desktop and windows vista in news
Vista SP2 on its way to make things beta
News In addition to Blu-ray, Vista SP2 will add support for Bluetooth 2.1 as well as include Windows Search 4.0, the latest version of Microsoft's desktop search technology. The next update... [27 Oct 2008]
More wisps of Windows Cloud from Ballmer
News Ballmer also talked about desktop Windows at the event, first addressing Vista and then talking briefly about its successor, Windows 7.... [03 Oct 2008]
Vista finds a home on 1,300 Canterbury Uni desktops
News Vista]'s more locked down, we can control the desktop better," he added. The decision to move to Vista this year was also partly inspired by the opening of a high-tech learning centre in... [15 Sep 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News The NCC suggests Microsoft is likely to be one of the big winners as companies look to refresh their desktop infrastructure, replacing Windows XP with Windows Vista. XP... [10 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News However, a recent survey by US IT services company Softchoice claimed Vista is the most power-hungry Windows desktop so far. Microsoft still bullish about Windows... [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Because the desktop market is maturing, the trend would have happened anyway, he said, but Vista's problems have acted like a catalyst. Microsoft still bullish about Windows... [21 Feb 2008]
Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft
News Microsoft said it's seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista CIO Jury: IT... [04 Dec 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest. Most plan... [28 Nov 2007]
Vista - businesses not convinced
News Citing hard usage data of OS' used to access popular websites, he said: "It's still less than one per cent, after 15 years of Linux at the desktop - that's less than Vista has achieved in one year.... [26 Nov 2007]
Met Office launches web weather widgets
News The applications are available either on the Windows Vista OS or using a Firefox web browser. On Vista the application is accessed via the operating system's side panel... [22 Nov 2007]
Stories of the month - October 2007
News This month Vista, The IT Crowd, wi-fi and naked PCs all proved a hit with silicon.com readers. Vista SP1 'lacks wow factor', says Microsoft Microsoft has had better months after it... [31 Oct 2007]
Vista: Users do want it, apparently...
News Despite doubts about how quickly consumers and businesses are taking up the latest Windows OS, Microsoft remains upbeat about Vista adoption. Mike Nash, vice president of... [30 Oct 2007]
Microsoft says sorry for update blunder
News Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista ¦ CIO Jury: IT chiefs not yet planning for Windows Vista ¦ Vista: all the coverage.¦ Vista... [26 Oct 2007]
Microsoft details Vista search tweaks
News Microsoft has outlined the changes it plans to make to the desktop search feature in Windows Vista to satisfy antitrust concerns. The primary impact of the change is giving... [13 Sep 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista ¦ CIO Jury: IT chiefs not yet planning for Windows Vista ¦ Vista: all the coverage.¦ Vista... [06 Sep 2007]
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