November 2005 - Posts
According to Amitabh Srivastav, corporate vice president for Windows core operating system development, "Customers will have Windows Vista sooner in their hands than any previous Windows release, to enable us to receive meaningful Windows feedback much
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The unofficial Windows Vista weblog by b5.media has published a quick overview of Vector Graphics in Windows Vista. "One of the quantum leaps Windows Vista will make is the move from raster graphics to high-quality vector graphics. Two outcomes result
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ZDNet has a nice look at the Windows versions. Of course, version 3.0 was the biggest retail hit. Never-the-less, this article is a nice review of history. Source: Windows: A Family History
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Microsoft has released an RSS extension known as Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) under the Creative Commons license. This extension targets calendar entries, lists of contacts, list of favorites, and blogrolls using simple RSS semantics.
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Gartner's original statements were being misinterpreted by the media. Therefore, Gartner issued this correction piece. Interestingly, InformationWeek published this headline: Gartner to Win2K Users: Prepare For Vista Or Die
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Karsten Januszewski blogs about a draft document he has written. His blog provides a link for download. His post also includes a few screenshots.
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Any computer meant to be upgraded to Windows Vista should also have at least 512 megabytes of RAM -- the memory used to run programs which most affects a PC's performance -- and a graphics card with enough dedicated memory to smoothly display complex
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According to Bloomberg Japan, Windows Vista is to support HD DVD.
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The transition to x64 announcement at the IT Forum may have some of you surprised. According to Paul Thurrott, For Longhorn Server, due in early 2007, Microsoft will ship both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of most product editions. But Longhorn Small Business
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George Ou has taken a different view of the Gartner suggestion to wait until 2008 for using Windows Vista. As pointed out, "Some of Gartner's arguments actually seem to bolster the use of Vista rather than their actual recommendation to delay the adoption
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Jason Brooks provides a fascinating read, suggesting changes in software packaging, standards support, GUI options, and finally: "With Vista, Microsoft is doing some interesting things with desktop search and with information categorization. But we'd
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According to Wired.com, "It turns out that a good portion of all those Windows crashes over the years are not caused by the operating system itself, but by buggy device drivers -- low-level pieces of code that allow the operating system to communicate
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From James Proud’s Blog: Screenshots 5219 Here are a few screenshots. I shall upload more later. Yes sidebar isn’t in the PDC build, the screenshots shown by some people were of 5219, but a previous compile.
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Windows Vista is an important product for Microsoft. The OS slides in new security features, a new GUI, and networking. The project is a big undertaking and sometimes there are opportunities to rework the code. After considerable feedback, Microsoft is
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Gartner's comments suggesting users ignore Vista until 2008 are based on the idea that "the majority of improvements in Vista, the update scheduled to arrive in 2006, will be security-related." However, minor improvements is what Windows needs. Full Stor
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As part of its "Start Something" advertising campaign, launched earlier this year, Microsoft held a national search for people using their Windows XP machines in unexpected ways. With Windows Vista still a year away, the campaign is part of an effort
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A few months ago I, like many others, was prepared to write Microsoft off. It was bumbling along in its own little Windows world, working hard at next year's release of Vista, allowing others to breathe in the enriched oxygen inside the new tech bubble.
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Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back until 2008. The majority of improvements in Vista will be security-related and most of this functionality "is
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According to the Windows Server Division WebLog, Microsoft has published a new white paper on 802.1x and IPSec and how they can be used to compliment each other to provide authenticated and encrypted communication on a wired network.
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Taken together, these philosophies indicate a whole new way of looking at security, which incorporates strategies such as server and domain isolation and network access protection (NAP) enforcement. Another big focus is on identity authentication and
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