January 2006 - Posts
Like the Vista beta 2 so much you want to work on the OS for real? You're in luck. Microsoft's career site has posting for nearly 200 jobs which have at least something to do with Windows Vista. Positions range from hard-core software developers to "architect
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Windows Vista SideShow is a secondary display that's going to be built into notebooks and Tablet PCs in the second half of this year. The display can be used to view email, calendar, and other Outlook data, in addition to light gaming and other gadgets.
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NVIDIA said Friday that not only will it align its products with Windows Vista’s development, but that most of its graphics processing units are already compatible with the current test versions of Vista.NVIDIA said it plans to take advantage of
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Having a master Windows Vista operating system means customers that buy PCs preloaded with one Vista SKU, Home Basic, for example, will be able to punch their credit card into a Microsoft Web site to unlock Vista Home Premium and more speedily deploy
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The New York Times writeup of the keynote. The best part was a demonstration of Windows Vista, the next version of Windows, which Microsoft still says it will ship before the end of 2006. The audience in the standing-room-only auditorium was treated to
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Robert Fripp was on the Microsoft campus a few weeks back. He's the famous guitarist and composer, known for his founding role in the band King Crimson. Charles Torre (a big King Crimson fan)was invited over by Steve Ball to film the session.So, what
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At CES, we saw Microsoft and MTV debut a new service for Windows Media Player 11 called Urge. Urge will offer music for all ages via Windows Media Player. Now, Urge has definately got me interested in the new media player from Microsoft. But after reading
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The third podcast is available from the two young reporters. This three minute excerpt contains clippings from 4 and 1/2 hours of audio of their journey to Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the best parts were overwritten accidently. Oh well. All of us look forward
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Windows Vista Lounge provided a special glimpse of Vista to select individuals. I was invited to the event but ended up at ShowStoppers for the evening. According to Bink’s post, most of the information was under NDA. Since I have never signed an
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Checking Google News, over 430 stories about Windows Vista have been posted in the past 24 hours. Congratulations.
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Bill Gates threw a knock out punch to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) crowd in his pre-CES keynote address, bringing digital living to the center ring. Gates demonstrated his vision of the future, including the Tablet PC, Media Center PC, smartphones,
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Microsoft set out to adopt a formal and rigid support lifecycle in 2002, back at a time when most analysts were expecting to see Windows Vista (then, "Longhorn") within a couple of years. My own point of view was that this lifecycle business had a lot
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Sidebar Geek provides some details on Windows Calendar: Screenshot: Windows Calendar Main Window with ApppointmentsScreenshot: Subscribing to Published CalendarScreenshot: Publishing a Calendar to the Web In Build 5270, you can see that Microsoft has
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If you're testing 5270's Media Center functionality, you're now out of luck. The newsgroups are abuzz with testers angry over the fact that the MCE expired on Jan 1, 2006. Just 30 days to test MCE? Source: Robert McLaws
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Details for the Tablet PC Gathering #4 are now available on WhatIsNew. Hope to see you there ! From the convention center, take the CESShuttle Bus #4. (Mid-day service from LVCC to hotels is every 30 minutes.) Get off at Paris and walk to the Aladdin's
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There are news reports that Bill Gates will announce the advantages of Vista at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. One of the areas where he is expected to lay emphasis is on the security aspects of the new OS. Source: abcmoney.co.uk
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WINDOWS VISTA: After years of development, and repeated delays, the company plans later this year to launch the next version of its flagship PC operating system -- still the single biggest portion of its business.The industry will be watching the company's
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