Microsoft unveils Azure pricing structure

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Microsoft originally announced it's Azure cloud services and platform at last years PDC. Azure provides businesses with a set of hosted services from Microsoft that allows developers to build rich web based applications that can scale well. Housed in Microsoft's data centers, the service was initially released as a Community Technology ...

Microsoft confirms and then denies Windows 7 RTM

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

In a blog posting to the Windows Team blog, LeBlanc admits "there have been many rumors surrounding RTM" over the past week and notes "we are close, but have not yet signed off on Windows 7. When we RTM you will most certainly hear it here. As we've said all ...

Microsoft kicks off Office 2010 Technical Preview

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Microsoft is distributing the Office 2010 bits via its Connect testing site. The bits hold the build number 14.0.4006.1110 meaning they are older than the recent "beta" leak. Yesterday Microsoft unveiled Office 2010 and Office Web Applications 2010 at the company's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. It's widely expected that Microsoft ...

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 09 – Keynote LIVE

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, will begin the keynotes at 8:30am CDT. Elop oversees the Information Worker, Microsoft Business Solutions, and Unified Communications Groups. This division is responsible for the Microsoft Office system of programs, servers and software-based services. We expect Elop to demonstrate the range of ...