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Microsoft has recently released the next version of Windows Embedded Roadmap, is now available for download to the preview version of it. Windows Embedded Standard is common in ATM cash machines, automotive electronics and medical devices. Look the new release will be Windows 8 series with the new logo and naming scheme, but Microsoft’s press release called it Windows Embedded Standard v.Next.

This enterprise version of embedded operating system in Windows Embedded Enterprise 8 release pushed three months after enterprise users, Embedded Standard standard version will have to wait until Windows 8 released six months after launch. This version will also have been used in industrial manufacturing areas–still exists on the official website of Microsoft Silverlight applications in industrial fields, believe SIMENS and Microsoft’s announcement on the Web site shown in Silverlight applications in quality control, should be based on Embeded the previous versions of the Standard.

Latest Embeded Compact is designed for small embedded devices (perhaps Handheld designed for the Tablet), has been formed to further development on the basis of Windows Phone, as the next successor of Windows CE, is expected to be released in the second half of 2012, and supported by Visual Stuidio 2010. WPDang can tell you here is that Windows Embeded Compact publication of the previous version, which is Embeded Compact 7, this ARM supports can only be to a system which uses ARMv6 processors of the schema. Believe Microsoft has seen the past two years, rapid development of mobile and embedded processor, dual-core and multi-core power next Embeded Compact version of what kind of revolution will bring industry and the medical field? We wait and see.

Windows Embedded Standard 8 can now be downloaded from the MSDN. The main improvement is that Metro style programs, promotion of touch interaction, Internet Explorer browser upgrades, and NFC support, in addition to enhanced Web security performance. As with Windows 8 running on a tablet, the new version supports the latest ARM processors, which will make it very suitable for small devices, but the current release Preview versions do not have this feature.

Also anticipated along with Embedded Handheld, Embedded POSReady and Embedded Automotive, but Microsoft has not released the entire series of embedded system development blueprint, we continue to look at Microsoft in the areas of intelligent systems.

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Microsoft may launch Windows8 prepared at the end of 2012, and now, Microsoft revealed by its official Facebook page, has launched a new Web site designed to help people decide what is appropriate for their Windows 7 PC.

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If you need to buy a new Windows 7 PC, can visit the Web site, there will be some questions on the website. As usual when you use a computer what is the most commonly used features, how much is the budget, and the desired appearance is like. At the end of the problem, Microsoft is provided on page 3 on its website to meet the needs of the computer.

However, there is a problem, Windows 8 now we’re getting close, after all how many people plan to buy a new PC Windows7?

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Recently, Microsoft released the Windows Management Framework 3 beta (Windows Management Framework,WMF), including PowerShell 3 and WMI, and updated versions of WinRM.

As InfoQ announcing WMF3 CTP as described, PowerShell 3 contains several new features. Here are some highlights:

Workflow can be used to create the ones that shut down can be interrupted and restored, or a long running tasks in parallel. The properties using Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) function. Is translated into the WWF code PowerShell scripts to create a workflow. Similarly, more robust session allows tasks from the network outages and downtime for better recovery, so that you can then continue where last left off.

PowerShell 3 using the dynamic language runtime (Dynamic Language Runtime). Compared with PowerShell 2, it brings a significant performance boost. PowerShell 3 rewrite the parser, and open API. Adam Driscoll in response to those changes to express some of my views:

Compiler class implements ICustomAstVisitor, this means that the compiler will specify how to traverse the abstract syntax tree (Abstract Syntax Tree,AST). After I carefully read your class members, and studied Compile method. The method of input is an abstract syntax tree, and the output is an expression (Expression). In other words, the compiler will visit each of the nodes in the abstract syntax tree, and compiles it into a LINQ expression trees. Vicious! Then the expression will be compiled and called sth Then storage is currently in the process of a dynamic method (DynamicMethod). Because it has been compiled, it back so you do not need to be resolved.

In addition, the WMF 3 also provides a new integrated scripting environment (Integrated Scripting Environment,ISE) extension (you can find it through Server Manager PowerShell). Integrated scripting environment facilitates the user to find the correct command, syntax checking, and view the necessary parameters, and optional parameters. It also supports IntelliSense, and you can run the command directly, or inserted into the script in a command.

WMF 3 also contains a Windows Management Instrumentation (Windows Management Instrumentation,WMI) and Windows remote management (Windows Remote Management,WinRM) updated version of. There is also a common information model with a new server management supply program (Server Manager CIM Provider), it allows the user to manage Windows Server Beta 8 WMF Windows 2008 Server. Finally, Microsoft introduced Windows PowerShell Web service, through a RESTful interface to expose PowerShell cmdlet so that current clients that do not support WMF features which can be accessed using the OData Protocol.

