Back in May 2008, Microsoft made the first step towards opening up its online reference libraries, namely the TechNet, MSDN and Expression portals, providing the “fertile soil” necessary for communities of IT professionals and developers to form around the websites. The social bookmarking tools for MSDN, TechNet and Expression evolved past the preview stage in September, and John Martin, from the Server & Tools Online (STO) group, was kind enough to answer a few questions related to the social platform Microsoft is building via its web-based reference libraries.Softpedia: To get started... Please tell our readers who you are and... [read more >>] I had a chance to ask Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software, a few questions about the recent Microsoft commitment to supporting Web standards with Internet Explorer 8, about the antitrust complaint filed with the EU Commission and what are the next steps the Redmond company needs to take with IE8. Below you will be able to find Håkon Wium Lie's answers. 1. Could you please comment on the following announcement from Microsoft regarding the standards mode in Internet Explorer 8: Microsoft Expands Support for Web Standards, available here? We think it's good news for the web that Microsoft backs down from a pro... [read more >>] Yes, Microsoft made its latest operating system Windows Vista an anthem. And no, I am not kidding! Although this is nothing short of hilarious. Forget about the Windows Vista melody... 20 people built the Vista acoustic experience for over 18 months, churning their way through 500 variations just to select the start-up melody of the operating system. 18 months of hard work, produced the four-second long Windows Vista Startup sound. But the Vista startup sound pales in comparison to the Vista anthem. "Hear the Wow," reads a message posted on Microsoft India. "When you experience the amazing, the incredible, the exhilarating, there is only on... [read more >>] Microsoft has introduced an ad hoc upgrade to Windows Vista Business edition when nobody was watching. The Redmond Company has quietly upgraded Vista Business, but has managed to keep it a total secret. Well, it seems that the Windows Omerta affecting future versions of the Microsoft client operating system has functioned only too well. In fact, not a single word got loose to spoil Microsoft's plans for Windows Vista.The Business version of the operating system, an edition designed to address the needs of small business, in Microsoft's perspective now brings to the table new features. Well, a single new feature to be more exact, b... [read more >>] | 
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