Microsoft announced yesterday that three new data providers, Cyota, Internet Identity, and MarkMonitor will supply phishing website data for Microsoft Phishing* Filter and SmartScreen Technology services.
The service is currently available via the Phishing Filter Add-in for the MSN Search Toolbar, which launched in final release yesterday, and the upcoming release of Windows Internet Explorer (IE7) […]
With the news that the Technical Beta of Office 12 is being released to 10,000 customers and partners at midnight tonight, MST (Microsoft Time), the question many businesses will face is : what problems will the near-simultaneous shipping of both Windows Vista and Office next year add to migration headaches?
The answer to this is as […]
It is thought that Windows Vista will be able to assess the capability of any computer it finds itself on, and serve up one of four user interfaces. Graphics will therefore take center stage when Vista comes onstream.
The bottom layer is the Classic theme, similar to Windows XP. Then, successively more advanced features follow, responding […]
In a provocative opening statement, Jason Brooks of eWeek gives his “wishlist” for Windows : “If it were possible to remake Windows with a magic, Windows-morphing wand, standards support and sensible security would be part of the imaginary makeover.”
He begins by defining the role of an operating system :
Along with managing hardware, which Windows does […]
In an interesting post on his personal blog, Feedster founder and CTO, Scott Johnson, has suggested that Microsoft should poach rival developers from the Open Source community. They are, he said, “as poor as church mice” and need to pay the mortgage and take care of growing families. Microsoft’s financial muscle could prize them from […]
Industry analyst, Gartner, has advised businesses not to upgrade to Windows Vista until 2008.
In a research note published on Friday, Gartner indicated that the first public release of the operating system will be largely security-related. This functionality is already available from third-party products.
The “incremental, evolutionary improvements” on offer late 2006 will not be worth the […]
Microsoft pundit Paul Thurrott has said that sources within the company have told him that Vista Beta 2 will be delayed “from December 7, 2005 to sometime in January or February 2006.”
However, a “Microsoft representative told me that the company remains on track for shipping Windows Vista in the second half of 2006. ‘We are […]
A leaked memo by Bill Gates sent to selected Microsoft staff is dominating the tech news today. It sets out in clear and explicit language the way ahead for the company in the next five years. That way is through the browser and Web-based services.
The New York Times, Dave Winer and Robert Scoble have […]
According to a comment by Mike Stanclift over at Neowin, a feature Unix/Linux users have had for some time will be included in Windows Vista when it ships next year.
Ward Ralston, the developer who wrote the code explains on the TechNet blog about this new feature and how it differs from a shortcut.
“In Vista/Longhorn […]
Microsoft yesterday announced the name for its Vista generation of AntiSpyware : Microsoft Windows Defender.
On his TechNet blog, Steve Dodson expains the thinking behind the new name. “It is going to be a part of VISTA! The biggest announcement we are making is that Windows Defender will be a part of Vista when it releases. […]
In a piece posted on Thursday, the RSS Team at Microsoft warns that the RSS function within the new version of Internet Explorer (IE7) will not accept badly-formed XML. “Our years of experience with HTML in Internet Explorer have taught us the long-term pain that results from being too liberal with what you accept from […]
Screenshot via CNET
As we posted recently, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) has had a major makeover in the latest Build of Windows Vista.
ZDNet has got a good photo review of many aspects of IE7. “The toolbar and address bar areas of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista have been totally redesigned. The address bar is now […]
Screenshot via PC World
Take a look at the screenshot, purportedly taken of IE7 in Windows Vista Build 5231 (also known as Community Technical Preview 2). Notice how “Web Feeds” seems to have been replaced by … yes, “RSS”.
Some people will be very pleased with that, Dave Winer for one. But does this represent a […]
Although Microsoft Product Manager for Windows Vista, Michael Burk, has not given an exact timeframe, Ethan Allen of Hotfix has zeroed-in on 25 July, 2006 as the date for release to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
OEMs will need to “get a jump on the Christmas season”, says Allen, a Microsoft beta tester.
Allen has a history of […]
IE Phishing Filter in action
The current version of Internet Explorer, IE6, is to get the “phishing filter” slated for IE7. The bad news? It only comes as an add-on to the MSN toolbar.
While the security measure will be embedded in IE7, a free 1.3MB download of the add-on is now available in beta form for […]
PC World has got a nice feature going asking readers to send in their Wish List for Windows Vista. Here’s a couple of examples :
From Jonathan Warshay
One thing that annoys me is that Windows cannot keep track of a user’s settings in Display properties. My children like to put the resolution way up high, […]
Windows Vista Mobility Center
As promised at the PDC, Microsoft is releasing the first of its monthly Community Technology Previews (CTP) of Windows Vista. The strategy is to get more frequent and relevant feedback.
The highlights of the release are a first look at Windows Media Player 11, and a variety of new features for IE7, including […]
A week before Build 5231 of Windows Vista was due to be released to beta testers, it has been leaked, says Joe Cashman.
Neowin.net reports :
Released with build 5231 are Windows Media Player Version 11 (still under the guise of Windows Media Player 10), which includes a smart new interface, and the latest Beta of […]
Microsoft’s IE7 team is asking for feedback on an icon to represent RSS (or Web) feeds on its latest version of Windows Internet Explorer, IE7.
1 – We use a variation of the gleam to convey that feeds are updatable.
2 – The ring illustrates movement around a feed.
3 – This is a spark to show new […]
Jonathan Schwartz blogging for Sun posed an interesting question to an audience recently :
… at a keynote, [I asked] the audience which they’d rather give up - their browser, or all the rest of their desktop apps. Unanimously, they’d all give up the latter without a blink.
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