June 2005 - Posts
Reports for months have reiterated that the Microsoft Longhorn OS beta will arrive this summer. Do you find yourself waking up and looking for the beta? Is it today? Are we there yet? *sigh* Not today. But hey, it should be sometime this summer.
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Gates Reiterates Support for Tablet PCs Microsoft and Toshiba are collaborating on several projects, including tablet PC platforms that are based on the upcoming release of Longhorn.
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DirectX, Longhorn and the Future of Windows Gaming Microsoft Shuffles the Longhorn Management DeckIn the latest reorg, Joe Peterson, vice president of Windows product development, is being removed from day-to-day Longhorn product responsibilities. He
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Microsoft Shuffles the Longhorn Management Deck In the latest reorg, Joe Peterson, vice president of Windows product development, is being removed from day-to-day Longhorn product responsibilities. He will be replaced by Chris Jones, who has been serving
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TOKYO, June 27 -- Microsoft Corp. and Toshiba Corp. today announced a significant expansion of the companies' global relationship to enhance the development and delivery of innovative digital consumer electronics products and personal computers by sharing
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"Since Monad and RSS are both extra-cool right now, I wrote a couple of scripts to scan RSS feeds in Monad. " Source: Proudly Serving My Corporate Master
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An image taken during Gnomedex shows Build 5087.
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According to Forrester Research, "the most important innovation that it brings is actually to the underlying programming model. It will provide greater productivity and flexibility through an XML-based definition of user interfaces, coupled with rationalized
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I happen to agree with Microsoft Monitor's post: "people do not know about Microsoft Longhorn." "her initial reaction is telling, and not so unusual. I've asked more and more regular folks about Windows Longhorn, and most are simply clueless. They haven't
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"The core of Microsoft's RSS plans is to bring feeds into Windows applications, both its own and those from developers. Longhorn will provide a common feed list of subscriptions and a common feed store of data in Longhorn, which will be available to applications
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Steve Rubel blogs Microsoft Embargo Crumbles in the Blogosphere "Paul Thurrott says the embargo on Microsoft's Longhorn announcements on RSS - planned for tomorrow at Gnomedex - is crumbling" They are talking about Dave Winer's post about RSS in the Longhorn
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Scott Spanbauer from PCWorld has written Longhorn Preview: The newest versions of the next Windows add graphics sizzle and more search features but lack visible productivity enhancements and concludes, "Buyers of new 64-bit computers will undoubtedly
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AOpen launches the most powerful next-generation VGA card The new VGA card is driven by NVIDIA’s GeForce 7800GTX graphics processing unit ( GPU ), embedded with CineFX 4.0 engine. Full-Throttle Graphics and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Compatible The CineFX
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Tom's Hardware was able to get ahold of a Microsoft representative. The rep provided a partial list of features. More interesting is this quote: "'My advice to customers is going to be to wait for a later beta,' stated Mike Cherry, lead analyst for Windows
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Colleen Frye, News Writer from SearchWebServices.com has published an article discussing the status of indigo. "Indigo's unified API has prompted positive feedback, according to Bixhorn. "Since Indigo provides the functionality that today is spread across
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Part II of Chris Jones Interview is now available. "Q: What is the current status of Longhorn, and what is the latest anticipated release date? A: We released a build of Longhorn at WinHEC, and that is available for people to use. We will have our beta
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Tyler Brown writes about a Maximum PC article on Samsung and Microsoft cooperating on a hard drive. "Large files for the operating system could be cached in the flash memory, allowing for speedy boot times. The drives will not be released until late 2006
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Greg Schechter posts about some of the changes in the May 2005 Avalon Beta1 RC Release: The most cosmetic of the changes is simply the rename from Changeable to Freezable. This change makes the intent of the class more clear, and the names of the properties
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It was not going to be too long after the beta release that postings were going to occur comparing shells. It's time to read the first of many more to be published: Carey's Random Ramblings, Monad, Oh dear oh dear. "Well, ok. Firstly Strings are simple,
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According to Adam Barr, "A new Monad build is up on betaplace. To get it, go to beta.microsoft.com, sign in (yes, you need a Passport account), then give the guest ID "mshPDC", and follow the directions for the Microsoft Command Shell preview." Sorry.
