InsideMicrosoftpart of the Blog News ChannelLinks for April 28, 2008- April 29, 2008 Download Free Update to Windows Desktop Search There&8217;s a major update to the search infrastructure used in Windows Vista, and it&8217;s being released as the Windows Search 4.0 Preview. It doesn&8217;t just install on Vista, it works on Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Download the Vista SP1 32-bit version here. A ...http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/04/28/links-for-april-28-2008/ Links for April 23, 2008- April 24, 2008 Vista Feature Pack Released Microsoft has released the first &8220;Feature Pack&8221; for Windows Vista, adding some wireless features that, while nothing huge, could represent a growing series of feature packs that improve the operating system over the coming months and years. Feature Pack 1 adds support for Bluetooth 2.1 to Vista, as well as a ...http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/04/23/links-for-april-23-2008/ News For April 6, 2008- April 6, 2008 Microsoft Sends &8220;Put Up or Shut Up&8221; Message To Yahoo Microsoft is sick of Yahoo dragging its feet on MS&8217;s proposed acquisition of the internet company, and has published a stern letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo&8217;s board. The letter basically says that Yahoo has had plenty of time to make a decision, and ...http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/04/06/news-for-april-6-2008/ News For April 2, 2008- April 2, 2008 Ribbon Joining Windows 7 User Interface The Office Ribbon, one of Microsoft biggest software design innovations of recent years, is getting promoted to Windows. The Office UI element will be built into the Windows 7 platform, available for all software developers to access and use in their applications. Quite the vote of confidence, but ...http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/04/02/news-for-april-2-2008/ News For March 31, 2008- April 1, 2008 Free Portal Song &8220;Still Alive&8221; for Rock Band Tomorrow, Harmonix will begin giving away &8220;Still Alive&8221;, the end credits song from Valve&8217;s hit game Portal. While tomorrow is April Fools&8217; day, the song isn&8217;t worth buying for most gamers, and we already know it&8217;s been formatted for the game, so the announcement should likely be ...http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2008/03/31/news-for-march-31-2008/ |