The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead (Monday 01st of December 2008 11:00:01 PM)
Several readers pointed out a ComputerWorld UK blog piece on the expanding ripples of the Vista
fiasco. Glyn Moody quotes an earlier prober piece about Vista, which he notes "has been
memorably described as DRM masquerading as an business expenses system": ...
(more)Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:45:01 AM)
CWmike writes "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 ...
(more)Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 07:30:01 AM)
An nameless reader notes a posting up at a law blog with the provocative title Does Your Boss
Have to Pay You While You Wait for Vista to Boot Up?. (Provocative because Vista doesn't boot
more slowly than any one thing else, necessarily, as one ...
(more)HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 07:30:01 AM)
More proof are coming out in court affairs over the Vista Capable debacle. Internetnews.com has
good inclusion of HP's fury over Microsoft lowering the requirements for a Vista Capable
sticker, at Intel's request. "Intel embassy may have been pleased ...
(more)Windows 7 Benchmarks Show Little Improvement On Vista (Tuesday 11th of November 2008 09:45:01 PM)
Snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy examines Windows 7 from the kernel up, subjecting
the 'pre-beta' to a battery of benchmarks to find any signs that the OS will be faster, more
responsive, and less resource-intensive than the bloated Vista, as ...
(more)Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day (Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 05:30:01 AM)
Arcticstoat points out an article at Custom PC, gospel to which: "Microsoft has announced that
today is Global Anti-Piracy Day. Launching several global initiatives, the aim is to raise
third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. ...
(more)Gateway MC7803u hands-on (Monday 20th of October 2008 06:01:00 AM)
Filed under: Laptops
If you're looking for being with a little style and refinement in the PC
world, you have a few options -- and Gateway has added another with its latest laptop, the
MC7803u. The comely 16-incher isn't just looks; it packs a 2GHz Core ...
(more)Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC (Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:45:02 PM)
Barence writes "Engineers working on Windows 7 have admitted Vista's User Account Control was
too intrusive, and are promising to tone it down in the impending Windows 7. 'We've heard loud
and clear that you are frustrated,' says Microsoft creator Ben ...
(more)HP May Be Developing Its Own Version of Linux (Saturday 13th of September 2008 09:45:01 AM)
Vondiggity writes to tell us that HP is working on several unique ways to make an end run
around Vista. Among the plans is also a conjectural rumor that certain factions within HP are
third world nation their own flavor of Linux. supervisors at HP ...
(more)ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista (Friday 12th of September 2008 09:30:01 AM)
CWmike writes "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 ...
(more)Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems (Thursday 11th of September 2008 08:15:01 AM)
Notdagreatbrain writes "Maximum PC just posted a lengthy feature looking back at the myriad
problems that went into Microsoft's 6 billion dollar failure of the Vista launch. Aside from
running benchmarks comparing Vista at launch how its depiction now, ...
(more)Poll: Is Microsoft's new ad working? (Friday 05th of September 2008 03:21:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
By now you've doubtless watched the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld
Microsoft ad a dozen or so times (if not, get to it). If you're like us, you've got a healthy
remark versant about what the new expedition means, and whether or ...
(more)Mozilla's Thoughts On Google's Chrome (Tuesday 02nd of September 2008 09:15:01 PM)
Tandiond writes to tell us that in a recent blog posting, Mozilla CEO John Lily shared his
emotions on Google's new browser project, Chrome, and what that means for Mozilla. "It should
come as no real unsettle that Google has done article here — ...
(more)Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1 (Thursday 31st of July 2008 07:45:01 AM)
Alsee writes "Welcome to our first real taste of Trusted Computing: With Vista adventure and
Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 1 refuses to install on dual boot systems. Trusted auditing is one
of the many things that got cut from Vista, but traces of it remain ...
(more)Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista (Wednesday 23rd of July 2008 11:15:01 PM)
PoliTech notes in a journal entry that "Vista is the gift that just keeps on giving." "Speaking
during SanDisk's second-quarter earnings parley call, administrator and [CEO] Eli Harari said
that Windows Vista will present a special challenge for solid ...
(more)Vent Steam Vista = Fail? (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 06:01:18 AM)
Last Night at around 2:00 AM Eastern US time, I was just sittin in the Horde Chat on the vent,
when a person by the name of 'Ateo' came into the section and procceded to say the following:
Ateo : "H..ell..o??"So I've got my free ...
