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News After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted features designed to convince the average consumer they need the next version of Windows. Among the... [05 Jan 2006]
Microsoft's Vista throws up data blunder fears
News Windows Vista will improve search functionality on a PC by letting users tag files with metadata but those tags could cause unwanted and embarrassing information disclosure. Microsoft will provide a... [23 Dec 2005]
Re:Viewing 2005: The stories of the year
News Gates was forced to rebuild Windows Vista Here we bring you a snapshot of just some of the highlights from the past year on silicon.com including our best-read stories, top interviews, biggest scoops and... [22 Dec 2005]
Microsoft looks to beat Google with the desktop
News Microsoft plans to integrate desktop search into the upcoming version of Windows, code-named Vista, and eventually extend that to the internet, Gartenberg said. Helm said: "It is definitely a lost... [22 Dec 2005]
New Vista preview comes out to play
News Microsoft on Monday released another preview version of Windows Vista, adding a number of security features, as well as performance and user interface functions. Monday's release is the expected third... [20 Dec 2005]
What are Microsoft's key challenges in 2006?
News Microsoft is expected to enter the new year facing a number of hurdles - but the chief one will be to position Windows Vista as an enterprise product. Analyst firm Directions on Microsoft, which last... [16 Dec 2005]
Microsoft tweaks web controls in patent spat
News Microsoft will incorporate the new version of Internet Explorer into all new copies of Windows and also into the next version of the browser, IE 7, which will be available for Windows XP,... [05 Dec 2005]
Vista: Don't expect beta 2 for Christmas
News The second beta of Windows Vista will not come until next year, Microsoft said on Tuesday. The changes we are making will provide a feature-complete Windows Vista to our... [30 Nov 2005]
Fickle Gartner changes stance on Vista
News Gartner Group has clarified its advice for when users should consider moving to Microsoft Vista, saying that organisations still running Windows 2000 should consider upgrading as soon as... [24 Nov 2005]
Microsoft issues Office 12 beta
News Microsoft is promising a final version of Office 12 for the second half of next year, around the same time as the company releases the Vista upgrade to its Windows operating system. The Office upgrade is... [17 Nov 2005]
Don't upgrade to Vista until 2008, says Gartner
News Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back until 2008. In its research note, Ten reasons you should... [14 Nov 2005]
Microsoft targets Sony copy-protection tool
News Detection and removal of the rootkit component will also be in Windows Defender, the forthcoming update to Windows AntiSpyware that will also be part of Windows XP successor... [14 Nov 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.11.05
Round-Up Apparently, the really clever boffins at Microsoft (the ones who aren't allowed anywhere near the Armani-clad denizens of the marketing department) have created a 300,000-line microkernel-based OS from scratch and it has as much in... [11 Nov 2005]
Microsoft anti-spyware tool gets a makeover
News The updated application will be part of Vista, the successor to Windows XP that is expected to launch by the end of next year. In October, Microsoft said the tool would undergo significant changes before... [08 Nov 2005]
Ballmer: 'I don't throw chairs'
News Microsoft on Monday launched an update to a community-based preview release of Windows Vista, which includes a number of new features, such as efforts to improve the web browser and make the operating... [20 Oct 2005]
