Microsoft announced general availability on March 1 of the final version of its Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system, codenamed "Chelan." Microsoft posted a 180-day trial version of the final ...

Microsoft on Tuesday released a test preview of its Windows 7-based OS for embedded devices. A Community Technology Preview for Windows Embedded Standard 2011, formerly code-named Quebec, is now ...

Microsoft rolled out the final version of its Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 operating system on September 22. The 6.0 R3 release is the first CE variant to include an embedded version of Silverlight, ...

Company unveils technical preview of Windows 7-based embedded version for manufacturers of ATMs, media players, GPS devices, and other gadgets. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Microsoft has been demonstrating a new tablet at Computex 2010. The 8.9-inch concept device uses the Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system-- a cut-down version of Windows 7, designed for tablets ...

It’s just like Microsoft to have a perfectly good tablet solution and do nothing with it. The company yesterday released Windows Embedded Compact 7 — the successor to Windows CE for consumer ...

According to Microsoft, Windows Embedded Standard 2011 takes the power, familiarity, and reliability of Windows 7 and shoves it into a highly customizable and componentized form, allowing OEMs to ...

Is Microsoft’s mobile operating system strategy confusing anyone yet? First Microsoft was touting the benefits of running a full-blown version of Windows 7 on devices like the HP Slate—a strategy that ...

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Microsoft has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to turn the upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system into a tablet-style OS. But that doesn’t mean that it’s Windows 7 or bust for ...

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Windows Embedded Standard 8 Release Preview available for testing, with general availability scheduled for March 2013. REDMOND, Wash. - Nov. 13, 2012 - Microsoft today unveiled its product road map ...