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Archive for August 2006

August 30th, 2006

Amazon pre-orders for Vista

According to Amazon listings Vista and Office 2007 will be released Jan. 30 and they’re already taking pre-orders! The prices for the different Windows Vista editions range from $99.95 to $399.00. These costs are as much as versions it’s replacing. Microsoft did not confirm the schedule suggested by Amazon and said it was “too premature […]

By Vincent -- 4 comments

August 13th, 2006

Vista and Gaming

Vista seems to be a great upgrade for gamers. This week IGN had a special (Windows Vista Journal) about what Vista means for hardcore gamers; part 1 and part 2. After that Microsoft posted a free trial of Microsoft Flight Simulator X, this long-awaited version of Flight Simulator is fully optimized for Windows Vista.
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By Vincent -- 0 comments

August 13th, 2006

OS deathmatch: Leopard vs. Vista

Apple is claiming that Vista copies a lot from Apple’s OS X, we all know that. Last week both Lifehacker and Paul Thurrott wrote a piece about this and explore if Apple isn’t copying too. I’m not in the position to be 100% objective about Vista, but I think both companies have ’stolen’ ideas from […]

By Vincent -- 21 comments

August 4th, 2006

Vista hacked at Black Hat

While Microsoft is asking hackers to try and break Vista, the damn thing is already hacked! Joanna Rutkowska, a Polish researcher, hacked Vista while at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. She showed that it is possible to bypass security measures in Vista and allowing any unsigned device driver to be loaded. The demo […]

By Vincent -- 4 comments

August 1st, 2006

Vista: This sucker is just not ready!

Once again, the subject is: Vista delays! Last week we had Microsoft’s annual investors meeting, now we have ex-MS blogger Scoble who writes: This sucker is just not ready!
Too many things are too slow and/or don’t work. I’ve been on the betas of every Windows OS since Windows 3.1 and Vista is starting to feel […]

By Vincent -- 5 comments

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