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Considering all the gruff Microsoft took over the name “Windows Vista” (including some gruff from me) it’s probably a smart move on their part to just go with something simple for the next major release: Windows Vista Team Blog : Introducing Windows 7 And, as you probably know, since we began development of the next . . . → Read More: The official name for Windows 7 will be: “Windows 7” I literally laughed out loud when I read this ArsTechnica.com article: Most browser implementors are quick to adopt emerging Internet technologies, but Microsoft can’t or won’t make Internet Explorer a modern web browser. Despite some positive steps in the right direction, Internet Explorer still lacks many important features. Its mediocrity has arguably hampered the evolution . . . → Read More: Mozilla to IE: You will be standards compliant whether you like it or not! Last Friday I wrote about a presentation on a new hack attack that was claimed to make Vista’s security improvements all but useless. A lot of tech related websites ran the story as though it were the apocalypse for Windows as an OS, but the folks ovet at ArsTechnica.com say things aren’t quite as bad . . . → Read More: Vista’s security is not quite totally useless after all. If this article at SearchSecurity.com is correct then Vista’s security system has been rendered moot for folks who insist on using Internet Explorer: In a presentation at the Black Hat briefings, Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of VMware Inc. will discuss the new methods they’ve found to get around . . . → Read More: A new attack method may render Vista’s security useless. May also work on other platforms. While Microsoft is trying to brush up Windows Vista’s image with some marketing stunts, they’re also considering what the future should bring as multi-core processors and ubiquitous access to broadband become more common. One of the concepts that’s been generating a lot of interest of late is Cloud Computing where instead of buying software packages . . . → Read More: Will Midori be Microsoft’s post-Windows OS of the future? If you’ve spent much time here then you already know that I think Windows Vista is a decent operating system that is unfairly maligned. If I had a dime for every time I’ve had someone talk to me about how much Vista sucks only to say they haven’t tried it when I ask if they’ve . . . → Read More: Microsoft uses Vista haters to demonstrate that Vista’s not so bad. I’m not an Xbox 360 owner myself, but if you are then the Microsoft E3 keynote address yesterday gave you a lot of things to look forward to in the coming months. One of the biggest announcements was probably the fall update coming for Xbox Live which will radically alter how it looks—my sister-in-law’s . . . → Read More: Microsoft E3 keynote address was full of surprises. Remember how back in April we got word that Microsoft was going to shut down license servers that authenticated music purchased through their now-defunct MSN Music store? Well apparently there was enough of an outcry that they’ve changed the mind and will be keeping the servers up through the end of 2011. Dear MSN . . . → Read More: MSN changes its mind. Won’t nuke the MSN Music servers… for now. Microsoft’s Zune media players continue to lag behind Apple’s popular iPods so they’re looking to gain an advantage wherever they can. One possible boost is a recent deal with NBC to license shows for use on the Zune after NBC yanked them from Apple’s iTunes offerings after a dispute over pricing and DRM. Microsoft seems . . . → Read More: Thinking of buying a Zune? Microsoft has plans to put “Copyright Cop” on it. The new service pack brings a handful of new security related features, a whole host of bug fixes, and a purported speed boost as well. As always it’s probably a good idea to install it if you’re running Windows XP on your machine. Microsoft has also re-released Windows Vista SP1 which was pulled after some . . . → Read More: Windows XP SP3 is now available through Windows Update. |
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