
Microsoft plans in April to offer developers <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5579804.html?tag=zdnn.alert">an updated test version of Longhorn,</A> along with more details on what's in store with the next major update to Windows. In an email to developers on Wednesday, Microsoft said it would offer a new developer preview release of Longhorn at the company's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, April 25-27 in Seattle. The company has also updated its WinHEC site with a preliminary list of tracks--many of which are devoted to Longhorn.