Toshiba will build Microsoft's 'iPod'
Microsoft Corp.'s answer to Apple's iPod will be built by Toshiba Corp., the software company confirmed Friday.
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26.8.2006 Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?
There have been 64-bit versions of Windows since Windows 2000, but Microsoft thinks 64-bit Vista may finally be starting to take off....
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4.8.2008 Get ready for Vista and Win2k8 SP2!
Just a heads up to prepare for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.
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21.5.2009 Report: Half of PCs Not Vista-Ready
While nearly every current PC will be able to run Windows Vista, only half will be able to take full advantage of all of it's features, a recent study by research firm Gartner suggests. In turn, the firm is urging IT managers to take caution when ordering new PCs.
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7.4.2006 Paul Thurrott: Is Windows Vista Ready?
There's been a lot of speculation and opinion about Windows Vista lately. Many claim that Microsoft's next generation operating system isn't ready and can't be made ready in time for the software giant's self-imposed October 2006 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) deadline.
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3.8.2006 At NASA, Windows Vista Isn't Ready For Launch
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the latest federal agency to put a hold on PC upgrades to Windows Vista. NASA has decided against deploying Microsoft's five-month-old operating system anytime this year.
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26.4.2007 Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs….Really???
Thanks to thepodest who wrote this article for
his blog. These are the specs requirements for Premium Vista PCs according to Microsoft.
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16.6.2007 Get Ready for Vista SP1 RTM Action Pack
Concomitantly with the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM, Microsoft will also start offering the new Action Pack complete with the SP1 gold bits. The Action Pack has evolved since the initial offering came out, associated with the RTM build of Vista, in order to allow company partners to perform full installations (bare metal deployments) of the service
pack.
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17.3.2008 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 Microsoft, ISVs Set To Ship Vista-Ready Security Products
Microsoft said this week that its security unit and top security ISVs -- including Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro -- plan to release Windows Vista-ready products and services on Jan. 30, when the operating system is due to become generally available.
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18.1.2007 Vista not to support EFI
On Thursday, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Fransisco, Microsoft development manager Andrew Ritz revealed that Windows Vista, the successor to the aging Windows XP expected to be released later this year, will not support EFI booting. Ritz admitted that EFI support will not be seen until Longhorn Server is released in early 2007, and on top of that it will never support a 32-bit processor.
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10.3.2006 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 Google Talk 1.0.0.104 gets Vista support
The new version of Google Talk doesn't appear to have any new features, but it does now have support for Windows Vista according to the download and "What's New" pages.
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7.1.2007 Security Vendors Lagging on Vista Support
Windows Vista's revamped security features are posing difficulties for some IT security vendors looking to make their software work on the new operating system.
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2.3.2007 Microsoft can't afford to support OEM Vista?
Microsoft might have $7.6 billion in spare cash in the bank, but when it comes to supporting users who purchase Vista on a new machine, the software giant is all too ready to cry poor.
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15.5.2007 How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista?
In the Talkback section to another post, a reader asks a question about when Microsoft plans to drop support for Windows Vista. I hear variations on this one all the time, so I figured it’s worth covering here.
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22.9.2008 Get ready for the summer of Apple
Apple is preparing for one of the most pivotal summers in its history. On June 29, the company is expected to release the iPhone, perhaps one of the most hyped gadgets in history and a clear sign of where CEO Steve Jobs is placing his bets.
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9.6.2007 New Need For Speed Game is ready
The latest EA investors meeting was a great opportunity for the company's boss, John Riccitiello to unveil a host of new and exciting projects.
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18.6.2008 Is Windows 7 ready for release now?
Earlier today, I read about the latest leaked build of Windows 7 to appear on BitTorrent. The text on the desktop suggests that build 7057 is part of the release candidate branch.
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13.3.2009 Native PDF support in Office Vista (12)
Today's another exciting day as we move closer to Beta 1. We are just wrapping up the MVP summit here in Redmond and we've finally announced another piece of functionality I've wanted to talk about for a long time now. This afternoon Steven Sinofsky announced to our MVPs that we will build in native support for the PDF format in Office "12".
