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Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05

Nov 19th, 2008 · Gregg Keizer sifted through many threads of e-mails released under the 'Vista Capable' lawsuit to dig up this jewel...More than a year before Windows Vista's release — and long before Apple started poking fun at the OS — Microsoft officials …
see also: premium · Microsoft · Windows · computer · Apple · consumer · 2005

Microsoft Feared Mac vs. Vista In '05

Nov 19th, 2008 · Gregg Keizer sifted through many threads of e-mails released under the 'Vista Capable' lawsuit to dig up this jewel...More than a year before Windows Vista's release — and long before Apple started poking fun at the OS — Microsoft officials …
see also: premium · Microsoft · Windows · computer · Apple · consumer · 2005

Seagate Acknowledges Problems With 1.5-TB HDD

Nov 11th, 2008 · Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda has been available for a couple months from multiple retailers. But shortly after release, reports of random freezes appeared on several sites. The hang apparently occurs in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Vista when streaming video …
see also: Linux · video · service · Storage · Windows Vista · Mac OS · Silence

Ballmer Admits Google Apps Are Biting Into MS Office

Oct 17th, 2008 · twitter points out coverage of a discussion between Steve Ballmer and two Gartner analysts in which the Microsoft CEO admits that Google Apps is enjoying an advantage over Office by users who want to share their documents. He points to Office Live as …
see also: Google · business · Microsoft · office · advertising · consumer · Yahoo

Maine To Skip Vista, Go Directly To Windows 7

Oct 5th, 2008 · The State of Maine is the latest organization to skip Windows Vista, which has been a near-disaster for Microsoft. An internal state document (dated September 15) uncovered by Infoweek reveals that Maine will not be upgrading its more than 11,000 personal …
see also: Redmond · software · business · Microsoft · Windows · computer · UK

Maine To Skip Vista, Go Directly To Windows 7

Oct 4th, 2008 · The State of Maine is the latest organization to skip Windows Vista, which has been a near-disaster for Microsoft. An internal state document (dated September 15) uncovered by Infoweek reveals that Maine will not be upgrading its more than 11,000 personal …
see also: Redmond · software · business · Microsoft · Windows · computer · UK

MS Reportedly Adds 6 Months of Vista Downgrade

Oct 3rd, 2008 · LiteralKa sends in a poorly sourced Reg story claiming that Microsoft has granted OEMs six more months to sell PCs using Windows Vista with the support to downgrade to Windows XP. OEMs can now offer such arrangements until July 31, 2009 — the previous …
see also: PC · Microsoft · Deadline · blogger · Vista · Windows Vista · OEM

Linux Rescues Battery Life On Vista Notebooks From Dell

Oct 3rd, 2008 · Dell is preparing to ship two enterprise-oriented Windows Vista notebooks with an interesting feature — a built-in TI OMAP (smartphone) processor that can power instantly into Linux. The 'Latitude ON' feature is said to offer 'multi-day' battery …
see also: Linux · Hardware · amulti · laptop · calendar · battery · Dell

Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience?

Sep 12th, 2008 · As part of Windows Vista's $300 million marketing rehab, Microsoft will hire an initial wave of 155 'Windows Gurus' to walk around Best Buy and Circuit City stores to answer customer questions and defend Vista's reputation against skeptics, reports say. …
see also: PC · Microsoft · Windows · Apple · customers · Tech · financial

ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista

Sep 12th, 2008 · Apple 's latest version of iTunes crashes Windows Vista when an iPod or iPhone is connected to the PC, scores of users have reported on Apple's support forum. Plug in and Vista crashes and shows the 'blue screen of death.' The errors began showing up …
see also: PC · ITunes · Apple · IPod · errors · app · death

ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista

Sep 11th, 2008 · Apple 's latest version of iTunes crashes Windows Vista when an iPod or iPhone is connected to the PC, scores of users have reported on Apple's support forum. Plug in and Vista crashes and shows the 'blue screen of death.' The errors began showing up …
see also: PC · ITunes · Apple · IPod · errors · app · death

Mozilla's Thought On Google's Chrome

Sep 2nd, 2008 · tandiond writes to tell us that in a recent blog posting, Mozilla CEO John Lily shared his thoughts on Google's new browser project, Chrome, and what that means for Mozilla. "It should come as no real surprise that Google has done something here — …
see also: Europe · Google · business · blog · Microsoft · world · interview

Corporate Gaming Is Good For Business

Aug 27th, 2008 · The Economist is running a story about how gaming is on the rise in corporate environments, and how games are also becoming a popular tool for advertising. From internally developed games to commercial offerings to simply creating a framework in which …
see also: software · productivity · business · framework · Microsoft · Windows · Commercial

Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video

Aug 25th, 2008 · If you browse to the Democratic Convention website and attempt to check out any of their upcoming streams, you bump into the following limitation: 'We're sorry, but the Democratic Convention video web site isn't compatible with your operating system and/or …
see also: Linux · video · computer · Website · Firefox · OS · Windows Vista

One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP?

Aug 18th, 2008 · More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, said performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software, which operates a community-based testing network. "The 35% is …
see also: PC · network · research · company · community · Benchmarks · OS

Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista

Jul 23rd, 2008 · PoliTech notes in a journal entry that "Vista is the gift that just keeps on giving." "Speaking during SanDisk's second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and [CEO] Eli Harari said that Windows Vista will present a special challenge for solid …
see also: desktop · technology · environment · memory · Vista · Windows Vista · CEO

20 Features Windows 7 Should Include

Jul 14th, 2008 · Australian computer expert Vito Cassisi has come up with a list of 20 features that Windows 7 should have. The article includes features like modularized OS, new UAC, program caching, standards compliant browser and a whole lot more with explanations …
see also: Microsoft · Windows · computer · modular · OS · Windows Vista · compliant

Windows 7 Won't Have Compact "MinWin" Kernel

May 28th, 2008 · An anonymous reader points us to an interview Microsoft's Windows 7 development chief, Steven Sinofsky, did with CNet. He reveals that Windows 7 will be a further evolution of Vista, and will lose the rumored MinWin kernel. "We're very clear that drivers …
see also: software · Microsoft · Windows · interview · Windows Server · CNet · evolution

VIA Open Platform Mini-Notebook Serves up Linux

May 27th, 2008 · VIA is attempting to outdo the ASUS Eee PC with its new OpenBook platform reference design that not only offers up extra features but also supports many more operating system choices as well. The exterior design is pretty damn sexy and is built around …
see also: Linux · network · Mini · products · computer · download · platform

Gaining System-Level Access To Vista

May 26th, 2008 · This video shows a method by which a user can use a Linux distro called BackTrack to gain system access to Windows Vista without logging into Windows or knowing the username or password for any accounts. To accomplish this, the user renames cmd.exe to …
see also: Linux · video · distro · Windows · administration · Vista · Windows Vista







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