01.31.07
Posted in Microsoft at 6:52 pm by tojan3
Microsoft’s newest version of Windows, Vista, was released yesterday
This week saw a major release from one of the biggest companies in the world of technology.
Yesterday, Microsoft released its next version of Windows, called Vista. Now, most of the reporters that cover this sort of thing are going to be saying “Microsoft this, Microsoft that, we’ll talk about Microsoft enough to choke a cat.”
But the reporters have very good reason to talk all about Microsoft. Microsoft seems to have reached out …
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01.25.07
Posted in Microsoft at 5:23 pm by tojan3
The good: Windows Vista Home Premium does improve some features within Windows XP; fewer system crashes than Windows XP; and Windows Vista offers better built-in support options.
The bad: Windows Vista Home Premium does not put Search on the desktop (it’s buried within applications, within the Start Menu); no new software yet written exclusively for Windows Vista; optimized only for the Microsoft Windows ecosystem (for example, RSS feeds from Internet Explorer 7 get preferential treatment); Tablet PC support unnecessary; fax and …
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01.23.07
Posted in Microsoft at 6:13 pm by tojan3
Windows Vista is here at last.
One of the largest software projects ever undertaken, Vista is indisputably a milestone — despite Microsoft’s having abandoned many of its most ambitious goals for the OS — and not just for Microsoft but for the entire PC industry.
Of course, Vista is not without its skeptics. PC makers say it will require more processing power, graphics capabilities, and memory than is typical of today’s mainstream machines.
Software vendors complain that Vista’s vaunted security features are, in …
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01.22.07
Posted in Microsoft at 1:47 pm by tojan3
Microsoft is losing ground in the internet search wars, according to recent statistics from Nielsen/NetRatings. The company’s share of US internet searches was just 8.2 percent in November 2006, a year-on-year decline of 12 percent. A study of UK searches for August 2006 showed a similar pattern, with Google increasing its market share, Yahoo holding steady and Microsoft declining. This comes despite several years of high investment in search, starting with a $100m relaunch of MSN search in June 2004.
In …
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Posted in Microsoft at 1:39 pm by tojan3
In Firefox 2 Release notes you can find this information about Firefox compatibility with Windows Vista
Windows & Windows Vista
If the browser is installed in a non-default location, software updates may fail. You can reinstall the software to the default location, or to a non-default location as long as the install folder is named “Mozilla …
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01.17.07
Posted in Firefox info, Microsoft at 6:27 pm by tojan3
Mozilla developers plan to update Firefox on Feb. 1 with bug fixes to make the browser work better under Microsoft’s new Windows Vista operating system, which will have been rolled out to consumers two days earlier.
According to notes from the weekly status meeting held Monday, the first of next month is the tentative release date for Firefox 2.0.0.2 and 1.5.0.10, the next security updates to the two versions that Mozilla is supporting. About 100 bugs have already been spotted and …
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09.06.06
Posted in Microsoft at 2:29 am by melon
Vista, the Microsoft company’s first new operating system in five years, touts a sleeker look, improved security features, better protection against spyware and viruses and more intuitive search tools to help users find saved files.
But the software maker said: “Windows operating system will cost the same as comparable versions of the previous version, Windows XP”.
Microsoft priced Windows Vista Home Basic at $199, or $99.95 as an upgrade for computers already running the consumer version of Windows XP. Microsoft is hoping …
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03.24.06
Posted in Microsoft at 6:06 am by tojan3
Exploit(s) Released for Unpatched IE Flaw Security experts are warning that at least one set of instructions showing bad guys how to exploit an unpatched security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser have been posted online, and that malicious Web sites are likely to begin using the blueprints to install spyware and other unwanted junk on visitors’ Windows computers. Microsoft acknowledged the previously undisclosed flaw in a blog posting earlier this week, in which it urged users …
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03.02.06
Posted in Google, Microsoft at 4:01 am by tojan3
By David Lawsky
PARIS (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will introduce a search engine better than Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday.
“What we’re saying is that in six months’ time we’ll be more relevant in the U.S. market place than Google,” said Neil Holloway, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
“The quality …
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Posted in Microsoft at 3:51 am by tojan3
Can someone who doesn’t even know how to read or write use a computer? Microsoft Corp. is probing that question at a research lab in India.
Working with a local advocacy group, Microsoft has developed a prototype of a system that would connect illiterate domestic workers in India with families seeking their services. The system uses pictures, video and voice commands to tell women what jobs are available, how much the jobs pay and where they are.
The goal is to help …
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Posted in Microsoft at 3:18 am by tojan3
What is Microsoft’s Origami project?
Apparently, a handheld “Ultramobile” PC that’s also a media player - so, a sort of iPod, PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Tablet PC rolled into (a not very comfortable) one. After a teaser post by Microsoft überblogger Robert Scoble last week, more details have begun to leak out, including a video of the project showing someone listening to some music, using handwriting recognition on the screen, reading a map with GPS and playing Halo. Microsoft has …
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03.01.06
Posted in Microsoft, Vista at 5:59 am by tojan3
Microsoft has announced the product lineup of its upcoming Windows Vista(TM) operating system, scheduled for release later this year.The Windows Vista product lineup consists of six versions, two for businesses, three for consumers, and one for emerging markets: Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Starter.
The Microsoft(R) Windows Vista product lineup will bring clarity to customers’ digital world by helping them …
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02.27.06
Posted in Microsoft, Vista at 6:02 am by tojan3
Microsoft has announced the product lineup of its upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Scheduled for release later this year, the Microsoft Windows Vista product lineup consists of six versions, two for businesses, three for consumers, and one for emerging markets: Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Starter. The number of offerings is the same as the number of offerings currently available for Windows XP. …
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02.25.06
Posted in Press, Microsoft at 6:41 am by tojan3
First publicly available beta also includes tabbed browsing and other features.
A new preview version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, with tabbed browsing, an integrated search box, and RSS support–all features long taken for granted by Firefox users–is now available.
The Beta 2 preview of version 7 also sports a much more compact and streamlined interface than that of the current IE, with a strong emphasis on dedicating as much of the window as possible to the displayed Web site.
If you …
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