The MMS 2011 Day 1 keynote was all about private cloud. Previews of new System Center 2012 products, like VMM 2012 and Concero, and lots of other cool stuff.     This is the complete feed from the keynote – the action starts at the 17 minute mark.           watch the video here > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mms-2011-day-1-keynote.aspx   alt link > http://www.ditii.com/2011/03/23/mms-2011-virtual-machine-manager-2012-beta-plus-day-1-keynote/

Internet Explorer 9 has now been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its Monday night release. That is over 27 downloads every second, or over 240 downloads every 9 seconds. Wow.   We want to thank everyone around the world for downloading IE9 and the enthusiastic reception. 2.3 million downloads in 24 hours is over double the 1 million downloads we saw of the IE9 Beta and four times that of the IE9 RC over the same time period.   In case you missed it, check out the co

When Microsoft first introduced Internet Explorer 9 at PDC in November 2009, it didn't show much. A few benchmarks, some talk about the technologies that the browser would use, and a little information about the direction that development would take. But it was a significant event nonetheless. After years of playing catch-up—the stopgap Internet Explorer 7 added tab support, and then the solid Internet Explorer 8, which offered little in the way of support for new Web innovations—Microsoft was s

Microsoft is rumored to be preparing an “Aero Lite” UI for Windows 8 according to leaked components from a recent build.     The “Aero Lite” UI is likely replace the Windows 7 Basic interface. Microsoft originally invented the Basic UI for those unable to run the full Windows Aero experience. Windows 8 is rumored to include a full 3D interface which has so far failed to leak out of Redmond’s tight ship. The Aero Lite UI has been revealed in msstyles files supplied to Angel of Despair. The n

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 “NoDo” update is due later this month but here’s a quick look at its key features.   Microsoft has promised improved application resume times and better marketplace search alongside a new copy and paste feature. The company has delivered on all three with “Nodo”. First up is copy and paste. Microsoft’s copy and paste implementation does the job but is difficult and fiddly to use. I had troubles getting the copy dialog box to surface on multiple occasions and it seem

Microsoft is among the many U.S. companies whose operations were impacted by the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here’s a status report from the company, issued yesterday afternoon and still current as of this morning. We’ll post further updates as they’re available.     Microsoft has activated its Disaster Response protocol and is currently accounting for all of its employees and assessing all of its facilities for any impact. The company is reaching out to its customers and partn

Windows 7 SP1 hasn’t been out too long, but Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard have already said they are going to start shipping it pre-loaded on their machines. Laptops and desktops from Lenovo will be shipped with Windows 7 service pack 1 starting in early April. Hewlett-Packard have said they are planning shipments of business PCs preloaded with Windows 7 SP1 soon afer.   HP won’t be shipping consumer PCs with the service pack until around mid-June however, as they are going to wait until their ba

If you’re a Windows Phone 7 user, you’re likely frustrated at the lack of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) updates since launch. Now, before you yell “They aren’t slow!” you should take a look at this post by Paul Thurrott. The fact is that if you purchased a WP7 at launch, it’s been a long wait for a wide range of performance and bug fixes, and for the implementation of copy and paste.     This is the update that's been causing a lot of 'anxiety'.   Luckily Microsoft is paying attention. Eric Hauta