Well apologies for not posting in last few weeks. I have been flat out working on various project at work and outside work. Mix that with my young daughter and you realise that you don’t have any time left at.
So here’s a list of some of the major things that took place in last week weeks.
One of the most important releases this year is definitely going to be window 7, Microsoft released the RC candidate that anyone can download and install on your PC. You just have to be mindful about how RC is going to expire.
| Version: | Starts shutting down every two hours: | Expires: |
| Beta | July 1, 2009 | August 1, 2009 |
| Release Candidate | March 1, 2010 | June 1, 2010 |
You can download windows 7 RC from download page.
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1
Microsoft also released beta 1 of next generation of visual studio. The next version of VS includes
- Support for Cloud development using Windows Azure
- Parallel development support
- Updated UI and editor based on WPF
- enhanced web development, support for asp.net mvc, javascript intellisense engine, one click deployment and silverlight support.
- support for IBM DB2 and Oracle databases.
You can download beta 1 here
Microsoft finally released a search engine technology to compete with Google named Bing. Bing was previously under the “Kumo” name but it was rebranded just before its release.
Bing will replace MSN Live Search, which has languished in a distant third place behind market-leading Google and second-place Yahoo!
Try bing on: http://www.bing.com
Google Wave
One of the most outstanding pieces of technologies again came from Google camp. The boys (Lars and Jens Rasmussen) from Google australia who were original creator of Google maps are back again with their latest creation – Google Wave.
Google Wave is an outstanding communication and collaboration tool that bridges the gap between email and IM based communication. All communication in Google Wave happens in real time which gives it that extra edge over other mediums. Combine this with live feeds coming from Twitter or facebook and all of a sudden Wave starts to look like an awesome content aggregator.
Here’s the official Google Wave keynote presentation from I/O conference.
Enjoy :)
