Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users’ hands.
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First Dev title on Windows Phone 7 Programming
Microsoft Press just made this draft version of the Programming Windows Phone 7 Series ebook from Charles Petzold available as a preview download.
More Details:
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/03/15/free-ebook-programming-windows-phone-7-series-draft-preview.aspx
Direct Download Location of eBook: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/C/8/7C820C6F-C205-4ECF-B9F3-1505DD13F9BF/ProgWinPhonePreview.pdf
Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive
Microsoft Launches First IE9 Developer Preview with Support for Hardware-Accelerated HTML5. It is available for download from www.IETestDrive.com.
Direct Download Link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/F/D/7FD512A8-026C-4388-B598-D763185249CF/iepreview.msi
Size: 14.2MB
System Requirements:
Windows 7 (x86 or x64) or Windows Vista SP2 (x86 or x64).
FAQs:
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/Default.html