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News Value is returning to the desktop applications, and not simply through Windows Vista," he wrote. In recent years, the power of software provision shifted toward Microsoft and away from companies that... [04 Oct 2005]
Microsoft embraces PDF for Office 12
News That's built into Vista, and we hope that it will become the prevalent standard in the longer term but we'll support PDF as well. Microsoft announced on Sunday that Office 12 would support saving... [03 Oct 2005]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 on the way
News Windows XP SP3 will be available in the course of next year, a priori after the launch of Windows Vista, which "is the priority for the development teams", according to Microsoft France. It's therefore... [30 Sep 2005]
Gates was forced to rebuild Windows Vista
News Microsoft was forced to scrap the first incarnation of Longhorn - now called Windows Vista - after a senior executive warned chairman Bill Gates that it was too complex to work properly. As a result of... [26 Sep 2005]
All change in Redmond as Microsoft does a reboot
News Microsoft said Allchin will hold that new position until he retires, once the company ships Windows Vista at the end of next year. Microsoft has announced a sweeping reorganisation of... [21 Sep 2005]
Customers unimpressed with Microsoft licensing changes
News One of the main complaints from customers about SA is that delays to the release of new Microsoft software such as Windows Vista has left them without upgrades they have effectively paid for. Eight new... [16 Sep 2005]
Q&A: Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates
Comment This week at the software giant's Professional Developers Conference, Gates rallied the troops - software developers, Microsoft's most important audience - to build enthusiasm for Vista, the oft-delayed... [14 Sep 2005]
Gates shows off Windows Vista and Office 12
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates claims the bold promises of ecommerce and e-government made in the early 1990s are finally ready to be made a reality with a new "wave" of software development that can be built on the... [13 Sep 2005]
Vista upgrade costs will boost Linux uptake, says Novell
News The high costs of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will be the catalyst that encourages more companies to seriously consider moving to desktop Linux, according to open source and networking company Novell on... [13 Sep 2005]
Microsoft to flash developers with Vista code
News In the hope of driving demand for a wave of forthcoming products, Microsoft will fill the pockets of developers this week with early versions of several programs, including the latest "build" of Windows... [12 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Bill Gates
News The next year will see Microsoft finally release Longhorn (now called Windows Vista), the next-generation version of the Windows platform. Today we see what Microsoft's chairman and... [08 Sep 2005]
Vista release date: 7 December 2006?
News Microsoft has previously refused to put a date on the eventual arrival of Vista, né Longhorn, which has already seen its release data slip. A Microsoft spokeswoman said: "We expect... [31 Aug 2005]
Windows Vista proofed against video piracy
News Microsoft is building unprecedented levels of safeguards against video piracy into the next version of its Windows operating system, Vista. Hollywood studios didn't get all the protections they wanted in... [31 Aug 2005]
Microsoft dishes up test version of new file system
News The software giant had originally planned to release WinFS - which it said would make for better desktop file searching - as part of the next version of Windows, once called Longhorn but now known as Vista. [30 Aug 2005]
Vista beta in a spot of bother
News Microsoft does not intend to enable the peer-to-peer service by default in the final version of Windows Vista, due out late next year, said Greg Sullivan, a product manager for Windows. Windows... [19 Aug 2005]
