Updated on Aug. 4 to change great read to must read. I think it is more appropriate.

We are introducing a new category here at Techticles named Must Read. These are valuable reads and articles written in the industry that you should know of.

For a jump start, this article from NYTimes talks about Bill Gate’s decision to leave Microsoft amidst facing the biggest competition in their history.

In an excerpt:

Microsoft Windows 7 would be out in three years time, hopefully. As early as now people are speculating on the features that would be included in the new operating system.

According to reports and analysts, Microsoft may not have a list of features they are planning to include in the operating system and most likely these things would develop in the succeeding months.

There is an upcoming Microsoft SharePoint Conference to be held in 2008. It is scheduled on March 2-6 in Seattle, Washington.

We’ll give you updates as more detail pop up. The Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 website is found here.

The cumbersome process of copying the path of a file or folder in Windows Vista is finally over.

If you have a need for a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget, Vista Sidebar Gadgets can be downloaded from Microsoft’s official site—Microsoft Gallery. Likewise, if you are a developer of gadgets, it is best to upload them in the Gallery for maximum exposure.

Other sites where you can find Sidebar Gadgets:

Live Gadgets

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Hold your whistles on Windows Vista Service Pack 1. It was reported a few days back that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 beta version would be released by end of this month. Consumers are excited that the final version could be released as early as November.

Microsoft Vienna which is the successor of Windows Vista which is now internally renamed Windows 7.

Microsoft announced that Windows 7 is going to mark their goal of delivering applications on schedule. It could be remembered that Microsoft took more than five years with countless of delays before they were able to launch Windows Vista.

Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget is becoming so popular that the number of downloads is reaching astronomical heights based on the number of dowloaded items seen on the Microsoft Gadgets Gallery. These gadgets are the small panels located on the right side of your Windows Vista desktop. The Vista Gagets. Vista sidebar gadgets has the ability to perform different functions.

Overview

The Microsoft vista gadgets are mini applications designed to occupy a small area of Windows Vista desktop to intended provide usable features and tasks that extend the power of Windows Vista.

The SharePoint Server 2007 SDK is a software download which add templates like the SharePoint Workflow Sequential Library when creating a workflow solution in Visual Studio.

As Microsoft reports on their download page:

Brief Description

The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

I cannot understand how come so many losers buy into whiners of Windows Vista. I cannot understand why people would rally in trashing the new operating system instead of making things work, making the most of what they paid for and contribute back to make the operating system much better. I cannot understand why all the blame is pointed to Microsoft Windows Vista.

Well, come to think of it, being on a positive side of a new technology requires brain activitiy which is not something losers would want to spend time in.