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• TechEd 2006: Microsoft creates "Forefront" brand for security software
  Monday 12 June 2006 – 03:35
  The "Day Zero" keynote speeches from Microsoft's Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia on Sunday night were full of promises, including four that may become company mantras as the year progresses. But there was little specific product news besides the introduction of the Forefront brand for security solutions - among the missing items was any mention of "Windows Server 2007."
• Microsoft details performance of Vista's SuperFetch, ReadyDrive
  Thursday 15 June 2006 – 05:10
  Microsoft provided some more details on what may become one of Vista's most popular features - the performance accelerator "SuperFetch." According to first public demonstrations, the technologies can boost application startup times by up to 200% - simply by using Flash memory. Extra: See the demonstration in our Image Gallery
• TechEd 2006: Microsoft demonstrates first PowerShell release candidate
  Wednesday 14 June 2006 – 08:49
  Microsoft today demonstrated the first release candidate of the Windows command line shell now called PowerShell. Software architect Jeffrey Snover revealed that it is a design goal for PowerShell to run as the command provider for all Windows administrator tools, including Microsoft Management Console.
• TechEd 2006: Lonely? Spend some time with Microsoft's bots.
  Wednesday 14 June 2006 – 05:24
  In perhaps the clearest indication at TechEd 2006 that everything old is new again, yesterday, Microsoft demonstrated a new set of APIs that will be compatible with the company's Windows Live Messenger program, that will enable automated services to communicate to users using natural language.
• TechEd 2006 Day 1 Slideshow: New features for Office 2007, flash acceleration for Vista
  Tuesday 13 June 2006 – 06:19
  We are wrapping up day 1 of Microsoft's 2006 TechEd Conference as Microsoft has provided surprisingly few details so far about its packed roadmaps for Windows Vista, its server variant and the upcoming Office 2007.

• TechEd 2006 Opinion: Ray Ozzie's little disruption*
  Monday 19 June 2006 – 05:27
  When he took the stage in Boston to give the keynote address at Microsoft TechEd 2006, Ray Ozzie may have known he was ascending to a throne whose warm-up act was Bill Gates. His attitude up there seemed to indicate he's testing whether people are ready for him. The question he left us with is, is he ready for them?