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RSS Windows XP vistaUsability Study of Windows Vista's Firewall
White Paper Windows Vista is shipped with a built-in personal firewall. But, previous studies showed that Vista's firewall have a set of usability problems. The goal of this paper is to address the... [12 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News Windows Vista, the operating system between XP and Windows 7, unsurprising scored poorly with a mere five per cent of readers surveyed choosing it as their favourite... [09 Nov 2009]
Windows 7 Review Guide
White Paper This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from... [03 Nov 2009]
Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7 vs. Windows XP
White Paper So you're an XP shop, and your organization skipped Vista but is considering taking the plunge to the latest revision of the Longhorn platform: Windows 7. Windows 7 is a... [03 Nov 2009]
Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7
White Paper Warts and all, it looks like Windows 7 has a much better chance than Vista did of convincing organizations to upgrade from Windows XP. There's a lot to... [03 Nov 2009]
Achieving Federal Desktop Core Configuration Compliance (FDCC) with Lumension® Solutions
White Paper All federal agencies that utilize or plan an upgrade to either Windows XP or Vista must report compliance, with FDCC reporting requirements dictated by the standard FISMA reporting... [29 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment Third-party security will undoubtedly still be required for Windows 7 but the resultant platform should have fewer weak links, should require less in the way of resources and be far more manageable for centralised... [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Sure there have been a few missing drivers here and there but in every case the resulting machine worked and almost always performed better than under Vista and XP. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been... [23 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News The companies include engineering firm Atkins, airport operator BAA, business advisors Baker Tilly, Deutsche Bank and drinks maker innocent - all of which are upgrading from a mix of Windows XP and... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Windows 7 will have an XP Mode allowing XP programs to run in Redmond's upcoming operating system, helping the new OS avoid the difficulty Vista had in running existing... [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo Introduced for Vista, the translucent Aero skin has been heavily developed and expanded in Windows 7. Users coming to Windows 7 from XP will like the fact the Alt+Tab... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment We've seen this with Vista, XP and the other Windows operating systems going all the way back. Vista predecessor XP is now long in the tooth but remains... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo Although AutoPlay was improved in Windows Vista, the granular control over it provided in Windows 7 is another threat vector that will seem revolutionary to Windows... [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
News When we asked IT professionals to forecast their anticipated new PC deployments within 12 months from now, we discovered that Windows 7 will already be the primary OS deployed, with Windows... [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
News Budget considerations should also be front of mind for CIOs - according to Gartner figures, moving from XP to Windows 7 could cost between $1,035 to $1,930 per user depending on how the rollout is... [15 Oct 2009]