I constantly get asked by customers if we can build in this support for publishing documents as PDF files, and now I can thankfully say "yes!" It's something we've been hearing about for years, and earlier in this project we decided that while there were already existing third party tools for doing this, we should do the work to build the functionality natively into the product.
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Microsoft shelves RSA SecurID support in Vista
Microsoft has shelved plans to include native support for RSA's SecurID tokens in Windows Vista, even though the company has been trialling the technology for almost two years.
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2.5.2006 Partners and retailers rally apps, support for Vista
With the consumer launch of Windows Vista on the horizon, Microsoft's software and retail partners are preparing for the launch with applications and support for the new OS.
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25.1.2007 Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.2 with Vista Support
Apple has posted a new version of Boot Camp today. Boot Camp 1.2 brings several updates, including Windows Vista support.
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29.3.2007 Ready for a new day? The new Microsoft site!
In just a few hours, the business launch of Windows Vista will take place at the NASDAQ headquarters.
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30.11.2006 Linux gets ready to fight Microsoft
The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel.
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28.2.2009 Microsoft Raises Consumer Vista Tech Support Costs
More money, less help is the bottom line on Microsoft's Vista and Office tech support.
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8.2.2007 Are You Ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta?
Are you ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta? Windows Live messenger 8.5 is barely out the door, but the question is not without a solid foundation.
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22.11.2007 Microsoft Says Home Server Ready For Liftoff
Now that Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has released a fix for the data corruption bug in Windows Home Server, channel partners are hoping Microsoft will embark on an advertising and marketing blitzkrieg to show consumers that having a server in the home can, in fact, make their lives easier.
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24.7.2008 Microsoft: Office 2007 download ready Dec. 1
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it has completed work on Office 2007's system code and released it to manufacturing.
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7.11.2006 Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM
There's a new way to enhance your cache in Vista - simply plug in your Flash memory stick. But how much performance gain can you really expect? TG Daily ran an average PC through a benchmark parcours and discovered that the old rules still apply: There is no substitute for an adequate amount of system memory. Period.
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13.2.2007Toshiba president: 25% of notebooks will have SSDs by 2011
The solid state disk industry may never be ready for prime time, according to data last week from the president of Toshiba, a supporter of the
technology. SSD's rate of growth may never catch up, he projected, to the rest of the storage industry...
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25.04.2008Windows malfunctions after bloatware uninstalled from Toshiba laptop
These days, desktops and laptops from just about every manufacturer under the sun will ship with several bloatware titles like unwanted media or
security applications. Toshiba seems to place a bit of importance on the applications (useful or not) that ship with its computers, so important that
technical support blamed the owner of one laptop for the malfunction that occurred.
Most users are unhappy with the numerous
bloatware and trialware that ship with a new computer and removing those applications can be a time consuming process.
The Consumerist reports on one Toshiba owner that was in the process of removing those applications presumably from Windows
Vista, when the laptop experienced a blue screen of death (BSOD) error.
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22.12.2007Toshiba Adds HD DVD to 'Satellite' Line
Toshiba on Monday annonuced the availability of a new model in the manufacturer's Satellite series of laptops, the A205, continuing its strong
support of the format it helped create...
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02.10.2007Get ready for Windows Vista
Getting ready for Windows
Vista, available in early
2007, means choosing the
edition that's right for you
and ensuring that you have the
right PC to enjoy the
experiences you want...
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25.05.2006AOL Preps for Windows Vista Launch
As the January 30 launch date
of Windows Vista nears, more
and more companies are
announcing support for the
next generation operating
system. The latest is AOL,
which said Tuesday its suite
of applications is "Vista
Ready."..
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24.01.2007Three New Toshiba Satellites to Feature AMD Turion 64 X2 CPUs
Late yesterday, AMD was
finally able to confirm what a
Toshiba spokesperson leaked
two days ago to the Japanese
business press: Toshiba will
indeed ship notebook computers
that include AMD processors.
And today, we can absolutely
refute reports that Toshiba
selected AMD's low-end line...