WMF 3 is available in Windows 7 Sp1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the 2008 SP2 is one of WMF 3 new features). WMF 3 final is now Microsoft is available for older versions of the operating system has not been in position. PowerShell 3 is included into Windows 8 beta, and become a part of the system.

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Skrekkogle the team is really not ordinary toss, just read their large coins, then to see their “complex” real version of Solitaire.
Of course, they compound just through that classic moment when countless cards speed surge out of the moment. Secretly believe that everyone in the school computer room when playing cards are seen countless times.

Group’s two designers Lars Marcus and Theo foam board cut out of more than 1000 huge “Solitaire”, then take out of the spectacular scenes.

According to foreign media reports, according to market research firm Net Applications publish data as of December 2011, Windows XP 2.4% decline in market share compared with last month, but still occupy a 46.5% share. Net Applications, more and more users are abandoning Windows XP the operating system that has been published for ten years, shifted to Windows 7, so December market share decline in Windows XP 2.4%, close to the decline in the largest October 2.5%. Windows XP currently has a market share of 46.5%, which is the operating system market share of all-time.

In the four months from September to December, cumulative market share fell almost 6% for Windows XP, and before that in four months, May to August, falling market share for Windows XP 3.4%.

Windows 7 is Windows XP biggest beneficiary of falling market share, December 2.4% Windows 7 market share growth, reaching 37%. September 2011 to December, 6.4% Windows 7 market share growth.

If this trend continues, then Windows XP in January this year the greater market share decline. In 2009 and 2010, the decline in market share of Windows XP in January is higher than the previous month, mainly because the end of newly purchased PC pre-loaded Windows 7 operating system. So you can expect Windows XP’s market share fell in the month of 3.5%.

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Description Windows XP accelerating decline in market share, Microsoft made the recommendations to the effect of the operating system is about to retire.

Last July, Microsoft recommends users to give up Windows XP, and remind the user that Microsoft will be April 2014 to abandon all support for this operating system. Prior to this, Microsoft’s IE team have given up IE 9 on Windows XP support. Two months ago, the low-key celebrations of Microsoft Windows XP sale 10 anniversary, Microsoft was “not to” slogan to urge users to switch to Windows 7.

The past 12 months, Windows XP’s market share fell to 12.4%, nearly half of them were lost in the past 4 months. This may be the Windows XP operating system market share lost forward the date of the first throne.

According to the forecasts of Net Applications, Windows 7 will be in April this year to become the most widely used operating systems, several months earlier than previously forecast. Microsoft’s next-generation operating system Windows 8 will go on sale in October of this year, at which time Windows 7 ‘s market share is expected to reach 50% per cent.

As of December 2011, Windows market share from 8 per cent in November increased slightly to 0.05%. Although Microsoft said the beta version of the operating system will be released at the end of February, but 3.5 months ago, Microsoft has released a developer preview of Windows 8.

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According to foreign media reports, on Monday night local time, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) will be at this year’s international consumer electronics show in Las Vegas (CES) delivered a historic speech on, this will be the last 15 years, Bill Gates, Ballmer, or its predecessor (Bill Gates) on the 14th in the consumer electronics event delivered the opening speech, but it will also be the last time. Microsoft recently announced that it will no longer take part in the future the CES exhibition.

But Ballmer’s speech may not be announcing any major news, but rather focuses on three areas: Windows Phone and Windows and the Xbox. On at last year’s CES show, Microsoft announced that it would launch a compatible Windows 8 version of the ARM processor, and will not make any progress this year, does not even have the importance of events announced.

-On the Xbox, Microsoft’s recent Xbox game machine interface has been updated, and may at the CES on Kinect games to demo the new features of the control system. Microsoft also has the potential to introduce some new games may also announce content partnership. But no more, was released on the Xbox and Xbox Live users up to update data of registered users.

-On Windows Phone, Microsoft may show a variety of new devices, however, introduced a refreshing products is very unlikely.

-About Windows 8, Microsoft will demonstrate, and most likely is to demonstrate the features of last year. Microsoft still plans to launch Windows 8 beta in late February this year, launch of the official version may have the second half of this year. Microsoft will also show as usual some of Windows-based devices, including this year’s most anticipated Super.

-Internet services such as searching on Bing, Microsoft virtually no new messages need to be declared.

