Mac OS X and Linux Continue to Erode Windows' Install Base
Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux operating systems continue to erode the install base of Microsoft's proprietary platform. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Windows accounted for a market share of no less than 93.06% back in August 2007.
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2.9.2008 Video of Windows 7 Installed on Netbooks
Following Microsoft's release of its Windows 7 Beta operating system, a number of PC users were keen on finding out just how fast the new OS developed by the Redmond, Washington-based software giant was.
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15.1.2009 Vista SP1 Installed System Memory RAM
One of the aspects that Service Pack 1 changes for Windows Vista is the way that the operating system reports the amount of installed system memory.
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13.6.2008 Vista SP1 with Antivirus Installed on Multiple CPU Systems Eats All Resources
Microsoft has warned customers of a problem affecting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, where the two operating systems in combination with some antivirus software, and running on machines with multiple processors, can eat all the system resources available to them.
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10.8.2009 Remove and Uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant - Fix Office Must Be Installed Error
On most OEM computers running Microsoft Windows operating system, regardless of its a desktop, notebook or laptop PC, now comes with pre-loaded trial version of Microsoft Office 2007, primarily Home and Student Edition, which is a time-limited product for evaluation if use without proper activation.
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17.8.2008 Silverlight 3 in 2009
Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
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18.11.2008 Windows 7 - the End of 2009
As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
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28.5.2008 Windows 7 Available on September 1, 2009
As Microsoft is making its way to the release to manufacturing milestone of Windows 7, the company confirmed that the gold build of the operating system would be made available to customers months ahead of October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline.
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14.7.2009 Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009
With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.
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10.2.2007 Internet Explorer 8? 2008? 2009?
Internet Explorer 8 followed by a question mark and an interrogatory tone is about all that can be said about the successor of Internet Explorer 7 at this point in time.
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1.10.2007 Norton 2009 tackles whitelisting
Symantec has adopted whitelising techniques in an effort to dramatically improve the performance of its upcoming Norton 2009 security suite, according to the company's vice president of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
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12.9.2008 FIFA 2009 Demo Released
Electronic Arts is getting ready to launch the most anticipated soccer related game of the year, FIFA 2009, and they are preparing gamers for the shock by releasing a demo.
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14.9.2008 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Windows 7 RTM in October 2009
Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing in 2009, more precisely in the third quarter of this year, with information from a leaked product roadmap pointing to the first half of October 2009.
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25.2.2009 Messenger Plus! Live 2009 contest
Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs.
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12.7.2009 Patch Tuesday for September 2009
Microsoft's Security Bulletin for September contains five critical bulletins for release on Tuesday to block Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Windows operating systems.
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5.9.2009 September 2009 Security Patches
This month MS released five critical bulletins to address vulnerabilities in Windows and protect customers from two types of threats.
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9.9.2009 Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
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.
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29.11.2007 Keep Windows XP Until 2009, Analysts Tell Microsoft
Microsoft may have pushed a too-aggressive XP transition schedule because of how long it took to release Vista, an analyst suggests.
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9.2.2008 Ballmer: Office 14 will not be released in 2009
During his annual Strategic Update briefing with Wall Street analysts on February 24, CEO Steve Ballmer said Office 14 wont be shipping in 2009.
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24.2.2009 MMS 2009: System Center Roadmap
During the 2nd keynote on the Microsoft Managemetn Summit Brad Anderson gave an update on the Roadmap for System Center. Seems like 2011 will be a year with major updates for System Center products.
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3.5.2009 Windows 7 RTM in Late July 2009
Speculation on the deadline at which Microsoft will release Windows 7 to manufacturing not only abounds but also continues.
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9.7.2009 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 Office 14 slated for a 2009/2010 Release
The codename for the upcoming release of Office, currently slated for a 2009/2010 release timeframe, is Office 14.
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15.2.2007 Windows Server 2008 R2 planned for 2009....
Microsoft is sticking to their promise of delivering a minor release after a major Windows Release.
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16.5.2007 Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista
If Windows 7 really is scheduled to make an appearance during the second half of 2009, does this mean that making the move to Vista is now a pointless effort?