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31.05.2007Toshiba Launches 32GB Vista ReadyBoost Flash Memory Stick
Toshiba has introduced a 32GB
TransMemory Flash drive that
complies with Vista
ReadyBoost.
The
Toshiba U2G-032GT is a limited
edition stick that you can use
to boost the performance of
your Vista PC. You can also
use it of course as a normal
memory stick to carry data
around. It features an
integrated password locking
function to protect your data.
Toshiba also offers
smaller versions of their
ReadyBoost compliant sticks.
You can choose between 1GB,
2GB, 4GB and 8GB storage
capacities.
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25.07.2007Vista: One Year Later
One year ago today,
Microsoft released Windows
Vista to manufacturing. In the obligatory anniversary post we ask: Was it ready? Will it ever be ready?
The answer to the
first question is an emphatic "no." Vista wasn't ready. Hardware manufacturers and software developers weren't ready for it. The channel and
enterprises weren't ready, and consumers couldn't get it because Vista missed holiday 2006.
Microsoft promised WOW, but the reaction was, "What?" What is
different from Windows XP? What is wrong with the hardware requirements? What is the difference between "
Capable" and "
Ready?" What is this
Software Assurance requirement for Vista
Enterprise? What happened to the familiarity of Windows XP? What is
wrong with my Vista applications and hardware?
More recently the "W" question is "When?"--as in
when will
Microsoft release Vista Service Pack 1?
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08.11.2007Toshiba and Microsoft have no Blu-ray plans
With the news early Tuesday that Toshiba is ending the next generation optical disc war by pulling the plug on HD DVD, the manufacturer said it has no
plans to support or manufacture Blu-ray players. Likewise, Microsoft said it has no plans to announce...
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19.02.2008Toshiba Builds HD-DVD Enabled
PC
Hot off the heels of news that
Microsoft and Intel are
throwing their support behind
HD-DVD, Toshiba says it has
developed the first PC with an
integrated drive capable of
reading the new
high-definition DVD format.
The PC will launch in Japan
early next year, but a U.S.
debut has not been scheduled...
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28.09.2005Mole claims Toshiba to terminate HD DVD
Is Toshiba about to fall on its sword and announce the demise of HD DVD? That's certainly what one report citing an unnamed mole within the HD DVD
camp is claiming, even though Toshiba itself - surprise, surprise - is having none of it. The source mentioned by US Home Media Magazine claims that
Toshiba could declare HD DVD dead in "a matter of weeks".
The mag also spoke to a senior Toshiba staffer - Jodi Sally, VP of marketing
for Toshiba America Consumer Products - who re-iterated the company's belief that HD DVD "is the best format for consumers". However, she did
admit that Toshiba is monitoring the market. "Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly
in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players."
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15.02.2008Microsoft admits Windows Vista challenges
Microsoft South Africa has conceded there have been difficulties for resellers and end-users around the launch of its Vista operating system. It
states there have been problems with its communications to its channel.
Microsoft Windows business group lead Colin Erasmus says
these communications were not properly planned. It has three campaigns in the pipeline for this year to rectify the situation, he notes.
Local distributors, OEMs and resellers have been battling with bulk image blasting, the time and expense of downgrading unhappy customers
back to Windows XP, and second-line support.
Says Tarsus CEO Pierre Spies: śVista doesn't support bulk image blasting; it's
just not here yet. We believe the product was launched too soon.
a lot of catching up to do. Corporates are buying new machines with
Vista on and downgrading to XP, in anticipation of Vista being ready in the next two to three years. They are buying the licence, but do not plan to
use it until the product is ready.ť
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Vista graphics drivers to be
more stable than XP drivers,
ATI says
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Graphics drivers developed for
Vista, Microsoft's next
generation operating system,
will be far more stable than
their Windows XP-based
counterparts, and not crash
the operating system anymore,
an executive of graphics chip
developer ATI told Tom's
Hardware
Guide.
Ben
Bar-Haim, vice president of
ATI's software division, told
us consumers will be able to
identify graphics cards
supporting Vista by way of a
"Vista ready" logo, which
will likely appear in multiple
flavors indicating different
feature levels. The release of
Microsoft's new operating
system may still be at least
one year out, but hardware
manufacturers, including ATI,
are already gearing up for yet
another certification and logo
round: "Vista ready" will be
the catch-phrase promoting
hardware products as a safe
investment.
