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Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade 2008-03-08 16:46:43 Free Windows
… Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software. And with the exception of pirated copies of the Window operating system there is no association between “free” [...] Read more:Vista
, Business
, Parade
IBM Brings ‘Microsoft-free’ PCs to Europe 2008-03-07 19:27:48 IBM teams with Austrian and Polish system integrators to supply Linux-based systems in Europe
.
In a move to challenge Microsoft
on the desktop, IBM has teamed up with Austrian and Polish system integrators to supply the emerging Eastern European and Russian business PC markets with "Microsoft-free" systems based on Red Hat Linux and open standards-based productivity [...] Read more:IBM
What the iPhone 2.0 Will Do 2008-03-07 19:26:31 This June, Apple will release a major update to its iPhone
software, including new features for businesses and broad support for third-party software. We examine exactly what this new update will mean to you.
Apple is readying significant enhancements to the software in its iPhone handset for later this year. The company takes cues from [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare Wants McAfee Out! 2008-03-07 19:24:21 It seems that Windows
Live OneCare
fails to play well with other security solutions. As a general rule it is ill advised to run security products simultaneously on the same machine. The fact of the matter is that antiviruses not only fail to coexist, but also interfere with one another to the point where the [...] Read more:Microsoft
, McAfee
, Windows Live
, Windows Live OneCare
IE8 Beta 1 and Windows XP SP3 - Microsoft: IE8 Beta 1 will run on XP SP3 when it’s available 2008-03-07 19:23:00 Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is the first taste of the next iteration of Microsoft
’s Internet Explorer. Delivered to the general public following the MIX08 presentation of Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager Internet Explorer, IE8 Beta 1 is available
for download for a variety of flavors of Windows
. According to the official Microsoft download page [...]
Microsoft Submits Windows 7 for U.S. Antitrust Review 2008-03-12 21:00:40 The next-generation version of Windows
(code name Windows 7) will face an antitrust review by U.S. regulators.
Microsoft
has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the committee that oversees its U.S. antitrust compliance, to ensure the operating system is meeting the terms of the company’s agreement with the government.
According to last week’s status [...]
Mozilla Speeds Up Firefox 2008-03-12 20:59:22 Firefox 3.0 is dramatically faster than its predecessor and rivals, benchmark tests claim.
Firefox 3.0 is dramatically faster than its predecessor and rivals, benchmark tests claim — the result of hundreds of performance improvements designed to make the open-source browser the best at running complex Web 2.0 applications, Mozilla
Corp.’s chief developer said Wednesday.
“We’ve [...] Read more:Firefox
Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 for 2010 – No Word on Windows 7 M2 2008-03-12 20:57:21 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows
7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select partners in January 2008, a potential timetable for the availability of the successor of Windows Vista was also made public. According to [...] Read more:Microsoft
Microsoft Plugs a Dozen Office Security Holes 2008-03-12 19:25:31 Microsoft has plugged no less than 12 security holes in its Office System. According to Tami Gallupe, MSRC Release Manager, all of the four security bulletins come with a maximum severity rating of Critical, a rating associated with the risk of allowing remote code execution. Five vulnerabilities impacting Office Outlook, Office and Office Web were [...] Read more:Microsoft
, Plugs
, Dozen
, Holes
The Evolution of the Address Bar in IE8 Beta 1 2008-03-12 14:28:37 Moving forward from IE7 to Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, the evolution of Microsoft’s proprietary browser is not focused exclusively under the hood, with some of the changes reverberating to the surface. The new Address
Bar in IE8 Beta 1 comes to the table with both overhauled features and capabilities, as well as lost functionality. [...] Read more:Evolution
Hackers Attack Trend Micro 2008-03-14 13:24:38 The security vendor was one of the victims of a widespread Web attack this week.
Security vendor Trend Micro
has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days.
A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company’s site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the [...] Read more:Hackers
Xbox 360: To Blu-ray or Not to Blu-ray? 2008-03-14 13:23:11 Those folks at Sony are the biggest kidders, to liberally paraphrase Xbox
360 product manager Aaron Greenberg. Greenberg just told Reuters that Microsoft is in fact decidedly not in talks with Sony to do anything whatsoever with Blu-ray and the Xbox 360.
Instead? Focus on online distribution of content, i.e. directing Xbox 360 owners [...]
Microsoft, Yahoo: Back in Talks? 2008-03-14 13:21:21 Negotiations for an acquisition may be on, a month after Yahoo
rejects Microsoft
’s first offer, according to reports.