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18.1.2008 Microsoft unveils Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Community Technology Preview.
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5.6.2008 Vista SP2 and Windows 7 by the End of June 2009
The evolution of the Windows client, involving both Windows Vista (now with Service Pack 1) and Windows 7, appears to be closer than Microsoft is ready to acknowledge officially.
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18.10.2008 Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) Beta Refresh
The Windows Live Messenger for Facebook update delivered at the end of the past week was just a preview of the evolution of the desktop instant messaging client.
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17.12.2008 Windows 7 Beta Available for Download as Early as January 5, 2009
The fully-fledged Beta for Windows 7 could be made available for download as soon as January 5, 2009.
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18.12.2008Palm OS "Nova" at CES
The delayed and long overdue OS from Palm will finally be showing its face at this years CES. Businessweek is reporting that Palm will show off a
device running "Nova" and that it should be released to the general population mid 2009. Over the last few years Palm has put together a
considerable group of engineers to finally make the OS happen. There is a die hard following of the Palm OS user base; any true loyalist never
opted for the Palm made handsets that ran Windows Mobile. This update proves to be a giant breath of fresh air provided it holds up to its
competitors. One has to wonder though if it's too little to late for Palm.
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15.12.2008Adobe claims 100 million AIR installs...Where's Silverlight?
Yesterday at a conference in Japan, Adobe announced it has received an independent assessment of the worldwide installed base for its Web platforms.
A Millward Brown survey estimates that
Flash has been installed on 99% of the world's Internet-enabled PCs, leading Adobe to estimate that Flash Player 10 by itself will break the 80%
penetration mark by the end of Q2 2009.
Some 100 million PCs are believed to have successfully installed Adobe's AIR runtime platform -- and
by "successfully," the company means, it's running and active and without trouble. That's based on the company's own statistics about
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29.01.2009Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008
The Windows installed base
will hit the 1 billion mark by
the end of Microsofts fiscal
2008 (which ends on June 30),
according to Steve Ballmer,
Microsoft CEO.
There will be more PCs
running Windows than
automobiles at that point,
Ballmer told attendees of the
companys annual Financial
Analyst Meeting (FAM) in
Redmond on July 26.
Ballmer addressed
invited Wall Street analysts
and media about how Microsoft
has been driving shareholder
value and continues to do so
in the coming months/years.
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26.07.2007Apple's Mac OS X, Safari register share gains in September
Apple's share of the worldwide computer installed based rose to over 6.6 percent last month, helped largely by growth of Intel-based systems,
according to just-released data from market research firm Net Applications. At the same time, the company's Safari web browser also posted healthy
share gains.
For the month of September, the percentage of Internet users running the Intel version of Apple's Mac OS X
operating system grew more than 14.5 percent to 3.23 percent, up from 2.82 percent in August. Some of those users appear to have upgraded from systems
running the PowerPC version of Mac OS X, which saw its share dip slight to 3.33 percent from 3.38 percent.
When combined,
however, Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac systems accounted for more than 6.61 percent of the worldwide computer installed base in September, according to
Net Applications. That represents a 40 percent surge from the same time a year ago, when both flavors of the Mac OS combined for just a 4.72 share. It
also represents a 7.5 percent increase from August, when both versions combined for a 6.15 percent share.
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01.10.2007Windows 7 Migration from Windows XP
Jeff Alexander: Windows 7 has some great tools for migration from previous operating systems. Some that come to mind are Deployment Imaging and
Service Management (DISM), mounting VHDs natively in the operating system and User State Migration. But one of the best features in my opinion and
many of my mates in the community is the ability to boot natively to a VHD. This gives you flexibility in your migration scenarios and is one way you
can preserve your settings from the previous OS installation.
Dugie who is
based in Brisbane has done a
great
article on how to go from having Windows XP installed to having Windows 7 installed in the primary partition with Windows XP encapsulated into a
VHD. This can then be mounted in the OS and used later if needed in something like Virtual PC...
