Reading the many blogs etc here are some of the information that is currently in the wild: * There will be two major release dates: August 6th and October 22nd. * TechNet/MSDN subscribers will be able to download the English language version of Windows 7 Release To Manufacturing on August 6th, other languages will be [...]
Last week, Google announced plans to release its own operating system, one that will presumably compete with Microsoft. This week, Microsoft responds with a challenge of its own. ——————————————————————————————————————- Last week Google announced plans to release its own operating system, one based on their Cloud technology, and one intended to compete with Microsoft’s dominance in [...]
Microsoft today warned that hackers are using rigged QuickTime media files to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in DirectShow, the APIs used by Windows programs for multimedia support. The company has activated its security response process to deal with the zero-day attacks has issued a pre-patch advisory with workarounds and a one-click “fix it” feature to [...]
When I look at the current PC hardware ecosystem I see one device which has the potential to significantly dent Microsoft’s future revenues, far more than either the Mac or Linux could achieve – the netbook. The problem isn’t that netbooks are cannibalizing Windows sales (they aren’t, especially when you take into account that Windows-powered [...]
Author: Greg Shultz Someday, someway, your organization is going to have to make a decision regarding the next operating system deployment. Do you know the facts of the current debate? Don’t you think you should? ———————————————————————————————— It seems like everywhere you turn on the Web these days, there’s another article bad-mouthing Microsoft Windows Vista and [...]
Microsoft has given strong indications that Windows will not last forever. Don’t panic … it’s not happening immediately. Microsoft has recognised the benefits offered by a non-Windows operating system. Microsoft has confirmed that project Midori exists, but not exactly what it does. There are many leaks from within the company indicating that Midori is internet-based [...]
In mid-July, representatives of Microsoft traveled to San Francisco in search of people who hated Windows Vista. The company recruited 140 Mac and PC users who thought Microsoft’s latest operating system was slow, that it crashed constantly, that it was incompatible with various devices, and that installing it would be a pain. None of these [...]
Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It’s a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft’s longtime leader won’t usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely accelerate what is already a changing attitude in [...]
The researchers damn Windows in current form, urge radical changes. Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts this week said Microsoft must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been. In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts Michael Silver and [...]
Microsoft has just dropped the cost of Windows Vista… in the US. Vista Ultimate now retails at $319 (down from $399) and Vista Home Premium retails at $159 (originally $129). Meanwhile, here in the UK, Vista Ultimate still retails around the £330 mark and Vista Home Premium around the £200 mark. Yes, those ARE pounds [...]
