Microsoft made available for download on September 1 a public test build of the embedded version of its Windows 7 platform -- known officially as Windows Embedded Standard 2011 and codenamed "Quebec." ...

Sorry–Microsoft’s not really wowing the consumer and managing an early release of Windows 7 as Apple just did for Snow Leopard. It is pushing Win7 out the door ahead of time, but it’s the ...

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 ...

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 is a step closer to delivering the final version of the Windows 7-based version of its ""=""> On February 15, Microsoft made available to testers the Release Candidate (RC) version of ...

Microsoft said Windows Embedded Standard 7, which the company described as a "highly customizable and componentized form" of the Windows 7 operating system, has been released to manufacturing.

Microsoft has given manufacturers the tools to make Windows the operating system for a host of consumer-oriented devices — from video game consoles to TV set-top boxes that serve as full-blown home ...

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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 ...