Microsoft and Yahoo executives met earlier this week to discuss Microsoft’s initial $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Falling Behind Firefox 3.0, Microsoft Plans No Big Changes for IE8’s User Interface 2008-03-14 13:19:27 Just in case you were holding your breath for some big changes in the graphical user interface of Internet Explorer 8, it is right about time to exhale. Already behind Mozilla’s Firefox
3.0 in terms of the development process, Microsoft
plans nothing spectacular for the IE8 GUI. The first taste of Internet Explorer 8, [...] Read more:Interface
Microsoft Throws Buckets of Money at the Google Monopoly 2008-03-14 12:54:25 With the unsolicited acquisition proposal for Yahoo at the beginning of February, Microsoft
proved that it was more than willing to put its financial resources at work in order to catch up with Google
. Microsoft’s $44.5 billion marriage proposal is still valid, with the Redmond company working to erode Yahoo’s initial negative answer into [...] Read more:Money
Vista SP1 to hit Windows Update Tuesday, reports say 2008-03-16 14:55:19 Retail copies, sporting new lower prices, also set to debut this week
Microsoft will release WindowsVista
Service Pack 1 next week to a wider audience, according to information posted on Amazon.com and reports from a Web site that correctly called SP1’s ship date last month.
Amazon currently lists Vista SP1 retail copies as available next [...] Read more:Update
, Tuesday
Mass Web-Based Attacks Prey on Windows 2008-03-16 14:50:41 Security company McAfee has warned of a new mass web-based attacks preying on the Windows
operating system. The first attack was initially discovered on March 12 and it involved SQL injection. Craig Schmugar, threat research manager, McAfee Avert Labs, revealed that initially McAfee detected in excess of 10,000 compromised pages. Essentially, users are diverted from [...]
Microsoft Suggests XP SP3 RC2 the Final Pit Stop – RTM Next 2008-03-15 18:47:13 Release Candidate 2 could very well be the final beta stage of the Windows XP Service Pack 3. At least this is what Microsoft
is indicating. However, there is no official confirmation at this point in time of the fact that XP SP2 RC2 is indeed the last pit stop of the service pack [...] Read more:Final
Top 10 Next-Generation Windows 7 Computers 2008-03-15 18:45:05 The next-generation of Windows
computers represents a consistent shift from the now traditional model of PCs. While, with the continual evolution of technology, the next generation of Windows machines are bound to deliver under the hood improvements from extra CPU and GPU horse power, to more efficient storage, all tucked away in an ever [...] Read more:Generation
Here Are the Drivers That Don’t Play Well with Vista SP1 RTM - According to Microsoft 2008-03-19 00:26:40 Windows Vista
Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But end users had to exercise their patience another month and a half before they could get their hands on Vista SP1 RTM. As of March 18, 2008, the Redmond company has made Vista SP1 available via Windows Update and the [...] Read more:Drivers
, Microsoft
Windows (Vista SP1, XP SP3, Windows 7) - SkyDrive Synchronization 2008-03-19 00:12:32 Microsoft plans to deliver an intimate connection between its Windows
client and its cloud storage service hosted under the Windows Live umbrella brand. The Redmond company has continually been hinting at the bridging of its Windows desktop operating system with the Windows Live suite of services and products, as an integral part of the [...] Read more:Vista
Windows XP SP3 Build 5503 - Available for download via torrent trackers 2008-03-18 00:20:12 Windows XP Service Pack 3 is yet to reach the end of its evolution, even if RTM is reportedly just around the corner. The last official step Microsoft took with the third and final service pack for XP was to deliver the public versions of Release Candidate 2 in English, German and Japanese on [...] Read more:Windows
, Build
Windows XP vs. Vista: An Explosion of Opinion 2008-03-20 12:24:04 A thousand people told us how they felt about Microsoft’s plans to discontinue Windows
XP. Here’s a sampling of their thoughts on XP’s fate, the state of Vista
, Linux, OS X, and more.
When I posted a little survey concerning the news that Microsoft plans to discontinue most sales of Windows XP on June 30th, [...] Read more:Explosion
Test Results: Does SP1 Fix Vista? 2008-03-20 12:19:45 When it comes to Vista
, the fix is in. It’s just not the fix many mainstream users are looking for.
Last fall, Microsoft announced that Vista Service Pack 1 would improve the operating system’s performance. The company claimed that SP1 would rev up Vista in the areas of file copying, waking from sleep [...] Read more:Test Results
Make Room for Windows XP SP3 - Says Microsoft 2008-03-20 12:00:14 Microsoft is advising Windows
XP end users to make room for the third and final service pack designed to update the predecessor of Windows Vista by mid 2008, according to the official timetable provided by Microsoft. The move comes as testers of beta builds of XP SP3 have come across an error message when [...] Read more:Microsoft
8 Reasons Why You Can’t Get Vista SP1 RTM - According to Microsoft 2008-03-20 11:57:23 Just because Windows Vista
Service Pack 1, RTM’d on February 4, 2008, is out and about, it does not mean that you can get your hands on the final bits. In fact, there is a total of eight reasons that can prevent end users of Vista from accessing the gold bits of the service [...] Read more:Microsoft
, Reasons
Microsoft Confirms that the Leaked XP SP3 Build 5503 Is an Official Release 2008-03-20 11:54:27 Microsoft has confirmed that the leaked Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build
5503 is an official release. The Redmond company had been mute on the development of XP SP3 following the delivery of Release
Candidate 2 build 3311. In this context, when XP SP3 Build 5503 started to pop out on torrent trackers and [...] Read more:Microsoft
, Official
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