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Microsoft Develops Midori, a Non-Windows-Based Operating System

Microsoft has recently released Windows 8 and reports are claiming that the company is already working on Windows 9, but references to a different operating system have reached the web today. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet writes that Microsoft is currently working on Midori, a non-Windows-based operating system that’...

8 November 2012
10:40 GMT

Salix OS 14.0 RC1 Ditches Firefox for Midori

Salix, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast, easy to use, and based on XFCE desktop environment, is now at version 14.0 RC1. The developer of Salix OS 14.0 RC1, The Salix OS Team, has provided two separate images for the 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. Salix Xfce 14.0 RC1 has some pretty...

23 October 2012
11:12 GMT

wattOS R5 Has Linux Kernel 3.0.0-16

wattOS, a lightweight, energy saving Linux distribution designed to not only bring your old computer back to life, but also eat up as little power as possible, is now at version R5.The most important change in wattOS R5 is the new Linux kernel which is now at version 3.0.0-16. The developer said there weren’t ...

27 February 2012
13:31 GMT

Download Verve non-Windows OS from Microsoft Research

Verve is a new operating system project from Microsoft that can be added to the list already containing platforms such as Singularity and Midori. In fact, Verve is intimately connected to Singularity, but exploring the concept of a Type-Safe Operating System, and in this context it’s also close to Midori which...

10 December 2010
11:11 GMT

Microsoft’s non-Windows Midori OS Is Alive

Work continues on Microsoft’s non-Windows Midori operating system, a Microsoft Research project based on the Singularity platform. The Redmond company is not confirming this officially, but the detail can be inferred from information made public recently by Joe Duffy, a lead architect on an OS incubation projec...

4 October 2010
10:50 GMT

Midori 0.2.6 Review

For Linux users there’s only been one real choice in terms of web browsers in recent years, Mozilla Firefox. Sure, there are plenty of other browsers out there, each with its own unique traits and loyal fans, but, by and large, most users opted for Firefox. Very recently, Google Chrome has also become a viable ...

5 June 2010
13:11 GMT

Non-Windows Midori OS Silence Cracks a Little

The deafening silence around the non-Windows Microsoft Midori operating system cracked a little with the departure of Jonathan Shapiro. However, it is yet too early to tell whether any leaks are to follow, or if Microsoft continues to keep under a tight lid all details about the managed code operating system still i...

19 March 2010
12:58 GMT

Fresh Blood for the Non-Windows Microsoft OS Midori

Since approximately mid-2008, all has been quiet on the non-Windows Microsoft operating system front. With Singularity available for download, and the Midori leaked details losing their newsworthy characteristics, the focus has slowly shifted to the developing Windows 7 operating system. But still, both Singularity a...

7 April 2009
13:05 GMT

Download Non-Windows Singularity OS v2.0, Built in Parallel with Windows 7

In parallel with the evolution of the Windows 7 client and server operating system, Microsoft is also building the now-traditional releases of embedded and mobile variants of Windows, and, furthermore, the new Windows Azure cloud platform. However, the Redmond company's non-Windows operating systems are concomit...

18 November 2008
09:01 GMT

Non-Windows Microsoft OS Midori - "The Windows Killer"

Windows is one product that is not lacking in Nemesis candidates. From Apple's Mac OS X to the open source Linux, to RIA cloud-based operating systems, potential Microsoft Windows killers are advertised in a variety of scenarios incongruent with reality. Microsoft's own non-Windows platforms Singularity and...

26 August 2008
10:45 GMT

Midori Will Not Kill Windows, Multiple Releases Coming, Beyond Windows 7

The death of the mammoth Windows operating system releases was proclaimed even before the availability of Windows Vista. With Windows 7, Microsoft managed to prove that Windows was still very much alive and kicking. Now, a new product cooking in Redmond has the potential to make Windows history. With its roots deep i...

8 August 2008
12:43 GMT

Windows 7 and 8, plus Midori - 100% Backward Compatibility

Moving forward with Windows, and even past what is currently its proprietary operating system, Microsoft will have to deal with a crucial gambit – evolution on a non-Windows path vs. perpetuating the platform's heritage for 1+ billion users. Not really much of a choice for the Redmond giant, which can't aff...

7 August 2008
04:22 GMT

Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori

2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over. In fact the software giant is already hammering away at Windows 7, Vista's successor, and has also started to plan Windows 8, the Windows cli...

5 August 2008
12:07 GMT

Microsoft Non-Windows Midori OS to Kill Vista and Windows 7

There is so much life left into Windows, and Microsoft is gearing up for the moment when it completely runs out of what is now its proprietary operating system. In this context, the Redmond company is cooking a couple of non-Windows operating systems labeled Singularity and Midori. Singularity, a platform prototype w...

30 July 2008
15:21 GMT

Forget non-Windows Midori, Windows to Live Until 2023, Well after Windows 7 and 8

The Windows operating system is not going anywhere for a very long time. In fact, consumers should be prepared to still buy Windows over a decade from the releases of Windows Vista's successors Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft might be hard at work developing non-Windows operating systems such as Singularity a...

14 July 2008
04:00 GMT

Microsoft Midori, a Candidate for the Operating System to Kill Windows

Although speculations do exist pointing that Microsoft is in the "right direction" as far as the next releases of its proprietary operating system are concerned, the fact of the matter is that Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not diverge from the Windows path in the foreseeable future. Do not expect Windows Next or Windo...

8 July 2008
13:04 GMT

Life After Windows - Microsoft Midori Operating System

Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server are not the only operating systems under development at Microsoft. In fact, the Redmond company is cooking a variety of projects involving Windows platforms for everything from mobile phones to embedded devices. And yet, at the same time, the Redmond company is hard at work hammering aw...

30 June 2008
12:45 GMT


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