant
messaging, audio- and videoconference tasks — and even
desktop sharing. People could choose how to manage their
conversations, redirect calls, set their level of
availability, and decide how and when they could be
reached.
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Microsoft Announces Office 365
Oct. 19,
2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced
Microsoft
Office 365, the company’s next generation in cloud
productivity that brings together Microsoft Office,
SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an
always-up-to-date cloud service. Office 365 makes it
easier for millions more organizations to get and use
Microsoft’s award-winning business productivity
solutions via the cloud. With Office 365, people can
work together more easily from anywhere on virtually any
device, while collaborating with others inside and
outside their organization in a simple and highly secure
way. As part of today’s news, Microsoft is also opening
a limited beta program for Office 365 in 13 countries
and regions.
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Think the Mouse Is Dead?
Think Again With Microsoft’s Arc Touch Mouse
REDMOND, Wash. — Sept.
1, 2010 — Some say the mouse’s days are
numbered, but today Microsoft Corp. proves the gadget is
alive and well by unveiling the Arc Touch Mouse, the
first mouse designed to flatten for portability and pop
up for comfort. The new mouse features Microsoft’s first
touch scroll strip for easy navigation — just move a
finger slowly for controlled scrolling or flick for
hyperfast scrolling. Windows-based PC users will love
packing up their laptop bags without the added bump of a
mouse, as the Arc Touch Mouse flattens with just the
touch of a finger.
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Microsoft Office
2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide
NEW YORK — June 15, 2010 —
Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the worldwide
availability of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visio
2010 and Microsoft Project 2010. Consumers can now
purchase Office 2010 at more than 35,000 retail stores
across the globe, such as Best Buy, Fnac, Harvey Norman
and PC World; through online retailers, including
Amazon.com; and direct from Microsoft at
Office.com.
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Microsoft Brings Developers
and Designers Closer Together With Expression Studio 4
Release
NEW
YORK — June 7, 2010 — Today at Internet Week
New York 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate
availability of Microsoft Expression Studio 4. The
newest version of Microsoft’s professional suite of
design tools, Expression 4 distinguishes itself by
enabling designers and developers to collaborate and
create dynamic applications using their existing skills
and current toolset.
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET
Framework 4 Available
REDMOND, Wash. — April 11, 2010 —
Kicking off a global launch consisting of more than 150
developer-focused events, Microsoft Corp. announced the
general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET
Framework 4. The company also announced that Silverlight
4 will release to Web (RTW) later in the week. Together,
these technologies simplify the entire development
process, enabling developers to target new platforms and
build high-quality applications. Developers will be able
to download Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 in
conjunction with the Microsoft Visual Studio Conference
& Expo launch event in Las Vegas.
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