Microsoft added volume licensing and Software Assurance options to some of its Windows Embedded 8 products on Monday. As of July 1, it's now possible for organizations to upgrade a Windows Embedded ...

Microsoft released two editions of its Windows Embedded 8 Industry product today. Windows Embedded 8 Industry is the successor product to Windows Embedded POSReady 7 for retail industries, but ...

Back in November 2012, Microsoft officials said the first of its Windows Embedded 8 offerings would be available in March. Right on schedule, on March 20, the two primary SKUs of Microsoft's latest ...

Microsoft officials have begun sharing some roadmaps for the next versions of its many Windows Embedded operating system offerings, including plans to update some of them so they're based on Windows 8 ...

After launching Windows Embedded 8 in March, Microsoft has now released a new version of its embedded OS that's made for smaller devices. It's called Windows Embedded Compact 2013 and it's been made ...

Developers working with Windows Embedded Compact 2013 couldn't use the latest version of Visual Studio for their projects. That changed with yesterday's release of an update that made it compatible ...

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 has been available since June of last year. As the name implies, it's for writing embedded systems software like point-of-sale machines, RFID scanners and consumer ...

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 ...

While Microsoft is pushing Windows 7 and its upcoming Windows 8 software as a solution for tablet PCs as well as desktop and notebook computers, the company also has another operating system that ...

German board maker congatec has launched a Windows Embedded Compact 7 version of its QMX6 Qseven module based on the Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex A9 processor. Windows Embedded Compact 7 (WEC7) is the ...

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