Microsoft has confirmed that, Office 365 will be launched on June 28, 2011. Hosted by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the event will start at 10 a.m. local time (7 a.m. PT) and be available via a live Webcast.

Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses is a subscription service that combines Microsoft Office Web Apps with a set of web-enabled tools that are easy to learn and use, that work with your existing hardware, and that come backed by the robust security, reliability, and control you need to run your business.
What new in Microsoft office 365

Office 365 for professionals and small businesses will include Email and calendar, Office Web Apps, Websites and collaboration and Instant messaging (IM) and online meetings. It will cost $6 per use per month.
Office 365 for midsize businesses and enterprises will have additional features including instant messaging, online meetings, and video conferencing, and will be available in four variations ranging in price from $10 to $27 per user per month.
Microsoft Office 365 for education will provide cloud-based services for educational institutions that can help save money and give students access to familiar, next-generation productivity tools—while helping educational institutions free up resources.

resource: Readerszone

Microsoft Corporation recently make big deal in internet market this time ,The software giant put there eye on   internet telephony company Skype, And  at last grab it in deal of 8.5 billion dollars, Behind this deal the main aim of Microsoft to make their position Strong in Internet market and give strong competition to its rival like Apple and Google.

What has it gained through the Skype purchase? For one, there are the more than 660 million registered accounts, and for another there is the tried and tested technology.

With Skype on Windows smartphones, Microsoft and Nokia would have a total package with which to face down Apple’s Facetime video telephony. And the takeover takes Microsoft deep into enemy territory, as Skype is already in use on millions of iPhones and Androids.

Microsoft has officially released Rio Movie Windows 7 Themepack which includes high-resolution desktop backgrounds that features the amazing animated characters from Rio movie and space from Rio de Janeiro.

Download Official Angry Birds Rio theme

Rio movie theme

Today Microsoft is unveiling the full public beta of the new version of its browser, Internet Explorer 9, For this new IE 9 Microsoft just launched the page where you can download the new browser; under the URL BeautyOfTheWeb.com.
This new IE9, come with high speed, takes advantage of the latest HTML5 and other modern Web technologies, and has a relatively simple UI. And the IE9 browser will only work on Windows computer, with Bing loaded as the default search engine.

For more on features included in IE9 you may download the IE 9 and feel what new in IE9 .

Microsoft released the first official service pack for Windows 7. Windows 7 SP1 includes new updates, such as improved reliability when connecting to HDMI audio devices, printing using the XPS Viewer, and restoring previous folders in Windows Explorer after restarting.
What you get from Windows 7 Service Pack 1:
• Helps keep PCs supported.
• Provides ongoing improvement to the operating system, by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 platform based on customer and partner feedback.

Makes it easy for organizations to deploy a single set of updates.
The download link is for the Windows 7 32-bit version, while you can download the 64-bit version here (903.2MB) and the ISO image for both version over here (1953.3MB).

source :techtree

Have you missed the Copy of Windows 7 family pack in July of 2009.Then their is one more chance to you for getting Windows 7 family pack from online stores,According to Microsoft blog the Windows 7 “family pack” is available once again.
This family pack allow users to upgrade up to three PCs to the Home Premium version of the operating system, the Windows 7 family pack includes upgrades, not full installations of the operating system, so those who buy the bundle should already have a legitimate copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista already running on their machines.
The price of Windows family bundle is $147 for three pc and single copy of the upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium costs $119.The Windows 7 family pack is available in a number of countries, including the U.S., Canada, China, and much of Europe.

Microsoft the software giant recently announced that beta version of Internet Explorer 9 is released on September 15,released of IE9 is beta released.With IE9 Microsoft have more expectation.because IE are already face tough competition from its competitor so right now company put lots of effort in this new version of IE.
According to Microsoft latest version of IE take attention on Browsing Speed.

“Developers are already working hard on some amazing new web
experiences enabled by Internet Explorer 9. On 15 September we’ll
be able to show you a more beautiful web that feels native on
Windows.”

Microsoft has officially announced the public beta availability of service pack 1 for Windows 7.According to Microsoft’s Tammi Reller confirmed that the beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 was available to the public from today.

The windows 7 service pack will bring only minor updates to Windows 7 consumer PCs, with Microsoft hoping that people have got the message about using Windows update.

SP1 will include RemoteFX which provides rich 3-D graphical experience for remote users. The service pack also will include a series of incremental updates, previously released on Windows Update for both Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Microsoft corporation decide to end the official tech support to Windows Xp sp2 and windows 2000 operating system,After July 13 2010 company doesn’t provide any support to these two operating systems withdraw support which means that Windows XP users can extend support at no cost by upgrading to SP3, but Windows 2000 users have no such option.
According to Microsoft, the company offers support for its products for five years and extended support for another five years. This means that both Windows 2000 (desktop and server) and Windows XP SP2 will no more receive any security updates, support assistance, or help from paid support.
According to Microsoft, users of both operating systems would still be able to access self-help online support (such as Microsoft online Knowledge Base articles, FAQs, troubleshooting tools, and other resources) for at least another year.

Although paid support, support assistance, and security updates will be discontinued on July 13. However, the company plans to terminate (aka “retire”) Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Currently memorial services for the popular, die-hard OS have not been confirmed.

The Redmond software maker has advised Windows 2000 users to shift to the latest Windows 7 or Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2008 R2.

Note that if you are running a Windows Vista with no service packs installed, Microsoft support ended on April 13, but you can upgrade for free to SP2 for continued support.

Microsoft introduced new updates to its search engine Bing Now it including Quick Tabs, an Answer box, and new mapping tools powered by Foursquare to deliver real-time data embedded in maps.

There are changes in the Bing search results page is the removal of the Explorer navigation pane on the left-hand side of the Bing search results – replaced by the introduction of Quick Tabs (which are related to search queries). Another big change is the delivery of an Answer box that include a combination of reference data, most popular results, and real-time information culled from pricing engines, weather sites, and news sources.
Bing says it will roll out all the new features in the coming month with only a small percentage of users seeing updates this week.