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Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics

News Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by...

Tags: xp, windows, vista

[16 May 2008]

Gov't department readies for Vista rollout

News The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will start to roll out Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system from June. Although it's unclear if Defra is the first central government department to commit to a Vista deployment...

Tags: upgrade, encryption, carbon, defra

[15 May 2008]

IT education org takes Microsoft grumbles to EC

News Last October, Becta went to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with two Microsoft-related complaints, one regarding school subscription-licensing arrangements and the other regarding the lack of full interoperability between recent products, such as...

Tags: becta, ec, eu, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed

News It also halted automatic updates to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 because of a similar issue. The software maker said it is releasing XP Service Pack 3 for web downloads, and resuming automatic updates to Vista Service Pack 1, after developing a...

Tags: windows, microsoft, xp, vista

[07 May 2008]

Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release

News The glitch also exists between Microsoft Dynamics RMS and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, though that product has already been broadly released. Microsoft started pushing out Vista SP1 last week via Automatic Updates.

Tags: xp, sp3, windows, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'

News Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a security feature in Windows Vista. Vista: all the coverage.

Tags: hack, uac, vista

[29 Apr 2008]

Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...

News Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users' Another big launch that hasn't quite gone to plan is Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system which continues to make slow progress.silicon...

Tags: jobs, vista, iphone, heathrow

[28 Apr 2008]

Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive

News Taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, HP and Dell both plan to offer machines loaded with XP well beyond June. Technically, the computers will be Vista Business or Vista Ultimate machines...

Tags: xp, vista, hp, dell

[28 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer

News Vista: all the coverage. Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' Some to get Vista SP1 this week Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture

Tags: vista, xp, windows, microsoft

[24 Apr 2008]

Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod

News Apples sold 2.3 million Macs in the quarter, topping the two million to 2.2 million units forecast by five analysts, who saw sales being spurred by new designs, the halo effect from iPods and iPhones, and consumer complaints about Microsoft's...

Tags: ipod, iphone, mac, apple

[24 Apr 2008]

Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'

News Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture Vista: all the coverage. Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' 4. Some to get Vista SP1 this week

Tags: ooxml, iso, microsoft, vista

[21 Apr 2008]

US no longer king of the PC?

News Though Microsoft finally released Vista Service Pack 1 this quarter, it had less of an impact than anticipated but could begin to convince businesses to upgrade next quarter. The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market...

Tags: asus, dell, us, pc

[17 Apr 2008]

Windows XP SP3 a go this month?

News Vista: all the coverage. Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' Some to get Vista SP1 this week Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp3

[16 Apr 2008]

Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'

News A Microsoft manager has said one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" in order to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure.

Tags: vista, uac, microsoft

[14 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight

News To compound Windows' problems, it has outgrown the hardware it requires and customers are considering skipping Vista and waiting for Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7, the analyst firm has said, adding that, if Windows is going to remain...

Tags: vista, windows, microsoft, gartner

[11 Apr 2008]

Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug

News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. The problematic update - Servicing Stack Update...

Tags: microsoft, sp1, vista

[08 Apr 2008]

Bill Gates: Windows 7 coming 'in the next year or so'

News Nevertheless, Gates' comments suggest a successor to Vista might be released sooner than was generally expected. Vista: all the coverage. Windows Vista SP1 finally a go Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag

Tags: microsoft, bill gates, windows, vista

[07 Apr 2008]

Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace

News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 per cent of enterprise users on the OS by the end of 2007. And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000...

Tags: microsoft, xp, firefox, ie7

[02 Apr 2008]

Vista SP1 problems? Relax, Microsoft will offer some help

News Vista users encountering problems when they upgrade to Service Pack 1 can relax: Microsoft is giving free support to those installing the service pack. Vista: all the coverage. Windows Vista SP1 finally a go

Tags: microsoft, vista, sp1, windows vista

[25 Mar 2008]

Windows Vista SP1 finally a go

News The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim it would be made available by mid March.

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp1, operating system

[19 Mar 2008]

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