Rounding out its line of recent Windows 8 releases, Microsoft has posted a community technology preview of the next Windows OS for embedded systems, Windows Embedded Standard 8. The release closely ...

Ah, Windows Embedded. The Microsoft operating system that millions of devices and machines are running, typically with a custom application or skin running on top of it so that users don’t ...

As the world's largest software company, Microsoft has a significant stake in the war against hackers and malware, since most attacks are squarely aimed at Microsoft operating systems, where ...

On June 1, Microsoft made available to anyone interested a public test build of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, the product codenamed "Chelan." Embedded Compact 7 has been the subject ...

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When I first started writing embedded software, the environments that I found to be the most efficient and easiest to use were only available on Microsoft Windows. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon for ...

For many IT pros, the words "Windows migration" induce more than a slight sense of dread as they consider all the desktops, laptops, servers, virtual machines and maybe even tablets they'll need to ...

Windows Embedded is the species of Windows operating systems that are built to run on hardware such as minimalist computers and control devices. Windows Embedded Standard is the flavor that is ...

Windows Embedded Standard 7 also includes newer versions of Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, RDP, and the .NET framework. The operating system is highly componentised, so only the required ...

Microsoft has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to turn the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system into a tablet-style OS. But that doesn’t mean that it’s Windows 7 or bust for ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Samplify Systems, Inc., a real-time compression technology company, today announced the availability of Samplify for Windows Release 2.6 and Samplify for ...