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I was just surfing the net when I came across this arcticle. New Windows 7 logo revealed? I find it very interesting

According to an official e-mail from Microsoft, Silverlight 3 and Expression Studio 3 will be launching on July 10. Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/05/silverlight-3-and-expression-studio-3-launching-july-10.ars

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Last month, a very believable rumor started flying around in regard to Office 2010 shipping in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Check out ZDNet and Within Windows to see how the conclusion was drawn. Everything pointed to Microsoft finally offering a 64-bit flavor of its Office suite, previous versions of which have only shipped in 32-bit or 16-bit flavors. In an e-mail exchange with Ars today, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that Office 2010 will be available in both flavors: "Yes, Office will have two separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Office 2010 will be the first to do this." Full Story: Confirmed: Office 2010 will come in 32-bit, 64-bit flavors - Ars Technica

Screenshots for a Technical Preview build of Office 2010 have leaked. Here they are. Full Story: Leaked: Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots - Ars Technica

Army migrating computers to Vista May 20, 2009 By Gary Sheftick and Delawese Fulton Photo credit Courtesy photo A squad of soldiers work in a computer lab at an NCO Academy Warrior Leaders Course. The Army is migrating all of its Windows-based computers to Microsoft's Vista operating system to bolster Internet security and standardize its information systems by Dec. 31. WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 20, 2009) -- The Army is migrating all of its Windows-based computers to Microsoft's Vista operating system to bolster Internet security and standardize its information systems. The systems change, which includes swapping Office 2003 for Office 2007, is set to be completed by Dec. 31. About half of the Army's 744,000 desktop...

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Here's an exhaustive roundup of all the changes we've noticed between Windows 7 build 7000 and Windows 7 build 7100. Screenshots included. Full Story: Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC - Ars Technica

At Microsoft TechEd North America 2009, Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will both be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season. Previously, Microsoft's official stance was that Windows 7 would be available no later than three years after the general availability of Windows Vista, meaning January 30, 2010. Based on the steady development of the OS though, many have predicted that Windows 7 would arrive earlier. Windows Server 2008 R2 was expected to arrive sometime after Windows 7, but now Microsoft has noted that the server OS will actually arrive in the same timeframe as its client counterpart. The Release Candidate builds for both operating systems went public last week. Full...

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An error during the 64-bit installation of Office 2010 build 14.0.4006.1010 seems to suggest that Microsoft will release the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors on one DVD. Full Story: Office 2010 32-bit and 64-bit coming on one DVD? - Ars Technica

Last week, Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 arrived on MSDN, TechNet, and Connect. We noted that testers would not be getting slipstreamed ISOs of the operating systems but that MSDN and TechNet subscribers would be getting them soon enough. This week, Microsoft started putting up the downloads, and it looks like they're pretty much all there. If you're a subscriber, head over to the corresponding download page on MSDN or TechNet and put that bandwidth to good use. Below is a list of the SP2 downloads that Microsoft is now offering. Full Story: SP2 for Vista/Server 2008 slipstreamed ISOs on MSDN, TechNet - Ars Technica

According to a new rumor, the Zune HD will be coming in September. Microsoft has yet to officially acknowledge the Zune HD. Full Story: Rumor: Zune HD coming in September - Ars Technica

I'm wondering why there is nothing on Technet Plus regarding Vista Ultimate w/SP2 slipstreamed ISO. Not even any speculation as to when it will happen. I know there are torrents available. Anyone heard anything?

got this in my email box today/// Windows 7 Release Candidate Announcement Thank you very much for your help in testing the Windows 7 Beta. Your feedback is invaluable in helping make Windows 7 a high quality operating system. With your help, we have reached the next major milestone on the journey to Windows 7: the Release Candidate (RC). - On April 30th, the RC became available to MSDN subscribers and TechNet Plus subscribers. - On Tuesday, May 5 (PST), the RC will be available to everyone via our Customer Preview Program. As with the Beta, the Windows 7 RC Customer Preview Program is a broad public program that offers the RC free to anyone who wants to download it. It will be available at least through June 30, 2009, with no...

Microsoft has posted the final build of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 on MSDN, TechNet, and Connect. Full Story: SP2 for Vista/Server 2008 arrives on TechNet, MSDN, Connect - Ars Technica

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Found this thread on another forum about problems with IE8 if you have SpywareBlaster or SpyBot installed, thought people might be interested in it. Scroll to the second post in that thread to see it. AumHa Forums • View topic - IE8: Tips, Caveats and Helpful Links

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The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released in 25 languages. You can also grab the download directly from these links: Windows XP 32-bit (16.1 MB), Windows XP 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Server 2003 32-bit (16.0 MB), Windows Server 2003 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Vista 32-bit (13.2 MB), Windows Vista 64-bit (24.3 MB), Windows Server 2008 32-bit (13.2 MB), and Windows Server 2008 64-bit (24.3 MB). The public Windows 7 beta is not being updated, and although Microsoft released an update for IE8 for Windows 7 in February, the next update is not likely to arrive until the Windows 7 Release Candidate next month. For everyone else, in the coming weeks Microsoft will put IE8 out as an optional download on Windows Update and then...