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  • Vista Following the Footsteps of Windows ME
    October 7, 2008 – 2:00 PM in Business
    Do you remember Windows ME? If not, maybe it is because you skipped it all together or that the experience was bad enough that you choose not to remember.
  • Microsoft updates Vista in latest piracy crackdown
    December 15, 2006 – 12:05 PM in Business
    Microsoft released an update to Windows Vista that will shut down unauthorized versions of the OS that allow users to skip the product's activation system.
  • Is HP Wanting to Improve the Vista Experience, or Completely Avoid It?
    September 12, 2008 – 5:50 PM
    HP has acknowledged this effort as the ‘customer experience’ group.
  • Non-Vista-supporting motherboards and VGA card inventories now a headache
    December 13, 2006 – 11:31 AM
    With Windows Vista up and coming, makers of motherboards and VGA cards are now worried they will incur losses from their inventory of low-end products that do support Microsoft's new operating system (OS), according to industry sources.
  • Ben announces 19" LCD monitors with Windows Vista certification
    November 3, 2006 – 11:03 AM
    BenQ recently announced two of its 19" LCD monitors, DP93GX+ and DP93GS, have received Windows Vista Basic certification.
  • Microsoft announces Beta 2 of Vista, Office 2007 and Server
    May 23, 2006 – 2:26 PM
    Speaking at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced the availability of the Beta 2 versions of Windows Vista, Office 2007 (formerly code-named Office 12) and Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn."
  • EU commissioner suspicious of bundled utilities in Windows Vista
    March 29, 2006 – 2:09 PM
    Hearings are scheduled for this week regarding whether Microsoft has complied with a European Committee directive to turn over information explaining how Windows can be made interoperable. In the meantime, however, Commissioner Neelie Kroes is raising fresh concerns over whether Microsoft has plans to unfairly promote and extend Windows Live Search. The key, quite literally, could be in front of our faces.
  • Windows Vista makes case for 2 GB of system memory, says Samsung
    March 9, 2006 – 2:57 PM
    Later this year, Microsoft will be releasing its next-generation operating system, which is considered the most significant Windows launch in a decade. The extra bling-bling in Vista - especially in the Premium version - will require a PC with lots of performance.
  • Microsoft: Windows Vista RC 1 "complete"
    September 1, 2006 – 6:00 PM
    Microsoft took a major step towards the release of Windows Vista on Friday, when Jim Allchin, co-president of the firm's platforms & services division, announced that Windows Vista RC1 is done!"
  • Microsoft releases October Vista beta to developers, integrates IE browser
    October 17, 2005 – 1:09 PM in Build Your Own
    Build 5231 of Microsoft Windows Vista is being released this morning to registered subscribers to the company's technical and developers services. Microsoft has given us advance word of what the new build will contain
  • Parental controls get a boost with Windows Vista - UPDATE - Video added
    June 23, 2006 – 5:15 PM
    With all the games on the market, how do parents ensure their children will only play the appropriate games at the appropriate times? The upcoming Windows Vista will include a slew of parental game controls that will please parents and perhaps annoy their children who want to sneak in some World of Warcraft before finishing their homework. The new OS can track, limit and even stop game usage for little Johnny or, as Microsoft calls him, Toby. Chris Donahue, Microsoft's Group Manger for Games for Windows, stopped by our Westlake Village, California office to show us exactly how the new controls work and how to set them up.
  • XM radio goes online with Vista
    January 30, 2007 – 12:17 PM
    XM is getting in on the big Vista launch today, due to a stake it has in Microsoft's new operating system. One of the channels in Vista's preinstalled media hub is XM Radio online, in a deal that XM hopes will open up its widely disregarded online streaming service.
  • VIA chipsets for Intel, AMD and VIA C7 processors get Windows Vista certification
    January 30, 2007 – 10:32 AM
    VIA Technologies is claiming to have the most comprehensive and flexible range of core logic solutions for Windows Vista-based systems across all the major processor platforms for motherboard, PC, server and device manufacturers.
  • Nvidia releases WHQL HD driver, ATI first to offer Vista RTM driver
    November 3, 2006 – 3:03 PM
    Nvidia and ATI have updated their graphics drivers with two distinct features: Nvidia is now offering HD DVD and Blu-ray playback capability with Purevideo HD and ATI is first to get a certified driver for the final version Windows Vista out the door.
  • AMD releases Windows Vista graphics driver for ATI cards
    January 29, 2007 – 4:19 PM
    ATI has posted the final version of its first Windows Vista certified graphics driver on its website. Catalyst 7.1 promises a broad range of features supporting the new Vista Driver Model.

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