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23.03.2009October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux
Windows 7 arrived
two weeks ago and so far it's selling
quite sell. With Mac OS X
10.6 becoming available
less than three
months ago, and Ubuntu 9.10 arriving
last week, we feel it's a good
time to start watching the market share for operating systems, in addition to our monthly posts on
browser market share. At this
point in time, Windows continues to dominate with more than 90 percent of the market, Mac OS is above the five percent mark, and Linux is just under
one percent. In October, Windows was the only operating system not to show positive growth.
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06.11.2009TiVo Delivers Major Series3 Update
TiVo pushed a major update to
a small segment of its
installed Series3 base on
Monday, bringing many popular
new features of the Series2
console to the next-generation
set-top box for the first
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13.02.2007Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
CIO Jury: "It could be a long wait"
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.
One year after the business launch
of Vista, only one of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they had plans to move to the new OS in 2008.
Most
plan to stick with the stability of Windows XP and implement Service Pack 3 for that OS before they even start thinking about Vista.
Adrian Hughes, head of IS for insurance company Amlin, said: "We are sticking with XP and look to take XP SP3 in 2009. Vista not until 2011,
unless there is a good reason to migrate, by which time the next OS may be out so we would then skip a generation."
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29.11.2007Microsoft Japan President: Vista OS On 50% Of Japan PCs Next 2-3 Yrs
Microsoft Corp. expects its Vista operating system to be installed on half of Japan's PCs within the next two to three years.
Darren Huston, president of Microsoft's Japan unit, said Wednesday the company would reach its target based mainly on annual sales of
Vista-installed PCs. Huston was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. The U.S. computer software giant launched the Vista OS in Japan in January.
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29.08.2007Windows 7 Upgrade Program shifts to June 26, 2009
TechARP has come up with a new revised schedule of Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Program. The Upgrade Program shifts to an early date from June
28, 2009 to June 26, 2009 now. According to the new schedule, end users who purchase PCs pre-installed with Vista between the dates June 26, 2009 to
January 31, 2010 are eligible for a free Windows 7 upgrade. According to TechARP, this slight adjustment was done at the request of many OEMs to allow
for better sales over the first weekend of the Program. It is not possible for Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 7 unlike Windows Vista users.
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25.03.2009Mac OS X worm maker raps Apple on security
The anonymous researcher who
claims to have crafted a Mac
OS X worm said Tuesday that he
or she will report his
findings to Apple Inc., but
added that the Cupertino,
Calif. company "has a very
long way to go" on security.
Identified only as
the researcher behind the
Information
Security Sell Out blog, he
or she on Sunday announced
that a still-unpatched bug in
mDNSResponder, a component of
Apple's Bonjour automatic
network configuring service,
could be exploited by a worm.
Apple's May security update,
dubbed 2007-005, included a
fix for the mDNS bug.
"
is in the same
code base, obviously, but that
is where the similarity to the
recently patched issues
ends," said the Info Sec
researcher in an e-mail
interview. "When Apple fixed
the previous issues, they did
not take care of the entire
code base and there are a lot
of bugs there...some are
exploitable, like the one I am
using, while others are not.
But the fact remains that
Apple did a horrible job in
fixing this package." ..
winbeta.org - 18.07.2007
Mac Trojan hits pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop
Although Apple's Macintosh environment has long been touted by its fans as "more secure" than Windows, a Trojan enabling remote control of
Mac machines struck a second time this week.
Earlier found only in illegal copies of Apple's iWork Suite, the Trojan has now turned up in
pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop for Mac OS X. Actually, the Trojan doesn't even exploit any OS vulnerability. Instead, it disguises itself as part
of the installer package for the application, so it is installed along with the application. Once installed, the malware launches a back door program,
thereby allowing an attacker to remotely conduct misdeeds such as copying data.
A tool for detecting and removing specifically this Trojan is
now available from SecureMac.com...
betanews.com - 29.01.2009
Dell to Sell Windows XP Professional with PCs Through 2009
In a letter to some of Dells customers, they said that " XP Professional is available for OEM installation on your Dell PC purchases through at
least 2009 and likely longer." The "official" OEM and retail end date from Microsoft is June 30, 2008, just a few weeks away. There has been
much talk of whether Microsoft would bow to the demand of the consumers to keep XP alive, and with this it is still hard to tell if Dell bought a
years stock of licenses ahead of time, or if this is the precursor to an announcement from Microsoft.