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If you are wanting a copy of Longhorn then check out PDC05. Join the RSS feed of the new blog PDC 05 site for more information. "Wait until you see how much software you'll get at PDC05. Along with the latest builds of Longhorn and WinFX, you’ll get a
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soulinprague is impressed with Monad. "These days we received Beta 1 - and we can see it is great!You cant compare it with cmd shell, you cant compare it with *nix shell - it is unique and absolutely amazing!"
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Kevin's Tech Site talks about Longhorn Build 5048 and states, "I think that the newest build is stable and can be used as a primary OS"
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Adam from Microsoft gets it. "I can understand not preannouncing stuff...but in this case we have managed to generate such a confusing, contradictory message that we might as well just state exactly what the current plan is, with the understanding that
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Longhorn Bliss grass1024 Longhorn Plus!Aquarium Source: iCeSnake
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According to Water drop baby, "the longhorn lowest standard equipment needs P4 3.0G" Personally, I need an excuse to upgrade my machines :)
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Microsoft's Avalon To Bring Richer User Experience is from Forrester Research. This five page report will only cost you $49.00. "Avalon, which, together with Indigo and WinFS, is one of the three pillars of Longhorn, is poised to make a dramatic leap
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Do you have a spare $249.00? Read the five page report Microsoft's Longhorn: Making Consumers Care from Forrester Research. "Microsoft expects to ship its next operating system, codenamed Longhorn, in time for holiday shopping in 2006. Will consumers
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Accodring to Nick's weblog, Too Lazy to Find a Good Title, Monad Beta 1 is available. Nick provides instructions for downloading. Enjoy.
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Blink is reporting, "The Dr. Watson program error debugger, aka Windows error reporting, will be revamped to collect more than just the dump of the memory image when an application crashes. Although Microsoft Corp. will set up a strict "opt-in" process
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Tekno Junkie has a short list of technologies that should be in Longhorn. "With this short list of the technologies listed in Longhorn which is now slated to be released in Summer of 2006, we do look forward to seeing expedited booting times and more
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Loren discusses PDC 2005, getting a free ticket, some thoughts about last years, and the number one reason he wants to go to the event, Longhorn. "PDC is on my mind for one reason--Longhorn. I need to know more. What's really going to make it into Longhorn.
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Pixelicious links to many resources and explanations regarding Longhorn. Author: Teng
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Jason Stevenson, after spending the evening with build 5048, suggests that Longhorn...Not so Pretty. Apparently he had trouble with the installation as well as getting the Aero glass look.
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Tim Sneath, a Longhorn Technical Evangelist, explores Metro in his June 15th post. "Metroprovides a standardized ZIP-based document container and open document format, a new print pipeline and spool format, and afile viewer that supports fixed format
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Hilton gets to work on a Tecra M4 in order to develop a Longhorn upgrade/clean install.
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Fried from CNet pubilshed a short blurb about the Wednesday webchat in which stories are circulating that an August beta may occur for Longhorn Server.
