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CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t actually say that 500 million Windows 8 devices would be sold by the end of next year; he was talking about Windows in general. But there are a number of factors to consider in evaluating the ultimate market impact of Windows 8.
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Dell's Windows 8-based Latitude 10 tablet seems to have received a premature introduction, due to a leaked document. Here, several experts weigh in on a remaining mystery—its price.
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F# is a strongly typed, functional-first programming language for writing simple code to solve complex problems. From the business perspective, the primary role of F#, pronounced F sharp, is to reduce the time-to-deployment for analytical software components in the modern enterprise. For example, F# makes it straightforward to tackle the complexity of components such as calculation engines and data-rich analytical services, while facilitating the construction of correct, robust and efficient software. Together, these give concrete business advantages through the rapid investigation of problem spaces and the seamless, nonintrusive deployment of the resulting components. One key to this is F#'s interoperability with all .NET languages and libraries, which also provides developers with an incremental path for adopting F#. F# 2.0 is both open source and shipped as part of Visual Studio 2010. A preview of F# 3.0 is currently available in Visual Studio 11 Beta. The F# language originated in Microsoft Research and has been available since 2007. In the past five years, F# has continued to grow in popularity, and Microsoft has detailed how the language has helped solved complex programming problems in industries as diverse as banking, insurance and energy. Following an expert talk on the use of F# at Microsoft’s recent Lang.NEXT 2012 conference, Donna Malayeri, Microsoft’s program manager for F# came up with 10 reasons developers should look at F# for certain projects. Here, eWEEK shares Malayeri’s Top 10 list and shows why developers should check out F#.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Dell's latest earnings highlighted the company's need for its own tablet to answer the iPad. While Dell has a "full complement" of devices planned, the company, like many other PC vendors, is waiting on Microsoft to launch Windows 8 later this year.
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Now's the time to upgrade your Windows Phone operating system to version 7.5 if you want to access Marketplace for applications.
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Microsoft has added deep support for multiple monitors in Windows 8, giving users the option of using more than one monitor to enhance productivity.
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Microsoft says advances in touch, 3D and high-definition display technologies have created new possibilities, from changing the way people watch movies to how we take pictures. In the enterprise, collaboration has also been redefined, thanks to these technical advances, with large-scale touch-screens helping employees stay productive while making it possible to interact with colleagues in new ways, no matter where they are located. For Microsoft, the current Windows 7 and the upcoming Windows 8 operating systems hold the key to combining these various technologies and changing the way people work and consume media, while giving a whole new meaning to the concept of the "consumerization of IT." Windows 8 is a chance for Microsoft and its partners to put the PC back at the center of people’s lives, while also expanding into tablets—an area Apple has dominated with the iPad. On May 21, Microsoft shared details on the multi-monitor experience for Windows 8. "From the very first public release and demonstrations of Windows 8, we have shown improvements over Windows 7 for multi-monitor scenarios and have shown how we support new Metro-style apps within a multi-monitor environment," said Microsoft’s Windows president Steven Sinofsky. "We have continued to develop and refine features for multiple monitors and have significantly enhanced the experience as we move to our next milestone, the Release Preview." Here, eWEEK looks at what Windows 7 has to offer both business users and consumers, and previews what people can expect from Microsoft Windows 8 and what the company has done since the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and earlier versions of the new operating system.
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Microsoft said it expects 350 million Windows 7 devices to ship by the end of 2012. This comes just a month after the company said it had sold more than 350 million Windows 7 licenses over the product's 18-month lifetime.
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Google Chrome, which became available on Android devices in February, became the world's most-used Internet browser for a week in May. In the U.S., however, Internet Explorer still dominates.
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HP is expected to lose its PC crown to Lenovo soon, but its more effectively reorganized PC unit, its relationship with Microsoft and its commitment to China will help it to remain an industry leader, according to TBR.
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GitHub announced GitHub for Windows, the first version of the GitHub Web-based project hosting service for Windows. Aimed at enterprise developers, it is available as a free download.
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Microsoft touts enhancements in Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012 with more secure multi-tenancy, higher performance and flexibility. A migration software vendor says this could move VMware users to Hyper-V.
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The ITC rules Motorola Mobility smartphones running Google's Android OS violate a Microsoft ActiveSync patent.
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Microsoft wants users to update to Windows Phone 7.5 so they can continue to download apps from the Marketplace portal.
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Microsoft has added improved support for JavaScript development in Visual Studio 11, the next version of its flagship development platform that will support Windows 8.
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The pre-beta of Windows 8 shows off a new UI and design features but otherwise looks familiar.
Hyper-V is positioned to support enterprise workloads with virtual infrastructure.
Microsoft's Windows 7 SP1 bundle rolls together fixes and minor features. Deployment will take careful planning to accommodate the bulky update.
The Microsoft server for small businesses offers simplicity in a full-featured package.
Avecto Privilege Guard 2.6 makes limited-rights computing possible on Windows clients, elevating rights when needed and hiding annoying UAC prompts from users.
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