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Microsoft announced Windows in the decades since the first non-x86 version of-Windows8 ARM. Now, Microsoft must ensure that Windows ARM is 1 a good lubrication of the ecological system, to promote Windows ARM development. Currently, Microsoft Windows ARM picked out three ARM processor manufacturers, which is Qualcomm and Texas instruments (the most experienced, and bulk shipping ARM processor) and NVIDIA (display the latest Tegra products, demonstrating the great potential).

It is reported that Microsoft requires three ARM processor manufacturers choose two manufacturers as partners, with 1 as the main partners, 1 as a general electrical manufacturers in cooperation to develop the first WOA portable computing devices.

Qualcomm Samsung and Sony are selected as partner, Texas instruments, Toshiba and Samsung are selected as partner, Acer and Lenovo NVIDIA selected as partner. Samsung, Toshiba and Lenovo are respectively the three ARM processor manufacturers to select major partners.

Surprising is that Taiwan companies ‘ role in this ecosystem are negligible. ASUS NVIDIA Tegra processor largest customer, have been excluded.

Now, lower Windows 8 ARM partners have finalised for these power plants upstream of OEM ODM manufacturers such as quanta computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Heshuo associated technology, have given their team of fingernails, to compete for Windows 8 ARM under the order.

Microsoft has prepared, let clients run on Windows Azure cloud services business based on Linux, while SharePoint and SQL Server are also supported. Running Linux is a lot of large enterprise customers demand, while Microsoft’s cloud services have failed to meet. However, the next CTP to be issued in the spring of 2012, Microsoft will provide customers a virtual machine scalability, Linux users can upload mirror installation deployment, support for both SQL Server and SharePoint Server.

Microsoft’s cloud rivals Amazon’s EC2 infrastructure services have been provided, it can be used as a platform to run a variety of operating systems, including Linux and Windows and SQL Server.

Amazon and Windows Azure, which make you more interested in?

For many people, the Windows 95 boot music still lingering song, it comes from United Kingdom musician Brian Eno (Brian Eno), the music is also called “Microsoft sound”, Eno himself later also participated in the famous game of the spores (Spore) of music creation. Foreign media recently dug up an innostream BBC interview at the 2009 broadcast of information, Eno revealed that the Windows 95 power on the secret of a small music production, the music was composed on the Apple Macintosh computer to complete .

Innostream recalls, column has a long list of Microsoft, wanted to produce power of music to be able to meet their requirements, this request contains up to 150 adjectives, such as “inspirational”, “sexy”, “inspire”, and “stimulus”, “nostalgia”, “sentimental”. This music for a period of less than a few seconds, some are too rich.

When the BBC asked Hinau, the Windows 95 boot when the music is composed on a Windows PC, innostream replied: “no, I’m on a Mac machine is composed of, my life has never been never used a PC, I do not like them . “The answer must embarrass Microsoft.

Windows 95 boot music:

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Microsoft recently announced Windows Store plan, wants to be upcoming Windows 8 Windows Store application software of the main supply source, its strategic importance can be seen. It is worth mentioning that, Windows application Store Developer agreement that Microsoft treats open source application: at least in the Windows Store preview, recognized by the Association for promotion of open source open source open source software released under an agreement, within the scope of the requirements of the open source agreement, can conflict with standard application license terms Microsoft 3rd part released in the context of.

Your license terms must also not conflict with the Standard Application License Terms, in any way, except if you include FOSS, your license terms may conflict with the limitations set forth in Section 3 of those Terms, but only to the extent required by the FOSS that you use. “FOSS” means any software licensed under an Open Source Initiative Approved License.

Application license terms cannot be any conflicts with the Microsoft standard application license terms, unless the application contains open source software source code, only in this case, the application can conflict with the 3rd part of this article, but the application must be used within the requirements of the open source agreement. Source refers to any open source software released under the open source license agreement recognized by the Association for the source code of the software.

For many years, Microsoft forged a lot of hatred in the open source field, such as secure boot mechanism for Windows 8 recently let open source community condemned lot. But Microsoft seems to bring to the field of open source a little gift. While Microsoft still has a lot of unfriendly place for open source (for example, Android), but now have to say is good news, perhaps this is the beginning of Microsoft acceptance of open source software is commercial and the reflection of the fact that an important part of life.

By contrast, in early 2011, the open source VLC media player announced after a GUN license agreement, strong VLC out of the app store Apple, Apple ban applications that are not compatible with their license agreement appears in the app store, GNU is a typical example of prohibited objects.

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