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Part I of the Digitimes interview includes a portion on the Boot-up of Longhorn Source: Microsoft Improves Boot-up of Next OS: Longhorn
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Part I or a two part series has been published on Digitimes. Part I contains eleven questions about Longhorn and 64-bit computing. "Q: Is Microsoft working to advance the ability of mobile computing to make better use of system resources, while saving
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ZDNet creates two charts showing the buzz about Longhorn as well news and announcements. First, I love the words and phrases used in the story. Second, the two charts show the same trends. Third, there appears to bea connection between internet buzz and
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Microsoft has always been an example of a marketing powerhouse. They have successfully built an empire based on keeping their messages direct and consistent. Lately, though, the Longhorn message is being garbled. Lately, managed code came under scrutinyand
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"Muglia reconfirmed that Longhorn Server Beta 1 will ship this summer, around the same time as Longhorn client Beta 1. And based on a comment from one of the Microsoft chat moderators, it sounds as if the current plan is to have code in testers' hands
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The hard workers of Corporate IT are in a difficult position these days. Longhorn is at least 16 months away and yet businesses need to keep their computer hardware maintained and efficient. Members of the IT clan are well aware of the total cost of ownership
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Fulton from Tom's Hardware was able to confirm with Microsoft that the development of Monad is on schedule. "Monad - also known as the Longhorn Command Shell - has not been cancelled, and that it will be released to the public in time for the initial
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Koprowski from TechNewsWorld asks if anyone is excited about Longhorn. The answer is absolutely yes. Every technophile is watching this product development. No self-respecting nerd/geek would turn a blind's eye. Now, there is a paragraph that stands out
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"The Longhorn server release, due to ship in 2007, will focus on a number of areas, including system configuration, management and health. It will also bring improvements in file and terminal services and on the application front, Muglia said" Source:
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James A. Eshelman has published an overview of Longhorn, providing links to sites and past articles. Source: Select Articles on Windows 6.0
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" Microsoft continues to release pieces of what were to be Longhorn subsystems. In late May, it posted what it called release candidate for beta one of its Indigo Web Services, Avalon presentation and InfoCard digital identity management technologies
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Microsoft Watch is reporting Monad, the Microsoft Shell (MSH), may not make it into the final releases of the Longhorn client or server. Beta-News has also published a short piece on Monad. Update: Please see the latest story.
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Apparently the hallways of TechEd 2005 are buzzing about with rumors and guessesregardingdates for the Longhorn Betas. We might see the server beta in July and the client in late June. Very cool. Source: Technically Speaking
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Picture Steve Ballmer screaming "Developers!" a billion times and you will understand why there will be a plethora of stories that will be hitting the Interwaves over the next year and a half. "At its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in September,
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"Microsoft announced today a new licensing scheme to help customers with issues regarding long delays in the arrival of Longhorn, the next generation Windows operating system. The new licensing scheme allows customers to pay for Longhorn licenses now,
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Bekker from Redmond Magazine writes, "In advance of Beta 1, more than half of the features of the Longhorn client remain secret, according to Microsoft. Here are the key elements made public thus far." Is that possible with so many copies leaked on the
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While we all wait for the Longhorn Beta to be released, Microsoft IT gets the advantage of playing with it first. Man, I would love to eat some dogfood! Redmond magazine explains just exactly what that statementmeans. "Although 64-bit power isn't a requirement
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"Microsoft reiterated plans to launch its own Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems. Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said on Tuesday that the software will be "built directly in Windows
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Medvedev states, "This new model (a standard for drivers and their interaction with the OS kernel and API) is called LDM (Longhorn Driver Model). Its most important and interesting part is LDDM, responsible for all graphics (Longhorn Display Driver Model).
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Longhorn has been generating press for Microsoft, some of it good and some of it bad. Interestingly, just placing Longhorn into a story gets attention. Here is Steve Ballmer's take: "I think Longhorn is going to be the biggest release we have done since
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"Long-range plans for Microsoft's Indigo Web services technology include enabling its use on handheld devices, a company official said at the Microsoft TechEd conference here on Monday afternoon. " "Microsoft plans also call for offering an Indigo adapter
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"The upcoming first beta of the Longhorn version of Windows, meanwhile, will feature advances in security and deployment, including integrated anti-malware to shield PCs from threats. Also included will be user account protection to reduce the threat
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jedilan has uploaded a photo albumn of the different Longhorn builds.
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Jason Chang upload a few images of Longhorn 5048 to his Photo Gallery.
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Vic Gundotra writes, "Longhorn will be the first generation of Windows where we have put very significant effort into the fit, finish and polish of the Windows experience." He should know since he has been working on the operating system for two years.
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It is time to register for the Microsoft Meltdown 2005, taking place in Seatle on July 25th and 26th.
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Varun Singh does not think Longhorn is worth the wait. His main point is "Of the current feature list that Microsoft seems to have thrown our way, Longhorn doesn't contain a single enhancement which you can't add to Windows XP for free already." Source:
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"Microsoft says it plans to deliver native support for digital camera RAW images in the next major version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn." It will also distribute a RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP, allowing consumers to view thumbnails
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