Christopher Vaughan over at IE blog reminisces on ten years of IE development : “The first Microsoft product I ever shipped, Windows 95, launched 10 years ago today. Around the same time we also launched Internet Explorer 1.0 (though with considerably less fanfare), which quickly gave way to IE 2.0 (which shipped with the Plus! […]
Paul Thurrott has been comparing the vanities of Vista and Tiger over at WinSupersite. Both these ladies win some approval, but with many qualifications. Vista is behind, but catching up on the four-year lead of the Mac OS. “Windows Vista Beta 1 closes the gap, though I don’t think the beta Aero UI we’re seeing […]
According to a press release from Redmond, Microsoft is releasing its much talked about phishing filter for Windows IE7 as a beta add-in for the MSN toolbar :
“REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 30, 2005 — MSN today unveiled two new MSN® Search Toolbar Add-ins, enabling people to customize their toolbar to their specific interests and providing […]
According to Paul Thurrott at WindowsItPro, Windows Vista will be in the shops by November 15, 2006. Thurrott says :
“Microsoft is planning to ship Windows Vista Beta 2 in late 2005, not in early 2006. According to internal documentation I recently reviewed, Vista Beta 2 is scheduled to be “feature complete” by September 29, 2005. […]
Quoted in Forbes magazine, A.G. Edwards believes the impact of Google’s new offerings will be “minimal at best”, but that they had opened up a lead over Vista in content aggregating.
“With these launches, Google continues to encroach into the territory of Microsoft’s desktop operating system and Web-based tools,” said A.G. Edwards. “We note that Google’s […]
In an interview with Managing Director of Federal Government Affairs, Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft PressPass asked about the difficulty of filling technology jobs at Microsoft.
PressPass: Bill Gates also discussed the challenge Microsoft faces in filling jobs in specialized areas due to a shortage of highly trained U.S. professionals. Are there any legislative efforts that Microsoft supports […]
Turning a Windows computer off has always been a bit of a lottery as the sleep mode could be overrided by applications still running. Windows XP offers several “off” options, including hibernate, standby, and shut down. Pat Stemen, a Program Manager in Microsoft’s Core Operating-system Division said : “Users don’t always understand the difference.”
However, […]
Windows Vista’s icons let you look inside files and folders by previewing their contents with representations of the actual files.
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Tom Rizzo of Microsoft’s WinFS team blogs the early release of WinFS Beta 1. WinFS is a relational file system that can store documents, email messages, photos and multimedia files, plus structured data from applications in a common way.
“There are some exciting things with this beta including Windows XP support. The end game for […]
Now here’s a question deserving an answer. What exactly will Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista, due for release late 2006, do for Probloggers?
Q: Should I pay the reported high price for the hardware ~ extra RAM and graphics capability?
A: According to a review in eweek, “We expect that Vista will run well with […]
New signs that Microsoft is resurrecting its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerlly called Palladium. The company is spreading the word to hardware manufacturers and software developers that Secure Startup is the first delivery of this project.
“The number one goal is to prevent attackers from using software tools to get at information that is at […]
In Windows Vista, Microsoft is following the lead of Linux and Mac OS X in making limited rights the norm for running applications and processes.
A lot of the spyware incursions that Windows users have faced in recent years has occurred because the OS is usually run with elevated administrative privileges. In these cases, all […]
As we have implied here many times, Windows Vista will need a gaming-level graphics card to get the full effect from the Aero Glass enhanced 3-D facility. But is it worth it?
In a new review of Build 5112 of the operating system, eweek sounds a dubious note on the issue : “… as far as […]
Contrary to some opinions, eweek magazine gives a cautious thumbs-up to Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. In a new review of the current Beta 1 version, eweek’s Jason Brooks concludes : “Vista will offer compelling new bits to users, administrators and developers alike. Provided that Microsoft … can manage to iron out all the wrinkles, […]
According to Sal Cangeloso over at XYZ Computing, Linux should try to capitalize on the problems the Windows Vista team is having getting the operating system up to full original spec without breaking the memory bank : “the changes are constantly being scaled back from what was originally promised. Whether it’s the lack of a […]
Another in our series of Windows Vista screenshots, this time it’s the control panel that takes centre stage.
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Adobe commenter John Nack hits back at some reports that Microsoft wants to take some of Adobe’s marketshare with its Acrylic product. We have said as much in these pages : “We understand that sources at Redmond say that Expression Studio’s principal aim is to take back some of the design ground conceded to Adobe […]
Job opportunities over at Scobleizer : “Do you want to write a Windows Vista book? I know of a book publisher (not Wiley) that is looking for Windows Vista authors. If interested, just leave a note and how to get ahold of you here,” says Robert Scoble.
If anyone is interested, leave a comment in his […]
Microsoft officials have admitted that one of their biggest challenges in continuing to expand the Windows business is the impression among some customers that older Windows versions are good enough. Windows 95, which is ten years old, is a good example of the loyalty factor ~ or should that be inertia?.
On August 24, 1995, thousands […]
Download Squad’s Victor Agreda, Jr puts up a rather hair-raising review of soft32’s offering of IE7 Beta 1. The download is featured here in the post below, but read Agreda’s piece before trying it. Here’s a sample :
“At first I was a little worried. After a simple install my machine rebooted and the C […]
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