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More new Microsoft codenames, A to ZPosted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on Jul 14, 2008 9:01 AM
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For those, like me, who like keeping track of Microsoft codenames, here are a couple of new ones to add to your file: Austin and Zermatt.[Read the rest]

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A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Scorpio
The last Microsoft Codename a Day for August is Scorpio, a k a the 80 GB Zune 2 many are expecting Microsoft to release this holiday season. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 31, 2007 5:40 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Nautilus
Today's Microsoft codename of the day is "Nautilus." Yes, as in shell. The Visual Studio shell, to be exact. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 30, 2007 9:32 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Falcon
Falcon and Zephyr are both Fords. And also both codenames for Xbox 360 components, as noted in today's Microsoft Codename of the Day entry. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 29, 2007 1:38 PM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Blue
Today's Microsoft Codename of the day: Blue. If you guessed "Blue" might have something to do with "cloud," you're seemingly on the right track. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 28, 2007 7:36 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Stirling
Stirling is the codename for Microsoft's next-gen version of its Forefront enterprise security products. Microsoft revealed the codename in the summer of 2007, but the deliverables aren't set to begin... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 27, 2007 6:11 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Springfield
Microsoft codename "Springfield": Is it just another of Microsoft's ever-expanding family of city codenames? Or is Homer Simpson involved, somehow? [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 24, 2007 8:26 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Milan
Today's Microsoft codename of the day is Milan, a k a, the Microsoft Surface tabletop -- the first units of which are due to go to customers this fall. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 23, 2007 8:52 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Magellan
I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 22, 2007 7:30 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Gatineau
The month of Microsoft codenames on "All About Microsoft" continues. Today's entry: Gatineau. Gatineau is a city in Western Quebec ... and the codename of Microsoft's Web-analytics offering for adCenter. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 21, 2007 6:37 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Warsaw
Today's Microsoft codename of the day is "Warsaw," which is yet another of Microsoft's unified-communications components. Microsoft is looking to build out its line of unified communications products as both... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 20, 2007 5:41 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Ibiza
Another day, another Microsoft codename. Today's Codename of the Day: Ibiza. And today's question: Is Ibiza the new name for "Harmonica"? Or is this online/offline synchronization technology something close but... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 17, 2007 11:17 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Harmonica
Today's Microsoft code name of the day: Harmonica Best guess on what it is: A P2P data synchronization service that could be key to Microsoft's cloud-computing vision [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 16, 2007 1:15 PM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Montauk
Montauk: The very tip of Long Island. And also the codename of a new commercial-simulation program under development by Microsoft, that will build on the Flight Simulator and Train Simulator... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 15, 2007 9:52 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tahiti
Microsoft seems to have quite the island theme going with some of its recent codenames. There's Fiji, Hawaii, Greenland and -- today's Microsoft Code Name of the Day entry --... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 14, 2007 7:53 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Greenland
The Microsoft Code Name of the Day series continues with "Greenland," yet another of Microsoft's growing family of place-name-themed codenames. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 13, 2007 7:49 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Avalanche
A few years back, there was much to-do over Microsoft developing what was described as a "BitTorrent killer." That technology, code-named "Avalanche," is finally out in pre-beta form. You can... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 10, 2007 9:41 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Cosmos
The Microsoft Code Name of the Day is Cosmos. Cosmos, according to sources experienced in the ways of the orderly, systematic universe, is a forthcoming data storage/processing framework for Live... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 9, 2007 9:38 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Volta
Today's Microsoft Code Name of the Day: Volta. Volta, named for the father of the "volt" unit of power, is a Microsoft research project dedicated to "stretching the .Net programming... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 8, 2007 10:08 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Jasper
I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 7, 2007 7:02 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Astoria
Today's Microsoft Code Name of the Day: Astoria. Astoria consists of multiple pieces: Bits you can install on your own systems (a Community Technology Preview of which Microsoft introduced at... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 6, 2007 6:04 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tolesto
Today's Microsoft code name: Tolesto. Tolesto is one of the three orbiting moons of Saturn. It's also the core subset of Microsoft's Common Language Runtime. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 3, 2007 5:55 AM
A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Confucius
I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Aug 2, 2007 6:09 AM
Microsoft readies new 'Tahiti' collaboration service
Microsoft is about to begin testing a new collaboration service, code-named "Tahiti," according to private beta testers. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 28, 2007 2:04 PM
Microsoft's Windows 'Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven
It turns out that "Fiji" is, indeed, an interim Windows release and it is NOT Vista SP1. Fiji is the codename for the next version of Windows Media Center. And... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 19, 2007 9:53 AM
Microsoft 'Quattro': Fourth time's the charm
"Quattro," a k a Windows Home Server, has been a puzzle to me, in terms of its codename. It didn't seem to fit with the other members of the Windows... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 6, 2007 12:48 PM
Goodbye, 'Vienna.' Hello 'Windows 7'
It's February 1: The first "official" day of the Steven Sinofsky Windows era. That means, among other things, that it's time to move beyond the vista-themed family of codenames and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 1, 2007 8:49 AM
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Centro
Today's final entry in the December 2006 "Microsoft Code Name a Day" series is "Centro," aka Microsoft's Windows Server SKU aimed at mid-sized businesses. I know there are lots more... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 30, 2006 6:25 AM
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Creekside
Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 29, 2006 7:47 AM
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Sedna
The vibrant (and vocal) Microsoft Visual FoxPro community is involved in a couple of projects with planetary code names: Sedna and SednaX. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 28, 2006 7:45 AM
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Carmine
There's one more week to go of Microsoft code names on this blog. Today's entry: Carmine, aka System Center Virtual Machine Manager. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 27, 2006 7:46 AM
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