According to reports, Microsoft has eliminated the hardware blockade for using Windows 7 XP Mode, but has forbidden users from using the feature. Microsoft found that a great number of consumers are still dependent on the legacy Windows XP operating system, and intended to give those customers an offer to upgrade to Windows 7 by providing a way of maintaining backward compatibility.

Recent reports have speculated that technology giant Microsoft could be in the process of preparing to support third-party USB storage for saving and loading game information and data. As has been revealed in what is supposedly a Microsoft engineering document, the new capability would be made available for the Xbox 360 gaming console as well, sometime this spring.

Going by the screenshots and documentation posted on game blog Joystiq, Microsoft intends a late this year firmware update for its Xbox 360 system software, whereby a USB memory device will be added to support the console.

Microsoft’s launch of its browser choice to all the Windows users on March 1 has doubled the downloading rate of Web Browser Opera's Software.

Rather than Microsoft Installing its own automatic Internet Explorer, it offers its customers 12 browser choices. The screen enables users to switch browsers more than any existing software offers.

On Thursday, Microsoft declared that it has released its first service pack for Windows 7, which will include only slight updates.

Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc, in his post stated that, for Windows 7, SP1 includes only minor updates which would be done soon.

Microsoft has recently proclaimed that Windows XP is unable to support the recent Internet Explorer 9 browser due to the security restrictions in XP which will disable the operating system's functions in the new browser.

The company announced the failure of XP in providing support this week, while releasing the first preview of IE9.

A new research reveals that enterprises are giving a warm welcome to Windows 7, and the response garnered is much better as compared to Vista.

Last year, Sony had announced the smaller and cheaper redesign of its PlayStation 3, as the PS3 slim. The product, which was well received, came with a $100 price rebate and sold over a million units within the first week of its release.

The platform preview of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 released on Tuesday showed that the web browser performed 7.8 times better than Internet Explorer 8.

This comes as welcome news to web programmers since it ensures that various web standards will now become safer to use.

The users will be able to perform a single-tap action on the Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series as it will not permit users to cut, copy or paste text. The company’s newest smartphone operating system will fall short of some other features like Adobe Flash Support.

It will roll out to the customers as well as the businesses towards the end of 2010.