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 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." ...

Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to the Internet that Microsoft calls CIDs, or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has released a public Community Tech Preview of Windows Embedded Compact 7 for slates, e-readers, and the like. So is this the same OS that will run on the upcoming Win Mobile 7 phones? I ...

There is now an embedded version of Windows 7 aimed at thin computers, industrial devices and other machines that used embedded OSes. Both HP and Wyse have already announced thin clients using the new ...

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.

For many IT pros, the words "Windows migration" induce more than a slight sense of dread as they consider all the desktops, laptops, servers, virtual machines and maybe even tablets they'll need to ...