Windows 7 chatter having a significant negative effect on Vista
Yesterday I asked for a show of hands to find out whether chatter about the next version of Windows is putting off Hardware 2.0 from deploying Vista. The results are very interesting indeed.
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9.4.2008 Vista gets a halo effect from Windows 7
Conventional wisdom says corporations have completely rejected Windows Vista. But I’m seeing evidence lately that Vista’s image is improving with age.
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2.2.2009 Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles
eowin member ispamforfood (interesting nickname!) has posted an interesting question on our Back Page News forum asking "Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles".
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27.11.2007 No Effect on PC Sales This Year
Microsoft's new OS isn't having much effect on 2007 PC sales, with 'at best, a limited boost.'
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26.3.2007 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008Alltel, T-Mobile, Palm Lose Most from iPhone
Analysis from NPD indicates that the iPhone has had the biggest negative effect to carriers T-Mobile and Alltel, and to phone manufacturer Palm...
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16.10.2007Microsoft 'will not change
Windows'
Microsoft does not
plan to change the Korean
version of Windows, despite
demands from Korean trade
authorities and an impending
ban on Windows sales in the
country, the company told the
INQUIRER.
The software company must
remove its media player and
instant messaging programs
from products including
Windows XP and Windows Server
2003 within 180 days ??? or
stop selling them in Korea,
according to a ruling by the
Korean Fair Trade Commission
(KFTC) announced today. Future
products like Windows Vista
are also affected. The KFTC
ordered Microsoft to offer two
versions of its Windows
product line, one with the
messaging and media player
software removed, and one with
links promoting competing
products.
Microsoft
has yet to receive full
details of the required
changes from the Korean Fair
Trade Commission, but at the
moment, the company "will not
start" to make the requested
changes, said Asia Pacific
regional marketing manager,
Oliver Roll. The company will
appeal to the Korean high
court, and ask for a delay in
implementation of the ruling,
he said. If the ruling does
take effect, it will have a
negative effect on Korean
consumers and business, Roll
added. ..
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08.12.2005EBay to ban negative seller views
Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers.
EBay said problems were occurring, and slowing down trade, when buyers left negative comments about sellers who then retaliated with their own
views. From May, those selling on eBay will not be able to leave unfavourable or neutral messages about buyers.
The move, which will affect
users worldwide, has angered many sellers. Sellers say it will leave them unprotected.
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06.02.2008Windows 7 chatter having a significant negative effect on Vista
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Yesterday I asked for a show of hands to find out whether chatter about the next version of Windows is putting off Hardware
2.0 from deploying Vista. The results are very interesting indeed.
I posted three polls. So far, each poll has received between
2,300 and 2,700 votes. Lets take a look at the results so far.
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09.04.20081up Pulls Neverwinter Nights 2 Review
Seems the overly negative
review of Neverwinter Nights 2
over at 1up didn't sit to
well with the members. But
that begs the question, why
pull a review because it was
negative? 1up says it was
because the review didn't
live up to their "editorial
standards" which can be taken
many ways. Was it because
everyone thought the review
was way, way to negative? Or
was it because 1up got hate
mail due to the negative
review? Who knows. All I know
is that 1up actually pulled a
review - which I don't think
I've ever seen happen before
with an online review from a
major gaming site. The
original review gave
Neverwinter Nights 2 a 5/10
score, and it was pretty
obvious the reviewer didn't
care for the D&D rules or
world. Plus, as has been said,
it was poorly written. Or was
it?
Did 1up do
the right thing by pulling the
review? Should the review have
not been pulled? What does
that say about a negative
reaction to a review in
general, if it is so negative
it might get pulled by the
company? What do you guys
think?
You can
read the original
review
here on
the Bioware forums.
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05.11.2006FCC white space device rules to take effect next month
The FCC's final Report and Order regarding the use of radio spectrum (including the portion freed up after the DTV transition) was made public today,
revealing that the guidelines for developing white space devices will take effect March 19...
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18.02.2009Mass Effect coming to PC in 2007?
Kotaku&n
bsp;has the scoop that a UK
gaming magazine, PC Gamer UK
to be exact, has word that
Bioware's next big game Mass
Effect which up until now has
been an Xbox 360 exclusive -
will supposedly debut on the
Games for Windows platform in
2007 now. Here is what PC
Gamer UK had to
say:
Mass Effect will come to
PC (it's currently only
announced for Xbox 360): it's
not been officially confirmed
but we have it on good
authority. It's been three
years since a BioWare
developed game hit the PC:
Mass Effect is a forceful
reminder of why that's too
damn
long. Of course this is by
no means a confirmation of the
deal here, but Bioware has
made some awesome games in the
past for consoles and then
released them on PC. It makes
perfect sense to release a
huge, huge game like Mass
Effect on the PC as well.
Here's
hoping.
neowin.net - 22.10.2006
Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won't hurt enterprises
Although Microsoft may not
have the first service pack
for Windows Vista ready at the
end of this year as some
expected, financial analysts
say that a delay should not
have a negative effect on
enterprise adoption of the OS.
