Microsoft has made available the XPS Essentials Pack that enables users to print out to the XPS document format and view XPS documents with a stand-alone XPS Viewer. XPS is natively supported already in Windows Vista due to the fact it ships with the .NET Framework 3.0 (which is available as a separate download for Windows XP too). However, I've ...

Project codename ''Glidepath'' is an Evangelism initiative targeted at helping MicroISVs get started and be successful with a focus on Windows Vista. Project Glidepath includes a free software factory add-in for Visual Studio 2005 that delivers, via RSS, guidance, content, code samples, step-by-step instructions and even custom tools that help ...

Today's multi-product launch has shaped up to the biggest ever in the history of Microsoft product launches.  CEO Steve Ballmer appeared at NASDAQ headquarters in New York City to announce the Business Value Launch of Windows Vista, 2007 Office System and Exchange Server 2007 and we were able to experience the event first-hand. Before ...

As a follow-up to last week's post on the WinFX version of the New York Times Reader, I've learned that the link allowing access to non-MS and non-NYT emails addresses is finally live -- phew!  Go here to see NYT's ''First Look'' page on the Reader, which will lead you to this page, where it's necessary to pre-register in order to gain access ...

You may have read about the Times Reader back in April when it was previewed at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention.  It’s now available for download to Windows Vista beta users!  The Times Reader enhances the onscreen reading experience through Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft’s advanced display technology in ...