Today at the second day of Mix 10, Microsoft has set free the world but especially for developers, Platform Preview version to test the rendering engine in a version that can be classified as Alpha in view of absence of real consumer browser, the only options bug reports and support the development of websites are present.

Thanks to testdrive this version you will see the rendering of your site but also a few demos of new technologies integrated into Internet Explorer as the CSS3, drafts of HTML 5.

This new rendering engine achieves a score of 55/100 on Acid 3 test, albeit less efficient than other browsers like Opera, Google Chrome, but it shows that Microsoft engaged in working to comply with web standards.

Test the engine of Internet Explorer Platform Preview Version 9 and demos to achieve with Internet Explorer or another browser

Microsoft has until June 30, 2010 servers in the limit of 5000 virtual machines, each connected to a Windows Live ID and subject to the acceptance condition of use, they can attend pre-written scenarios on different products such as :

• SharePoint
• Configuring a server
• Create a website in Joomla, Wordpress and other CMS
• Development in collaborative mode with TFS (Team Foundation Server)

Some scenarios are not yet available but should arrive shortly, access to the server is done either through a connection Microsoft Terminal Server Client either directly with Visual Studio TFS.

Between the creation of your account and prepare the virtual machine it takes between 10 and 15 minutes.

Once you are finished ie the June 30, 2010, two choices open for you:

• Retrieve the virtual machine
• Migrating to an offer partner

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* Within the limits of the 5000 servers

As announced this weekend, the arrival of the beta version of Office 2010 was coming soon, it is now after the announcement to the PDC (Professional Developer Conference) to download beta versions of Office 2010 is possible in version 32 or 64 bits with 6 languages to choose:

• French
• English
• Japanese
• Simplified Chinese
• German
• Spanish

These options are valid until October 2010 and they use the new activation system Windows 7 version Office 2010 Professional Pro Plus is a volume license version.

All information to know before you download your copy of Office 2010 are available on the download page on Technet.

In terms of system requirements, it is necessary that the installed version of Office (if any) or the same architecture (x86 or x64) than you have downloaded otherwise you will need to uninstall the previous version initially.

The operating systems Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are supported client side and server versions R2et Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 SP2.

The installation required at least 5 GB of free space on the hard disk.

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Microsoft today released beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 (development environment of Microsoft / IDE) this version was already available since a few days for MSDN and TechNet subscribers.

The. NET Framework 4 beta 2 also emerged as a major innovation with the arrival of the DLR another improvement, the applications created from this new beta weigh about 80% less than earlier versions.

Visual Studio 2010 provides for its review a new interface compared to beta 1, improved support for ASP. NET MVC and other new features / enhancements to discover in this new beta.

A more complete list of changes is available in English in the press release from Microsoft

Press release for the launch of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and. NET Framework 4 Beta 1

Download Page for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and the. Net Framework 4

KickApps is a competition that was organized to make the choice of projects submitted, the winning applications have been identified and created with the help of Microsoft and teams are:

• Playtomo
• B-Radio
• Mobile Desktop

• EcoGyzer

• Mobifamily

More information about the project KickApps on MSDN