Many large enterprise
customers have said they will
wait for the first service
pack for Vista to deploy the
software across their
companies. Some were expecting
SP1 before the end of the year
after Microsoft Senior Vice
President Bob Muglia said in a
published report last November
it would be released with
Windows Server, code-named
Longhorn, due by the end of
2007.
However, rumors
swirled last week that the
release of the pack would be
pushed into 2008 after
Microsoft said in a court
filing dated June 19 it would
only have a test version of
Vista SP1 out before the end
of the year.
UBS
Investment Research analyst
Heather Bellini tried to allay
investor fears in a research
note published Monday, saying
that the end-of-the-year
release of a beta listed in
the document "probably
represents a 'drop-dead'
date."..
winbeta.org - 26.06.2007
iTunes Law Takes Effect,
Norway Next
Apple's battle to keep its
digital rights management
system closed continued on
Thursday as the French
"iTunes Law" took
effect. Norway also indicated
that it was not happy with the
response it received from the
Cupertino company regarding
opening up iTunes...
betanews.com - 03.08.2006
Microsoft begins updated Windows Live rollout
The new Windows Live profile features that were recently announced have begun to take effect, turning the formerly sterile Windows Live into a more
cohesive portal for online content consumption...
betanews.com - 03.12.2008
Walls Without Windows
Microsoft is about to unleash its $300 million Vista marketing campaign. Can negative perceptions be changed? That's an answer that can only
come from seeing the campaign. Marketing isn't just enough. Microsoft has to do the right marketing.
According to today's Wall
Street Journal, the advertising campaign will be something like "Windows, Without Walls." Reverse is the situation now. A bunch of walls stand
between potential customers and Vista adoption. Reasons are many, with negative perceptions being high among them. "Too many enterprise
decision-makers are accepting out of hand all of the fear, uncertainty and doubt being proliferated on the Internet by those who do not know about
which they speak," said C. Marc Wagner, a services development specialist at Indiana University in Bloomington.
neowin.net - 22.08.2008
On second thought: Netflix won't cancel profiles
After a deluge of negative feedback from angry customers, Netflix has announced that it will not be removing its profile feature...
betanews.com - 01.07.2008
Microsoft posts videos of users who liked Vista after thinking it was new OS
Microsoft has posted actual videos from its "Mojave Experiment," an effort to dispel negative stereotypes about Vista by making Windows users
think they were running a newer operating system that was actually Vista...
betanews.com - 29.07.2008
Barcelona delay could hurt AMD earnings
AMD will delay its launch of
the Barcelona quad-core
Opteron server chip from its
expected date in July until
October, setting the company
back in its effort to compete
with new processors from
Intel, according to ever
increasing analyst reports.
Processor companies
make more money selling server
chips than desktop or laptop
chips, so the move will hit
AMD's 2007 earnings hard,
pushing the company to lose
$2.59 per share instead of
only $2.48 per share,
according to a report released
Tuesday by Citigroup analyst
Glen Yeung.
"Barcelona is generally
viewed to be AMD's best
opportunity to stem server
share loss to Intel. While
AMD's recent notebook win at
Toshiba may balance any
negative revenue implications
to our current model,
Barcelona's delay has
negative implications for
AMD's gross margin," Yeung
wrote...
winbeta.org - 07.06.2007
Live from the AMD Q4 earnings call
In the first test of its strategy of divesting its foundries and concentrating on developing IP assets, AMD reveals the extent to which an
historically negative chain of events is impacting the already ailing CPU manufacturer...
betanews.com - 23.01.2009
Sony Ericsson braces investors for a pitfall
Handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson will soon be publishing its quarterly earnings, and this week put out a pre-emptive warning that the struggling
economy has had a negative impact on sales...
betanews.com - 20.03.2008
Asustek reports first ever quarterly loss
Asustek Computer announced that the company saw its first quarterly loss since the company was founded in the fourth quarter of 2008. The company
plans to reduce executive salaries until its operations return to normal. Due to increasing competition in the netbook market as well as
below-expectation shipments of motherboards and graphics cards, Asustek estimates its operating gross margin reached 10-13% in the fourth quarter of
2008, while operating profit margin fell to negative 5-8% and net profit margin dropped to negative 2-5%. Market watchers' estimate the
company's fourth-quarter revenues at NT$68 billion (US$2.05 billion) translating to a quarterly loss of around NT$1.36-3.4 billion.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 09.01.2009
What crisis? IBM spoils the bears' day with good Q3 news
Usually when a company these days gives advance warning to the press about earnings numbers that aren't due for another week, it's to help diffuse a
negative backlash. Not this time, as IBM handed the market a rare gift...
betanews.com - 09.10.2008
Tardy XP Service Pack: No
Cause for Concern?
Delayed release of SP3 should
not have an effect on Vista
sales, analyst says...
pcworld.com - 19.01.2006
Audacity X gets 1.3.7 beta update
Download Audacity for Mac OS X from Fileforum
now.
Audacity X, the Mac version of the free open source audio editing and recording tool created by Google Dev
Dominic Mazzoni, quietly received a beta upgrade this morning, fixing a handful of bugs and including some new features. The new features include Full
Screen mode, a pitch shift/time scale slider effect, a WCAG2 accessibility testing function, improved latency correction and effect grouping...
betanews.com - 28.01.2009
