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Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Microsoft's behaviour in pursuing ISO fast-track accreditation included encouraging Microsoft partners to join the national standards bodies that feed into ISO to vote in favour of OOXML. He said: "V1, which does SC 34 work in Incits, was at a... [21 Apr 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence 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. [19 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up Furthermore, the Parliamentary vote to make ID cards compulsory will now be put back to 2015. Are you worried that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will render your precious applications unusable? Well you shouldn't be. [07 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future, despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing... [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft COO dismisses SP1 concerns
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft's chief operating officer has dismissed concerns an update to its flagship Windows Vista operating system is incompatible with a number of applications. [05 Mar 2008]
Microsoft slashes Windows Vista price tag
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence In what may be an unprecedented decision, Microsoft has said it plans to lower the retail prices for several versions of Windows Vista. Vista: all the coverage. Some to get Vista SP1 this week [29 Feb 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence That's according to analysts who feel although the new OS doesn't represent a huge step, numerous small changes mean it's a significant improvement on its predecessor, Windows Server 2003. [26 Feb 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft has published a list of programs which will not work or will suffer from reduced functionality after the installation of Vista SP1. Vista: all the coverage. [21 Feb 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft has stopped automatically distributing a prerequisite piece of software for Vista Service Pack 1, following customer complaints it had caused system problems. [21 Feb 2008]
Vista-XP downgrade software launched
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade machines running Windows Vista to XP. Vista: all the coverage. [06 Feb 2008]
Microsoft changes M&A strategy with Yahoo! bid
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft's $44.6bn bid for web giant Yahoo! represents a step change in approach from a company which has traditionally shied away from big-money acquisitions. Vista: all the coverage. [05 Feb 2008]
Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts yesterday. [05 Feb 2008]
Office 2007 spurs boom in software market
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Spurred by sales of Microsoft's Office 2007, the software market hit its highest level since 1999, according to a report released yesterday by the NPD Group. Vista: all the coverage. [31 Jan 2008]
Do US businesses want Vista at last?
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Take-up of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is starting pick up with US businesses. Just under half (48 per cent) of US IT decision makers are using or evaluating Vista, according to a poll by IT... [16 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Ever hear the one about the happy Vista user?
Comment Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence I was talking to a friend of mine in the pub after work the other day. And after discussing some of the biggest geo-political issues of the day - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the global credit squeeze and... [15 Jan 2008]
