In its latest salvo in the battle for platform dominance on specialized devices, Microsoft has released its newest Windows Embedded operating system to developers. Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Embedded Standard in preview or beta form on Wednesday, and said it will be rolled out to the market-at-large in the fourth quarter of 2008. Embedded Standard takes its place in a line of operating systems designed to run on a range of devices that continue to get smaller and more specialized for particular uses and locations.
