Windows 8 beta will be released in late February
The Next Web posted a story that the public beta of Windows 8 is planned for late February 2012
Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0.3
Microsoft has released Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0.3
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools
Microsoft has released Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore confirms no Carrier IQ software on Windows Phones
WPCentral posted a story that there is no Carrier IQ software on Windows Phones
Microsoft to share more details on its Windows 8 app store
All About Microsoft posted a story that Microsoft is set to share more details about the Windows Store in Windows 8 on December 6
Windows 8 file system gets upgraded, named ReFS
Neowin reports that Windows 8 will get a new file system named ReFS
Lenovo confirms Windows Phone handset for 2012
Lenovo has confirmed speculation that it plans to launch its first Windows Phone handset in the second half of next year.
Microsoft: No Silverlight 5 release in November
Microsoft didnt make its own deadline of releasing to the Web version 5 of Silverlight.
Enabling large disks and large sectors in Windows 8
Steven Sinofsky discussing the Windows 8 file system in his latest blog post at the Building Windows 8 blog
Microsoft: More than 90 percent of Office 365 users are small businesses
Microsoft officials still wont share numbers of Office 365 subscriptions sold but are claiming Redmonds cloud-hosted app bundle is going gangbusters.
Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says
Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released Tuesday.
Microsoft brings WP emulator to Android and iPhone
Microsoft has enabled Android and iPhone users to get a taste of what life would be like on Windows Phone, with a neat browser-based demo.
Microsoft overhauls SkyDrive cloud storage
Microsoft has announced that its cloud-based storage system SkyDrive has been overhauled to allow 'app-centric' sharing.
Update 4.0.3 Beta for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Design-time Update for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (KB2599653)
Microsoft has released Update 4.0.3 Beta for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Design-time Update for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Update 4.0.3 Beta for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Runtime Update (KB2599651)
Microsoft has released Update 4.0.3 Beta for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Runtime Update
Windows Phone 7 receives "operating system of the year" award
WPCentral posted a story that Windows Phone 7 has received the "operating system of the year" award
Microsoft planning beta of next-generation Office 15 suite in January
Microsoft is planning the first beta of its Office 15 software in January
Microsoft making new Kinect hardware for PCs
Microsoft said it is developing new Kinect hardware to work for Windows PCs and plans to launch a Kinect for Windows commercial program in early 2012.
Update for Root Certificates [November 2011] (KB931125)
Microsoft has released an update for Root Certificates
Daylight Update for Windows
Microsoft has released a daylight update for Windows
