Microsoft Says IE9 Will Support H.264 Not Theora
Microsoft has finally jumped into the HTML5 video codec war by announcing that its next browser, Internet Explorer 9, will go with H.264 support not the open-source Theora. H.264 and Theora are video codecs which are competing with one another to be the standard codec used in HTML5. While Theora is an open-source format; H.264… |
How To Build A Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application Using Silverlight?
We told you about Microsoft unveiling it’s all new Windows Phone 7 Series and the World Mobile Congress. Now lets get down to some fast app development work on the Windows Mobile 7 Platform using the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP. Here is a link to two quick how to guides for building a Hello… |
Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Series dev tools at MIX10
The big theme at Microsoft’s MIX10 developer conference today was developing for Windows Phone 7 Series, and key to this was the new Silverlight 4. For the first time, Microsoft showed off third-party applications for the forthcoming phone platform, and talked about how third-party applications integrate with the platform. Read More Here |
IE9 will not be supported in Windows Xp
Microsoft has releases a preview of Internet Explorer 9 at its MIX conference. They did not say it explicitly, but by now it is pretty clear that its new browser will not be supported in Windows Xp. This is what Internet Explorer general manager Dean Hachamovitch said: Building a modern browser requires a modern operating… |
Microsoft reveals details about IE9 – Faster JavaScript engine, better standards
At its Mix Conference at Las Vegas, Microsoft gave a preview of what is to come with its next web-browser Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft released the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview, which is a prototype to show how IE9 will handle the current web technologies and the new ones to come. |
Microsoft-Sponsored GNU/Linux-Hostile Site, HowSoftwareIsBuilt.com, is Powered by GNU/Linux
Microsoft — or perhaps someone else whom Microsoft definitely pays — has created howsoftwareisbuilt.com, where Microsoft apparently tries to promote itself and ‘embrace’ the FOSS world (here is the latest interview). In the homepage, the site also links to the company’s anti-GNU/Linux pages (“compare” site). How demeaning. Notice the footer which clearly states: “How Software is Built is… |
How To Install SharePoint Without Internet Connection? [Standalone Installation]
Microsoft SharePoint is a collection of products and software elements that is generally used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs. Installing Sharepoint on your computer requires you to have an active Internet connection. The installation is seriously hampered… |