(more)The difference between Vista and Office (Thursday 10th of July 2008 06:02:32 AM)
One of the challenges in retail is when customers buy a PC with Windows on it and think they
also have Microsoft Office. They get home all excited to write their first letter on Word and
find to their dismay that it isn't installed. Microsoft ...
(more)Does Ballmer Need To Go? (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 12:39:22 PM)
Pickens notes a TechCrunch disruption wondering — after Windows Vista and the failed
Yahoo bid — whether Steve Ballmer's days at Microsoft are numbered. "Ballmer has been the
big driver behind [the Yahoo] deal at Microsoft — some would ...
(more)Coding Around UAC's Security Limitations (Monday 28th of April 2008 12:39:46 AM)
Mariam writes "Free os/2 developers from the non-profit NeoSmart Technologies have published a
report recitation their experience with coding around Windows Vista's UAC limitations,
including the steps they took to make their os perform system actions ...
(more)Ballmer Calls Vista 'A Work In Progress' (Sunday 20th of April 2008 05:55:13 PM)
Shanen tips us to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer story about lowdown* from Steve Ballmer at a
symposium earlier this week during which he referred to Vista as "a work in progress." He also
admitted that the 5-year release cycle wasn't a good idea. Despite ...
(more)Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits (Thursday 03rd of April 2008 12:30:04 PM)
Preedit writes "Nick White, the in-house Microsoft blogger who wrote about all things Vista,
has resigned. White is leaving Redmond to join the blog-centric trade and public
domestic-relations court firm BuzzCorps. White did not provide a reason for his ...
(more)MacBook Air reviewed... as a Windows machine (Friday 21st of March 2008 02:33:00 AM)
Filed under: Laptops
There are a lot of reasons to pick another laptop over the MacBook Air --
especially if you're into little things like "useful ports" -- but the comparison to non-Apple
fittings isn't even relevant unless you're willing to switch ...
(more)Microsoft Submits Windows 7 for Antitrust Review (Thursday 13th of March 2008 01:00:10 PM)
An unacknowledged reader writes "Microsoft has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the
jury that oversees its US antitrust compliance, to ensure the operating budget system is
meeting the terms of the company's agreement with the government. ...
(more)Microsoft Cuts Vista Price In 70 Countries (Friday 29th of February 2008 04:03:15 PM)
Dforristall alerts us to an odd move by Microsoft: cutting the price of retail boxes of Vista
in many markets. Analysts didn't see this one coming, and they are scratching their heads a bit
over it; one called it "very unheard of." The price cuts ...
(more)"Vista Capable" Lawsuit Is Now a Class Action (Sunday 24th of February 2008 07:30:05 AM)
An anonymous reader notes an update in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporting that the
lawsuit against Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" trade attack has been granted class-action
status. We discussed the company's internal misgivings with this transplanting ...
(more)Did Amazon Induce Vista's Premature Birth? (Friday 22nd of February 2008 07:00:05 AM)
Theodp writes "A recent Amazon SEC filing sheds light on the puzzling departure of Microsoft
Sr. VP Brian Valentine in Sept. 2006. Valentine is the Gen. George Patton-like figure charged
with pushing Vista developers, who dumped the still not-ready-for-prime-time ...
(more)Microsoft VP: "I personally got burnt" by Vista Capable stickers (Tuesday 12th of February 2008 09:04:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsThose "Vista Capable" stickers sure caused consumers a lot of
confusion, and it looks like they even tripped up some senior Microsoft execs. proper to
internal MS emails introduced as demonstration in the ongoing lawsuit ...
(more)Microsoft Responds to 'Save XP' Petition (Thursday 07th of February 2008 06:15:05 PM)
DaMassive writes "Computerworld Australia is running a story with a response from Microsoft to
Infoworld's SAVE XP suit Web site, which has gathered over 75,000 signatures so far. Apparently
Microsoft is aware of the petition, but says it is "listening ...
(more)Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing (Tuesday 05th of February 2008 04:00:02 PM)
Reverend Ninja writes "According to the Windows Vista team blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been
released to manufacturing. It appears we'll have to wait until mid-March to play with it
though, as the team cites that they want everyone to have a 'great install ...
(more)Linux Has Better Windows Compatibility Than Vista (Saturday 02nd of February 2008 11:30:04 AM)
Several readers have written to tell us about one users rant in which he tells the story of
being so frustrated with gaming on Windows Vista that he tried comparing gaming on Vista to
that on Linux using Wine, with from left field* results. "This ...
(more)
.