August 2005 - Posts
Rumour has it the official release date has already been decided for Windows Vista - and you can expect it to be ready in time to make an appearance late next year. According to a report by Windows IT Pro, the official date for a full Vista release will
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Thousands of software developers from around the globe will converge on the sold-out Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 (PDC05) next month. The conference, to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Centre on 13-16 September with pre-conference
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Screenshot of Tablet PC Input Panel in Microsoft Windows Vista.
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When Windows Vista ships at the end of 2006, it may not run on the cut-rate PCs sold by Dell, Gateway and other companies. Gene Steinberg, in his latest column at The Mac Night Owl, notes that Vista's current requirements call for a non-integrated graphics
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The new tool, the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), will be included in Windows Vista, which is expected to be available toward the end of 2006. According to Greg Sullivan, a group product manager in the Windows Client Division at Microsoft,
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Windows Longhorn has been so long in the public eye that many of us are finding it a little difficult to get our minds around the new "official" name: Windows Vista. Let's face it — this is not an awe-inspiring name. It's the kind of name that is selected
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Vista Wallpaper is a site for downloading different looks for your desktop: Take the time to stop in and see for yourself.
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The first entry on the Microsoft has an RSS Blog is a Windows RSS Publisher's Guide. "The goal of this page is to provide ongoing guidance to publishers on how to create web pages and RSS feeds that work correctly with IE 7 and Windows Vista. In general,
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Longhorn Beta shows where OS is headed "Previous versions of Windows let people designated as administrators do whatever they wanted. The rights carried over to the software they were running -- something that has caused countless headaches with spyware,
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Novell: Vista a turning point for Linux "THE impending release of Vista, Microsoft Corp’s next version of its PC operating system (OS), could provide a window of opportunity for Linux to make greater headway over its competitor, said Novell Inc. The adoption
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Leader: Microsoft faces a tough sell for Windows Vista "This is an area to which Microsoft will have to pay careful attention. The company will have to come up with solid business reasons as well as technical ones for organisations to switch, thanks to
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IGN Insider has published a three page look at Windows Vista. "A nice addition to the Start bar is a search bar that lies below the All Programs selection. Rather than searching your computer for general files, this searches through the Start bar itself
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Regardless of the spins, hedge words, and platitudes that you have been reading, Windows Vista is going to change the way your Tablet PC, notebook, and desktop looks and feels. The transparency effects available, changes in folder views, and search capabilities
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Mr. Windows is an excellent interview with Jim Allchin, the man behind Windows Vista. "In his 15 years at Microsoft, Allchin has earned a reputation as a straight shooter who admits when Microsoft makes mistakes. But he's also a fierce competitor who
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The title for the article Longhorn: Is Allchin's Baby Worth the Wait? suggests it was written a while ago, however, the information is still very good. "Whenever you read Microsoft documentation about Avalon, one term always crops up: XAML. This stands
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Techworld publishes a short look at the Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1, including a look at the delivery mechanism as well as some of the added features. "Vista can also protect against imminent system crashes, warning the user up to 24 hours in advance
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"The new version, using the unwieldy moniker Microsoft Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" Server Core (which still, for now, retains the Longhorn code name that was removed from the renamed next-generation operating system Windows Vista last week), runs
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Ina Fried interviews Jim Allchin in The whys, whats and whens of Vista. "What are the next steps? We'll be pushing ahead as fast as we can to get Beta 2 — no time on that yet. We'll get to the PDC [Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, to be
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Some people love to hate Microsoft. Some have reasons for getting angry while others just enjoy being contrarian. After all, Microsoft is a monopoly. The company has broken promises, doesn't hold up to deals, talks long before action, and gets on people's
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