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April 15th, 2007

MCTS: Windows Vista Certification 70-620

If you want to take the Exam Certification 70-620, uCertify has an exam prep kit for just $39.99 if you order before April 30, 2007. The standard price after its release is $89.98.
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April 11th, 2007

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2007

The latest Microsoft Security Bulletin (April 2007) includes 4 critical and 1 important flaw for Microsoft Windows Vista and 1 critical flaw for Content Management Server.
Below are the updates:
Critical
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March 31st, 2007

No Large Service Packs for Windows Vista

Michael Sievert who is Microsoft’s corporate Vice-President for Windows Marketing is bold and confident that customers will be disappointed because no large service packs will be released for Windows Vista because of its high quality right out of the gate.
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March 30th, 2007

Display Drivers for AMD and Catalyst

This software package is able to update the AMD Display Driver version 8.351.3, and Catalyst™ Control Center version 7.3 which provides the highest level of power, performance, and reliability.
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March 30th, 2007

Discounted Prices for SMEs

Good news to all Small and medium sized enterprises across UK because Microsoft is giving out a ten percent discount on its Windows Vista operating system.
Additional licenses for home users will be able to avail of discounts as well.
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March 29th, 2007

Video: Vista theme on xp pc using style xp

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March 29th, 2007

HTC Shift is a 7inch Vista Laptop

HTC at Microsoft booth #963 at Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Associate (CTIA) in Florida features a 7 inch mini laptop equipped with Windows Vista.
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March 24th, 2007

Tips: Defrag Windows Vista Faster

Instead of using the standard Windows Vista Defrag Tool, use the combination of Contig and PowerDefragmenter to make the process ten times faster.
Steps:
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March 24th, 2007

The Meaning Behind Vista?

I came across Geek of the Day and their funny version of the different meanings of Windows Vista.
The meaning I like most is this: Vastly Inferior Software To Apple’s
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March 24th, 2007

Windows Vista Beats Out Security Competition

Microsoft Windows Vista has beaten out the competition on security metrics. The strategy director of Microsoft’s security unit, Jeff Jones, noted that the vulnerabilities patched during the first three months of Windows Vista is lower than those reported on XP, Mac OS X 10.4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Workstation, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and Novell […]

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March 23rd, 2007

Why Would Apple Delay Leopard for Windows Vista?

I could not understand why would Apple delay Leopard to ensure Windows Vista is running smoothly on their OS.
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February 14th, 2007

Microsoft Don’t Want the Press to Talk About the Next Version of Windows

Microsoft in response to the comments made by Ben Fathi (found here) say they don’t want the media to focus on the next version (code named Vienna) and just think about the current version.
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May 16th, 2006

Skip Vista, try modular Windows!

Former WVW-editor John has a great view on the future of Vista. On his weblog he writes that all these delays could be a perfect opportunity to call the end of Vista. Ray Ozzie’s vision of step updates to Windows rather than the earthquake of a totally new version once or twice a decade is […]

By Vincent -- 1 comment

April 12th, 2006

Vista successor is called Fiji

Fiji Islands? Fiji Water? It’s all good, because Microsoft has a new codename for the next version of Windows and that name is Fiji (via gizmodo.com).
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April 3rd, 2006

Vista’s SuperFetch

A very neat feature of Windows Vista is SuperFetch… this service learns which applications you use most and preloads them into memory! And, as you might know, this way you can reduce paging and loading times. Thelazyadmin writes that this is similar to the prefetch used in XP however, Microsoft has come up with a […]

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January 21st, 2006

Microsoft looks beyond Vista; Vienna

As we know MS is trying hard to ship Windows Vista this year, but they have to keep looking forward! That’s why the company is beginning to set its sights on the next horizon, Vienna. CNET News.com has an interesting article aboout Vienna:
Vienna, once labeled Blackcomb, is the new code name for the successor to […]

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December 31st, 2005

A Happy New Year from b5media

A happy and prosperous New Year to all our readers.
2006 is the year of delivery for Microsoft, with a tsunami of new product releases slated. b5media will do its utmost to keep you informed. Stay tuned.
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December 13th, 2005

New security zone controls in IE7

Microsoft engineers Vishu Gupta, Rob Franco and Venkat Kudulur have posted some information on how the company has improved security in Internet Explorer 7.
The basis of this is that the local intranet zone setting is not really relevant for home users. So, IE7 will react when a PC is not on a managed corporate network, […]

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December 12th, 2005

Security will be USP for Enterprise Vista

Microsoft is planning a major effort to sell new security features in Windows Vista to enterprise customers. It will emphasize improvements to the Windows networking stack and secure networking techniques, such as server and domain isolation, as the unique selling point (USP) of the operating system and its server, known as Longhorn.
Mike Schutz, Group […]

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December 8th, 2005

Microsoft news from around b5media

Here’s a roundup of other Microsoft news from b5media.
From: Microsoft Weblog
MSN Spaces now has 27m Blogs
Microsoft backing India with $1bn investment
AOL deal drains away from Microsoft
From: Office 12 Watch
New Office 12 blogger wanted
SuperToolTips in Office 12
Microsoft corrects font pic for Segoe UI
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