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Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News Security company Kaspersky has in the past severely criticised UAC, claiming in March last year that it would make Vista less secure than XP. David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing... [14 Apr 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet The first is that when the download version of iPlayer initially came out, it only worked on Microsoft Windows XP. A number of groups were unhappy about this, arguing it excluded a significant group of people not using XP. [05 Mar 2008]
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
News The download version of iPlayer was only available for Windows XP when it was released in beta form during the summer. A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. [14 Dec 2007]
Give IT managers incentive to go green, says HP
News Interestingly, the dx2250 supports Windows XP as well as Windows Vista. The fact customers can load XP onto the machine will please some critics of Vista who claim the OS is extremely power hungry. HP is getting behind all things sustainable and... [02 Apr 2007]
Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista
News He said that features in Windows XP and Vista will help people move to IPv6. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the operating system and productivity products yet. [07 Feb 2007]
Microsoft settles on six versions of Vista
News With Windows XP, Goffe said, people "really have to compromise". Vista Starter is similar to the starter edition of Windows XP. Microsoft is also doing away with the notion of Media Center and Tablet PC as distinct flavours of the operating system... [27 Feb 2006]
Shock: PC vendors shun Media Player-less Windows
News Microsoft started offering a version of Windows without a bundled media-player, known as Windows XP N, in June this year, to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission. Before Windows XP N was released, the only PC vendor... [21 Nov 2005]
Windows XP-lite 'not value for money'
News The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without its Media Player looks increasingly forlorn, with many retailers and computer resellers now having indicated they won't sell... [28 Jun 2005]
Pricing scuppers Media Player-free XP
The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without its Media Player looks increasingly forlorn, with many retailers and computer resellers now having indicated they won't sell... [27 Jun 2005]
PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows
Microsoft will make an updated version of Window XP N available on Wednesday, but none of the computer manufacturers that ZDNet UK spoke to are considering pre-installing it on desktops or laptops. Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens... [15 Jun 2005]
Microsoft updates Windows XP N
As part of its effort to assuage European authorities, Microsoft has made changes to its Windows XP N -- the slimmed-down version of the operating system it was ordered to offer last year. Microsoft had originally wanted to call the software... [09 Jun 2005]
Microsoft offers 'Not with Media Player' Windows
News As part of its effort to assuage European authorities, Microsoft has made changes to its Windows XP N - the slimmed-down version of the operating system it was ordered to offer last year. Microsoft had originally wanted to call the software... [09 Jun 2005]
Sober worm hits new heights
Last week, Sophos said that the worm turned off Symantec's antivirus protection and Microsoft's Windows XP firewall on infected machines. The Sober.P worm is circulating the Internet in greater quantities than ever, according to an antivirus... [09 May 2005]
Sober worm still swamping email systems
Sophos reported earlier this week that Sober.P appears to turn off Symantec's antivirus protection and the Windows XP firewall, probably as a way of preparing computers to distribute spam and to spread itself wider. [06 May 2005]
Sober virus now infects one in 22 emails
News It appears to turn off Symantec's antivirus protection and the Windows XP firewall. One in every 22 emails circulating on the internet contains the latest version of the Sober worm, according to statistics from a UK antivirus company. [05 May 2005]
