It is the blogger Francisco Martin holds the scoop of the day. Member of the MVP program at Microsoft, Martin has obtained documents "top secret" on Windows 8, and he has published the most important information. First, the objective is to provide an operating system that starts from the hip. "We need users to access their emails or access the scores of the matches as quickly as possible. It has to be instant, "it said on one of the pages of the...

A road map showing some of the phases of development of the future operating system Microsoft has confirmed the revelation made last October by the company itself. Windows 8 is scheduled to arrive in a little over a year, in 2012. The document shows the progress of the second part of the design of Windows 8 began in September and ends this week. It includes some design, integration, and bug fixes to make way for finalizing the third phase of development...

One question that comes up most often during the release of a new system for Windows hardware compatibility: my computer is there enough power to run the latest OS Microsoft? Users who are already running Windows 7 and hope to adopt Windows 8 can already rest assured it will be yes. Microsoft has raised this point during the "Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference" which brought together the partners of the company last week in Los Angeles. Tami...

Some time ago you would have thought that Windows Phone 7, the system for smartphones Microsoft, would naturally take place in the shelves and that Windows 8 is intended for the PC but it is not. We know that Windows 8 will be reserved for the system to personal computers and touch pads. By unveiling this week the arrival of the ribbon in Windows Explorer 8, Microsoft has caused confusion among users who kept in mind the first images of Windows...

Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8 will require exactly 11 clicks. This is what Microsoft promises a long article on his blog dedicated to its next operating system. Supporting figures, it is explained that the upgrade to Windows 8 would save 82% of clicks (and thus information screens). In time, we would thus 21 minutes for installation against 32 minutes to go from Windows XP to Windows 7. And yet, 42 minutes, it was for the simple upgrade since...

The beginning of 2012 should be placed under the sign of the public beta at Microsoft. While the first test version of Office 15 is expected for the CES in early January, the Windows 8 could follow in time, that is to say in February. In any case, this assertion TheNextWeb site, citing sources "close to Microsoft." The timing seems logical anyway knowing that the replacement for Windows 7 is expected on computers and shelves in the fall of 2012....

Windows XP introduced several new features to the Windows line, including:GDI+ graphics subsystem Start Menu and Taskbar improvements A number of new features in Windows Explorer Faster start-up, logon and logoff and hibernation sequences. The ability to discard a newer device driver in favor of the previous one (known as driver rollback), should a driver upgrade not produce desirable results. A...

Windows XP featured a new task-based graphical user interface. The Start menu and Taskbar were updated and many visual effects were added, including:A translucent blue selection rectangle in Explorer Drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop Task-based sidebars in Explorer windows ("common tasks") The ability to group the taskbar buttons of the windows of one application into one button The ability to lock the taskbar and other toolbars to prevent...

Windows XP is an operating system that was produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. It was first released in August 2001, and is the most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base. The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience."[3]Windows XP was the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and was...

Microsoft supports Office for the Windows and Mac platforms. Beginning with Mac Office 4.2, the Mac and Windows versions of Office share the same file format. Consequently, any Mac with Office 4.2 or later can read documents created with Office 4.2 for Windows or later, and vice-versa. Visual Basic for Applications support was dropped in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac[51] but was restored in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.[3]There...

A major feature of the Office suite is the ability for users and third party companies to write add-ins (plug-ins) that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features. The type of add-ins supported differ by Office versions:Office 97 onwards (standard Windows DLLs i.e. Word WLLs and Excel XLLs) Office 2000 onwards (COM add-ins)[48] Office XP onwards (COM/OLE Automation add-ins)[49] Office...

Microsoft Office prior to Office 2007 used proprietary file formats. This forced users who share data to adopt the same software platform.[42] In 2008, Microsoft made the entire documentation for the binary Office formats freely available for download and granted any possible patents rights for use or implementations of those binary format for free under the Open Specification Promise.[43] Previously, Microsoft had supplied such...

Microsoft SharePoint Server — collaboration serverExcel Services InfoPath Forms Services Microsoft Lync Server (formerly Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server) — real time communications server Microsoft Office Forms Server — allows InfoPath forms to be accessed and filled out using any browser. Office Forms Server is a standalone server installation of InfoPath Forms Services. Microsoft Office Groove Server —...

Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program for Windows and Mac. It is used to create slideshows, composed of text, graphics, movies and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and navigated through by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides. Other desktop applications (Windows version only)Microsoft Access — database manager Microsoft InfoPath — an application...