What will Windows 7 look like?; Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft

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Jul 26, 20072 mins

Latest Microsoft news.

What will Windows 7 look like?, 07/24/07: By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have, a topic that has become fodder for educated speculation.

Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft, 07/25/07: Novell swears Microsoft deal panning out; others resist getting chummy with Windows maker.

Biodiesel fuels build of Microsoft data center, 07/25/07: Hydroelectric power isn’t the only green energy driving Microsoft’s new data centers in eastern Washington.

Microsoft’s identity management platform gets third-party help, 07/23/07: Microsoft identity management platform is focus of NetPro’s management tool featuring analytical reporting and auditing capabilities.

Pump-and-dump scammers turn to Excel, 07/23/07: Pump-and-dump stock scammers have begun using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to deliver their get-rich-quick schemes, another in a series of moves they’ve made trying to slip past antispam filters.

Microsoft reports $51B fiscal 2007 revenue, takes financial hit from Xbox, 07/19/07: Microsoft Thursday reported that its rode the back of its two flagship products in booking increases in both its fourth-quarter revenue and its fiscal year 2007 revenue, which topped $51 billion.

Today at Microsoft Subnet: Blogger John Obeto gets under the hood of Windows Rally Technologies. The head of Acer PC says the whole industry is disappointed with Vista. Blogger Rand Morimoto kicks off a series on Office Communications Server 2007. Blogger Susan Hanley continues her series on good practices with SharePoint Search.