Microsoft is working with Samsung to build a high-resolution, 22inch widescreen Vista Monitor, which is due for release around the same time as the operating system. The computer monitor should best show the new functions and features of the new Vista operating system. Samsung confirmed it is working with Microsoft to build the monitors. Ami […]
More bad news from MS. I read this over the weekend but didn’t feel the urge to write about it sooner… So here it is: Word has gotten out that Microsoft has offically killed the WinFS (Windows Future Storage) file system as a separate component in Vista! Man, they must be sweating over there in […]
Technical beta testers can now download the June CTP, AKA Build 5456. More details should follow, but you can read some more about it here. No word yet if the build will be available through public beta. I don’t think so because the next build for the public will be RC1, probably in August […]
More information on Windows Vista Sidebar Gadgets.
For all of you who are searching for more nifty sidebar gadgets, check out gallery.microsoft.com! You might also know the gallery on microsoftgadgets.com but those gadgets only work with live.com (via msblog.org).
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Microsoft Security Expert Michael Howard provides a very technical explanation of the security strategies behind Windows Vista (via Robert McLaws):
There are two overarching goals at work – the first is to reduce the number of bugs in the code, and the second is to make it harder to reliably exploit any bugs that remain.
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Oh man, a few days after I wrote about the VistaTorrent site, MS has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the website asking to stop its distribution of Vista Beta 2. What is this about?!? Microsoft should have made their own torrent in the first place! Damn! I really don’t understand this. The company has even […]
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is giving up his day-to-day role at the company! Microsoft’s Nr.1 man said on Thursday that he will transition out of a day-to-day role at the company within two years. From July 2008 he will spend more time on global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. […]
As I mentioned here, Microsoft is encouraging people who can wait to order the DVD, yada yada. Offcourse nobody can wait! There’s a new site called Windows Vista Torrent that you can use to download Vista Beta 2 using BitTorrent. They have published an easy 1-2-3 howto, so you should be downloading those gigs within […]
Could Windows Vista break the Internet? Bink.nu writes about the fact that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is the largest downloaded software in history. Currently, they are serving product keys out ten times faster then the downloads can be served. In fact, they are pumping out bits as fast […]
Beta2 is hot so I’ve collected some nice links. Here we go: Five things you should know before installing Vista Beta 2, Windows Vista beta 2 Visual Tour, Torrent for Vista Public Beta 2, Windows Vista Beta 2 Wallpapers, 2006 World Cup Vista Icon Flags and some nice WinFX/Vista demos (also for XP).
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Microsoft has released the first public version of Vista. This Windows Vista Beta 2 version is a preview of Vista Ultimate, one of the six different versions that will eventually be released.
Here are some of the links to download: Windows Vista Beta 2 x86 or x64, Direct Link (x86), Windows Vista Beta 2 German x86 […]
Microsoft will add a new kind of peer-to-peer service (p2p) in Vista. With this tool, called Windows MeetingSpace, laptops users can share information with other nearby machines. Microsoft has built Windows MeetingSpace with the “People Near Me”-technology, that lets people share and view files. Microsoft is offcourse hoping this tool will convince people to either […]
Because of the recent lawsuit threats from Adobe, Microsoft has announced that it would remove support for saving files in PDF from Office 2007, as well as dropping its own rival format XPS from the productivity suite and Windows Vista. This news comes from betanews.com and is kinda strange because Adobe claims PDF to be […]
Because I don’t have hundreds of hours of spare time, I’m giving mad props to Tom’s Hardware who has made a very thorough walking through of every new feature. In total it concists of 40 pages! It is clear that they have put in some serious effort for reviewing Windows Vista. They spent about 500 […]
Windows Vista Beta 2 includes a new defense against buffer overrun exploits called address space layout randomization. Not only is it in Beta 2, it’s on by default too. It is called Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and it loads key system files in different memory locations each time the PC starts, making it harder […]
Microsoft has published a new site called SeeWindowsVista.com. The site highlights some of the upcoming programs in Vista and is very well made. Be sure to check it out and watch the flash videos!
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Vista has finally hit Beta 2 and Ars Technica gives a very nice indepth visual tour of this Windows Vista version, very nice work! The final conclusion: my overall experience with Vista Beta 2 was a good one. Indeed, it was stable enough to write this article on using the beta of Office 2007. As […]
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