As promised, Microsoft opened its registration for BUILD 2012 this morning at 8AM PT. The company's developer event will be held on campus at Microsoft's Redmond-based headquarters on October 30th this year. Early bird registration (the first 500) is set at $1,595, with the full price at $2,095...
Early bird pricing starts at $1,595
The last we heard about Microsoft's intention to enable Do Not Track flags in Internet Explorer 10 by default, the W3C, the authority behind the entire DNT spec, was advising the Redmond company to make it a user option rather than a preset. This...
Microsoft's Brian Hall joined us on The Vergecast last week to discuss the company's new Outlook.com launch. His appearance generated a storm of internet speculation around a next-generation Xbox console after Hall appeared to suggest that a "new Xbox" was part of a new wave of product updates arriving soon that include Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.
"The comments to The Verge were not...
Microsoft has revealed that nearly 30,000 employees have been testing Windows 8 Release Preview on over 30,000 machines. The figures, a snapshot from mid-July, are part of the dogfooding evaluation at Microsoft — a process where a company uses its own product to test it before release. Microsoft regularly sets up internal dogfood builds for upcoming software products, including its web products and Office 2013.
Microsoft's internal IT team fully supported the Windows 8 Release Preview deployment, offering self-help, help desk, and online communities to provide employees with assistance. The company also provisioned 75 devices with Windows To Go, a new self-contained version of Windows 8 on a USB device, and provided them to senior staff and engineers. Although it's not surprising to see Microsoft test its own software internally, the...
Dogfooding at its best
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Microsoft is releasing its Windows Essentials 2012 package this week, an update to its existing Windows Live Essentials applications. The company is dropping its Windows Live branding this time around, a decision that is echoed across its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Although Essentials...
Apple succeeded today in getting the entirety of an internal Samsung report comparing the iPhone to its own Galaxy S admitted into evidence. First reported by All Things D, the 132-page document paints a picture of Samsung recognizing superior...
Apple succeeded in getting the entirety of a 132-page Samsung report comparing the user interface on Apple's iPhone to that of Samsung's own Galaxy S. In many cases, Samsung's "Directions for Improvement" entailed implementing Apple's superior interface elements.
