MySpace has recenlty announced that it would provide support for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Silverlight. The MySpace mobile application will be available this summer and will use MS Silverlight.

MySpace's support for Silverlight would enable app developers to create new MySpace apps so that Windows Mobile users will have a "more personal MySpace Experience" on their mobile phone.

The MySpace application will be available for download starting this Summer and will support Windows Mobile 6.1 while LG's recent Microsoft Mobile phones will have this application preloaded. 

Not even Microsoft can say for sure. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the new operating system will be released sometime in 2010, but the president of Compal, a PC contractor that builds systems for Acer and HP among others, said yesterday that he’s seen plans to release the momentum-building Windows update as early as late September or early October.

Given the fact that Windows is already promoting the much-improved tweaks between it’s beta version and upcoming release candidate and that the company has already stated there will be only one beta version and one release candidate before the final product is launched, it’s looking more and more likely that Balmer and Co. are simply playing it safe by citing a 2010 release date, just in case there are any unexpected delays.

We gave the Windows 7 Beta 4-stars, and we can’t help but feel like the OS is on the right track after taking a look at the planned improvements for the real candidate version.

It’s good to see Microsoft taking beta testers’ feedback to heart and implementing OS changes with their “customer in control” philosophy in mind. Of the 36 improvements mentioned this morning at the Engineering Windows 7 blog, here are our some of our favorites.

Adding Aero Peek to Windows Flip

Using ALT + TAB to flip through your myriad open programs is a snazzy shortcut, but adding Aero Peek to the this tool lets you see more than just program icons. It lets you see mini-sized versions of each program’s window for even more efficiency.

Greater Taskbar Space for Pinning Frequently-Used Programs

One advantage of the Windows 7 taskbar is the ability to drag-and-drop commonly used apps, “pinning” them directly to it for easy access. Windows 7 engineers have added 24-39% more space on the taskbar for pinning down programs.

More Companies Supporting Device Stage

Even more peripheral manufacturers support for Device Stage, a new Windows 7 feature that presents menus containing program options (scan, print, sync, play) and links to Web resources like instruction manuals or support forums, all accessible when you simply plug in a new device.

Better Headphone Support

Whenever we plug in a set of headphones or external speakers into our Windows 7 laptop, there’s a small delay in sound transfer or no movement at all, in which case we have to unplug the jack and plug it back it back in. The algorithm to detect new devices has been fixed to keep this from happening.

Less Confusing Drag-and-Drop for Libraries

The option of dragging-and-dropping a folder into the Libraries node is removed in the real candidate version. That’s because this functionality resulted in confusion for some users who simply wanted to create a new folder and not a new library. The distinction is important because, as Microsoft explains, “there were circumstances where people then deleted the original folder thinking it was already copied. Data loss is a grave concern of ours and we don’t want customers to suffer from such a mistake.”

There are way more improvements listed here. Check them out for yourself and tell us in the comments if you are looking forward to Windows 7? Are the Windows 7 beta and release candidate helping to erase the scars of Vista?