Various sources are reporting January or February dates for the beta, with possible release unlikely until 2013.
Between a third and half of all software exploits were due to Java, according to Microsoft.
A new report from Forrester shows a big drop in consumers interested in a Windows slate. But other studies have shown the opposite.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/30/2011
Adobe's about-face appears motivated by the explosion of mobile computing.
One big change is the move from per-processor to per-core licensing.
Microsoft and Amazon have agreed on a deal that will allow cheap use of Amazon's cloud resources for SQL Server 2012, formerly code-named "Denali."
Will Microsoft suffer -- among users and developers alike -- for trying to have it both ways with Windows 8?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/01/2011
The "Mango" upgrade to Windows Phone 7 is being pushed out through mobile carriers.
The new user interface is a clean break from the past.
Microsoft's next-generation database is expected in first half of 2012.
The fixes are part of an eight-release "Patch Tuesday" event next week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2011
Microsoft announced it is now distributing Windows Phone 7.5, code-named "Mango," worldwide to mobile service providers.
The imminent release marks the first major update of the Windows Phone 7 platform.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/22/2011
Connected Intelligence, a New York-based analytic group that studies the consumer handheld market, has released findings that shows 44 percent of current smartphone users are considering buying a Windows Phone 7 device in the future.
Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander, corporate vice presidents of, respectively, Microsoft's Server and Tools Business and the Visual Studio Team, today headlined some significant developer focused improvements in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/14/2011
Metro-style apps, HTML 5, XAML and Visual Studio 11 are all in your future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/13/2011
Those in attendance at Microsoft's Build conference, currently going on in Anaheim, Calif., will be going home with one of 5,000 Windows 8 Tablets by Samsung.
The Windows 8 Developer Preview is now live.
At its Build development conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on its new operating system, code-named "Windows 8."
Microsoft has cleared perhaps the last hurdle in its race to release "Mango", the first major update for Windows Phone 7, by announcing it is now accepting app submissions.