Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) is a smaller footprint version of Windows 7 that allows customers to repurpose existing PCs as thin clients without requiring the VDA license to access VDI desktops. WinTPC replaces WinFLP. In addition, WinTPC will offer:

Internet Explorer 9 has now been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its Monday night release. That is over 27 downloads
every second, or over 240 downloads every 9 seconds. Wow.

Microsoft has officially stated that build 7601.17514.101119-1850 is the final RTM version of Windows 7.

WinRumors exclusively revealed earlier on Wednesday that the software giant is planning to release Windows 7 SP1 on February 22. Microsoft has now confirmed it has Released to Manufacturing the first Service Pack for Windows 7. “Today we officially handed off the final release (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to our OEM partners” said Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc in a statement on Wednesday. LeBlanc also confirmed the build number in a blog comment on Thursday. “@Cosmin, the full build number is 7601.17514.101119-1850. ” said LeBlanc.

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 SP1 will Release to Manufacturing (RTM) today. On February 16, both will be available to current customers of the Windows Volume Licensing program, as well as subscribers to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet. On February 22, both will be available to all customers through Windows Update and will also come preinstalled on new servers ordered.

Microsoft has removed references to the final SP1 build for Windows 7 from an official blog post.

The software giant confirmed the golden version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 on Friday in a Russian blog post. Microsoft officials edited the post late on Friday to remove references to 7601.17514.101119-1850 and confirmed that some details of the post were inaccurate. The post was updated with the following disclaimer:

Microsoft has officially confirmed the golden version of Windows 7 SP1.

In a blog posting on Thursday, Microsoft’s Russian Windows Virtualization team confirmed that the final build of Windows 7 SP1 is 7601.17514.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850. The Russian site also explains that the Service Pack will be available publicly today. Microsoft generally releases Service Packs on a Tuesday so it’s not clear whether the Russian technet post is referring to a public release to select partners or a full web release. WinRumors understand the software giant will ship the release to its OEM partners today but that a web release is expected at a later date.

Microsoft demonstrated at a press conference on January 5 the
“next version of Windows” running on ARM processors, as many Microsoft  watchers had been expecting.

At the press conference — held a few hours before CEO Steve Ballmer will  keynote the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky showed off an early build of Windows 8 runnong on new systems-on-a-chip  (SoC) platforms from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM. To prove Microsoft isn’t abandonning the x86 architecture with Windows 8, company
officials also showed off Windows 8 running on x86 SOC.

While 2009 saw the launch of Windows 7 and the reestablishment of Microsoft's core product line as the gotta-have-it personal computer operating system, 2010 was no less momentous, with a string of important product launches. Indeed, I'd argue that 2010 was a bigger year for Microsoft for this reason, and that the products it shipped over the past 12 months will have a longer impact on its bottom line and future directions then will Windows 7. But 2010 wasn't all peaches and cream for the software giant: It also killed off a number of duds, like the ill-fated KIN and Windows Essentials Business Server, and blew it in some key product areas. Let's take a look back at a pivotal year.

Microsoft Server Application Virtualization builds on the technology used in client Application Virtualization, allowing for the separation of application configuration and state from the underlying operating system. This separation and packaging enables existing Windows applications, not specifically designed for Windows Azure, to be deployed on a Windows Azure worker role.