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Microsoft has unveiled Russia by mistake a screenshot of Internet Explorer 9 in which a beta version is scheduled for September 15.

This error spotted by Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet allows us to lift the veil on the interface which could be renewed for the browser that until now was not standards compliant and heavy with a view interface .

interface Internet Explorer 9

As you can see in the screenshot above version 9 would be very lite at buttons and Reserve more room to display, search and address fields are grouped into one, the tabs are detachable (these two changes are inspired by Google Chrome).

The three buttons are present "Home", "Favorites" and that allowing access to parameters.

As I put it above the new version is inspired by Google Chrome that was also recommended by Microsoft for users experiencing problems with the new version of Windows Live Hotmail.

See you September 15 to discover the first beta version of Internet Explorer 9 in the meantime you can always test the rendering engine IE9 but this one does not have an interface as it is intended for developers who want to test .

Test the rendering engine of Internet Explorer 9

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At the Gamescom Cologne, Microsoft has announced two flagship games, is the first Flight, this popular simulation games air arrested in early 2009 following the dismissal following the crisis, employees of ACES studio that developed the game and Age of Empires the game real time strategy which is already available in test version.

At the time Microsoft announced that this event does not mean the end of the series of games Flight Simulator in fact, 30 years after the release of debut album, Flight is announced you can find below a trailer for this future thirteenth album .

Microsoft Flight Trailer

The other announcement is imminent arrival of the Age of Empire in a free online version because it will come in a game like Free To Play, this type of game you can play free online gambling but to "move" more faster in the game it is possible to buy / pay for additional features if Microsoft is based on the same principle as MMORPGs such as Rune of Magic Street dough, various gPotato games. As for Microsoft Flight here is a video of more detailed presentation.

Age of Empires Online

Join the free beta of Age of Empires Online

Microsoft Flight Website

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Microsoft has made a software update Windows Live Essentials 2011 provides instant discussion with Facebook contacts that are connected directly through the site.

To enable this new function, visit the Windows Live Messenger, then click the Facebook icon at the bottom right corner of the window (if you're in the compact version of WLM)

In the web page that opens it'll just tick the boxes for features that interest you.

Another improvement in Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta 2, now all software are stamped 2011 and after my first try, I noticed an improvement in performance.

The update is available automatically if you do not install WL Essentials 2011, you can do here

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According to some rumors following the publication of an article from an MVP then follows the leak of a roadmap, Windows 8 is equipped with a Windows Store, geolocation via GPS sensors, triangulation through the WiFi networks (compared with the collection of wireless networks for Google Street View?) or with IP (the latter much less precise than others).

Coming back to Windows Store Windows 8, it would download applications but also to manage the updates thereof; It will be surely based on work with the Windows Marketplace Phone but has virtually no applications on the French side unlike the U.S. version which is not accessible for utilisateursFrancophones.

Internet Explorer 9 to replace probably IE8 in Windows 9 will arrive in beta in the month of August.

As indicated in the title of this article, a roadmap (Roadmap) can be a beta version of Windows 8 by mid-2011 for final release in 2012 certe this roadmap is not yet clear.

About 150 million copies of Windows 7 would have been sold since its launch from Microsoft and that in eight months (released October 2009).

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With the advent of Windows Live Wave 4, it was found that installing it entails the removal of Live Mesh in favor of Windows Live Sync but it offers only 2GB of storage cons 5GB for Live Mesh and other changes I'll try to go around in this article.

Live Sync uses the technology of Live Mesh P2P synchronization, the main advantage that I was at Live Mesh was its online storage for sharing files between two computers even if they were not connected to the web simultaneously, something that remained in sync with Live storage space smaller.

In this beta version lacks a number of features but that should be provided in a later version as the non-support for mobile devices (Windows Phone / Mobile), the inability to purchase additional storage space at the Sync Live Skydrive dedicated to (the one with 2GB), failure to make a folder synchronized with a single click (blue Live Mesh folders) despite the cuts there is always the possibility of taking control of a remote PC linked to the account now with a new zoom feature, but also to synchronize the programs Internet Explorer (favorites) and Office (models, electronic signatures and styles).

Besides the differences compared to Live Mesh, Live Sync makes some significant improvements, the maximum size file that can be stored up to 2 GB and the maximum size per file but in this case, those that are exchanged directly between two PCs up 40 Gb per file, the exchange is still based on the P2P system except that it requires that both computers are turned on in this case.

The reason for the removal of Live Mesh sync for the benefit of Live would be at the level of users who confuse the two synchronization services over Live Sync is integrated with Windows Live which gives it a higher profile.

The web interface of Live Sync allows remote viewing of the remaining space on each partition of a computer connected to Live Devices, feature phones do for now is nothing for France because the SMS is not activated.

Windows Live Sync is located in the Windows Live services start menu under the name Windows Live beta Devices

Access the online version of Windows Live Devices

View test suite includes Windows Live Essentials 2011 among other Windows Live Messenger 2011 Sync Live, Live Mail and so on ...

Access the site of Live Mesh

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