Dell's plan for users is to have
Windows XP Professional installed on their machines, but include the Vista install disk for when they are ready to upgrade. "With XP installed,
we will send media for both Vista and XP with each PC so that when you are ready to migrate to Vista you may at no addition upgrade cost." The
demand seems high, so let's hope others follow suit to allow companies the time and resources to fully upgrade.
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neowin.net - 10.06.2008
Google Base Beta Service Goes
Public
Google late Tuesday officially
launched into beta its Google
Base listing service that
enables users to upload all
types of information and make
it searchable online. The
service acts as a giant Web
database for everything from
recipes to classifieds, but
should eBay and craigslist be
worried?
Photos: View images of Google
Base..
betanews.com - 16.11.2005
Apple Releases OS X 10.5.7 Update to developers
Yesterday, Apple Inc. seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7 to developers. This update is the upcoming maintenance release for Leopard. Apple is asking the
developers to focus on 20 main areas in the OS to test. The build number of 10.5.7 is 9J22.
There have been rumors that Apple has made
nearly 70 changes in the update, some of which focus on syncing and networking improvements. A number of preferences and widgets have seen tweaks to
address performance issues and Apple has also addressed several issues related to RAW image handling. Another fix Apple has fixed is an issue with
Safari not accepting certain types of cookies.
Apple has noted that the public beta of Safari 4 will not properly install on 10.5.7.
This is expected to be the last update before Snow Leopard, which is expected to release in Q1 2009, although no specific release date has
surfaced.
jcxp.net - 27.02.2009
Possible Chrome OS shots leak out
It didn't take long after Google announced its entrance into the operating system wars that the first photos have leaked onto the net. What you
are able to see below are shots of the Chrome desktop with one application installed, Google Talk. It's not yet clear whether these screen shots
are 100% legit. The author cites that it took approximately ten minutes to install the OS on a Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop and it required only 1
restart. Approximate reboot cycle time from desktop to desktop took about 25 seconds and was described as "amazingly fast" but this was a stripped
down beta to show off to developers.
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neowin.net - 09.07.2009
In-car wireless Internet to become a reality with Chrysler
The EV-DO-enabled hotspot will be installed as an option in 2009 models of Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge vehicles, as well as some earlier models...
betanews.com - 14.08.2008
Apple Seeds OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J30 to Developers
In what has become an almost-weekly event, Apple has seeded a new version of Mac OS X 10.5.7, known as Build 9J30, to developers. World of Apple
publishes the seed notes, which reveal that the lack of Safari 4 beta support is the only remaining issue Apple has chosen to highlight.
One week after the previous seed of Mac OS X 10.5.7 Apple has given developers another build this time in the form of 9J30. The rapid
development of Mac OS X 10.5.7 suggests a public release before the end of March.
Developers testing build 9J30 have been asked to focus
on new areas such as Flash Player, USB and Flash Drives, iCal and Widgets.
Apple seeded Build 9J22 on February 25th and Build 9J27 on
March 7th. The declining list of known issues, brief time intervals between seeds, and decreasing intervals of build numbers between those seeds
suggest that Apple is wrapping up development on OS X 10.5.7 and should see a release in the near future.
jcxp.net - 14.03.2009
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) due Q1 2009
Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies, Jordan Hubbard, spoke at Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) '08
last week. LISA, co-sponsored by USENIX and Sage, generally runs six days: six days of full-day and half-day tutorial training sessions, three days of
technical sessions, and two-day vendor exhibitions. LISA is targeted at engineers and system administrators and is a very in depth technical
conference. At this years conference, Hubbard held a talk about the evolution of Mac OS X from large servers to embedded platforms. You can find the
presentation slides here.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2008
Google OS Should Force Schmidt Off Apple's Board
Google's forthcoming computer operating system is the last straw: At some point, Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt is going to have to step
down from Apple's (AAPL) board of directors.
When Schmidt joined Apple's board in 2006, it symbolized two of Silicon Valley's
giants coming together as they waged war against a common enemy, Microsoft. But fast-forward three years and Apple and Google are overlapping a lot
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