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Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment I will try Vista again when SP2 comes out in a couple of years. Vista - businesses not convinced Oh dear Vista… One year on: XP still outshining Vista Just because... [29 Nov 2007]
Vista to get transfer limits to combat piracy
News Windows Vista may have new features for mobile computers but the operating system itself is becoming considerably less portable. Under changes to Microsoft's licensing terms, buyers of retail copies of... [17 Oct 2006]
Vista already on the Redmond patch treadmill
News While Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as its most secure client operating system yet, the unfinished product is already getting regular security fixes. Vista, slated to be broadly available in... [18 Aug 2006]
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, launched in January 2007, has had a mixed reaction from pundits and potential customers and there is still a strong inclination among the company's user base to cling on to... [30 May 2008]
Vista: we're keeping an eye on it, says EC
News The European Commission has said it will "closely monitor" the impact of Microsoft's soon-to-be-launched Vista operating system on the market. Late last week Microsoft said it would give security software makers... [16 Oct 2006]
Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...
Comment Vista outrage! Vista: Users do want it, apparently. After using Vista Ultimate for four months, I got fed up with the slow and unstable OS, plus the dusty scanner and webcam staring... [01 Nov 2007]
Vista to pack anti-piracy punch
News Windows Vista will have new anti-piracy technology that locks people out their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation. If Vista is not activated with a legitimate... [05 Oct 2006]
Vista will safeguard HD disposal, says Microsoft
News Microsoft claims businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. The software giant said on Tuesday... [26 Apr 2006]
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... [28 Apr 2008]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS for Windows 7, according to Microsoft. Speaking at the London launch of Windows 7 today John Curran, the Microsoft exec who... [22 Oct 2009]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment If Microsoft stick to their position of Vista or nothing then, as availability of XP dries up, all they will do is proliferate unlicenced copies of XP. Having used Vista Ultimate for two months now, I am... [27 Sep 2007]
Vista's successor gets new code name
News Although Microsoft is hard at work trying to ship Windows Vista this year, the company is beginning to set its sights on the next horizon, Vienna. Vienna, once labelled Blackcomb, is the new code-name for the successor... [23 Jan 2006]
Vista beta goes public
News After months of limited testing, Microsoft late on Wednesday made a beta version of Windows Vista publicly available for download. The company said in a statement: "Microsoft today kicked off the Windows... [08 Jun 2006]
VNUNet - Vista Upgrade Revisited
White Paper It has been a little while since the author decided to be brave and upgrade his ThinkPad laptop from Windows XP to Vista Ultimate, along with upgrading Office XP to Office 2007. The upgrade to Vista was... [21 Feb 2009]
Vista off-limits, say two US gov agencies
News Windows Vista has been banned by the US Department of Transportation (DoT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist). A Nist spokesman said: "We are temporarily not permitting computers with the... [14 Mar 2007]
