Portal:Microsoft/Microsoft news
- Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 RC1 and comes out of Beta.
- Microsoft names their Vista successor Windows 7, using its previous codename for simplicity.
- Service Pack 1 was released for Windows Vista
- Microsoft bid $44.6 billion for Yahoo
- Microsoft Surface, a table with a multitouch-based interface and object recognition technology, is unveiled.
- Microsoft will acquire aQuantive for $6 billion.
- Microsoft released Windows XP SP3
- Microsoft showed off Windows 7 build 6933 at the PDC 2008.
- Microsoft handed out Windows 7 build 6801 to attendees at the PDC 2008.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 version is now available.