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“Barrelfish”: Microsoft’s Latest Future OS Project

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Last Friday, Network World reported that Microsoft’s research labs in Cambridge (UK) has previewed an experimental operating system code-named ‘Barrelfish.’ However, it is just one of many fish in Microsoft’s barrel, and is not nearly as close as Microsoft’s project “Midori” is to becoming an actual product. Barrelfish and Midori tackle a similar problem that Microsoft [...]

Google Ties Chrome to Cloud Services

Monday, August 3, 2009

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Today, Google fired a new salvo in the browser wars, announcing an upcoming synchronization service for its Chrome browser. A preliminary mockup of the service will be released to developers later this week, with general availability possible later this month, according to reports. The service will first deliver bookmark synchronization –something that’s already possible with Firefox [...]

Microsoft: Windows CE is Closer to End-of-Life than Windows

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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On Monday, Microsoft debuted its long-awaited Windows Mobile 6.5 update at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But as Microsoft moves forward with its “Midori” operating system incubation project, the longevity of Windows CE–the platform that Windows Mobile is based on–is in doubt, according to internal company documents viewed by Technologizer. The documents refer to a [...]

Microsoft’s Post-Windows “Midori”–It Must Exist

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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It’s always dangerous to get too excited about far-off Microsoft products with code names–especially when Microsoft has barely acknowledged they exist. But SD Times has published a story by David Worthington on “Midori,” which Worthington says is the operating system that Microsoft is building from scratch for the post-Windows world, and even if you read [...]