If you’re still running XP after all these years, odds are you’ve settled in nicely and don’t plan to leave until you have no choice. Well, that might be happening sooner than you expected. Microsoft announced today that they were working on Internet Explorer 9, and that it would not support Windows XP but Windows 7 and Vista.
On the second day at MIX10, Microsoft has made available for download the first release of Internet Explorer 9. The Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview is currently up for grabs from Microsoft.
The wait is almost over for new demos of Internet Explorer 9. Come next week and MIX10, Microsoft will showcase the evolution of IE9 since the first demonstration of the browser at PDC 2009 last year. The Redmond company has already published details on a number of IE9-focused sessions scheduled for the coming week. The official MIX10 website was updated to detail the new demos planned for the next iteration of Internet Explorer.
Everyone is aware that Microsoft is busy working on the next release of Microsoft Office called Office 2010. Although few know that Office 2010 is just the marketing name, the actual software version is 14.
Microsoft is expected to show off the long-awaited Windows Mobile 7 operating system for smartphones at Mobile World Congress, as the company attempts to resurrect itself in this arena and better compete against rivals Apple and Google.