ATI's
new Xpress 200 integrated
graphics processor (IGP) has
already claimed dibs on the
phrase. Its specifications
appear to meet Microsoft's
current minimum graphics
requirements, which include
support for DirectX 9 and at
least 64 Mb of graphics
memory. "Vista ready",
however, does not necessarily
mean that users will be able
to run all 3D effects.
According to Ben Bar-Haim,
vice president in ATI's
software division, there is a
good chance that there will be
at two "Vista ready" logos -
one covering "basic"
requirements and the other one
"full" feature capability.
Bar-Haim said that "two logos
is the concept right now,"
but the final marketing would
still depend on "further OEM
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Sharp and Toshiba to Form LCD Alliance
Sharp Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to collaborate closely in LCDs, a move that is expected to enhance the companies' corporate
value, profitability and global competitiveness. The alliance will take advantage of Sharp's capabilities in LCDs and Toshiba's expertise in
advanced semiconductors. Sharp and Toshiba will initiate the collaborative partnership in fiscal year 2008, starting with an expansion of reciprocal
procurement - Sharp's procurement of system LSIs for LCDs from Toshiba, and Toshiba's procurement of Sharp's LCD modules for TVs of 32
inches and larger.
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neowin.net - 21.12.2007
Microsoft can't afford to support OEM Vista?
Microsoft might have
$7.6 billion in spare cash in
the bank, but when it comes to
supporting users who purchase
Vista on a new machine, the
software giant is all too
ready to cry poor.
Conventional wisdom
holds that if you feel the
urge to upgrade to Windows
Vista, buying it pre-installed
on a new machine is the best
way to go. The advantages are
allegedly twofold: there
should be fresh and functional
drivers for all the built-in
hardware, and you get OEM
pricing (much lower than the
retail $400-$700 price range)
for your new OS.
That
discount pricing comes with a
nasty twist, however. Because
you've purchased an OEM copy,
Microsoft won't extend to you
the courtesy of a 90-day
support period for Vista,
which it does offer to
customers who struggle through
the upgrade process on their
existing machines. Instead, it
will direct you straight back
to your hardware manufacturer...
winbeta.org - 15.05.2007
Toshiba Debuts Laptop HD DVD Writer
Toshiba said Monday that it
had produced the first HD DVD
writer for mobile PCs, which
would also have read and write
capabilities for standard DVD
as well as CD discs. At 12.8
millimeters in height, Toshiba
says that the unit would be
able to be used in most slim
form factor laptops...
betanews.com - 03.10.2006
Toshiba HD DVD sales hit 1 Million in North America
In 2007, Japan's Toshiba Corporation sold 1 million HD DVD digital video recorders in North America, according to Toshiba executives speaking at
the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Only two days after Warner Bros studio announced the decision to exclusively support the rival Blu-ray
format, the company’s spokespeople had a tough presentation to deliver. Jodi Sally, vice president of marketing for digital audio and video at
Toshiba America Consumer Products, noted that HD DVD players represented 49.3% of the players for high definition discs sold as of December 22,
quoting figures from market research firm NPD.
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neowin.net - 07.01.2008
Toshiba: Not HD-DVD, 'HD' DVD!
Withdrawing from the fierce high definition format war was considered a "losing move" by Toshiba. Now, instead of concentrating on the next
generation of hard-copy home media, Toshiba will focus on improving the 13 year-old DVD format...
betanews.com - 18.08.2008
Toshiba Recalls 340,000
Batteries
Sony's battery woes continued
late Monday, as laptop
manufacturer Toshiba announced
it was recalling 340,000
batteries across its Dynabook
and Satellite lines. Unlike
the Dell and Apple recalls,
however, Toshiba says the
defective batteries do not
pose a fire risk...
betanews.com - 19.09.2006
Toshiba Builds Largest Laptop Drive
Toshiba on Tuesday announced a lineup of nine new 2.5-inch laptop hard drives, including the world's largest to date with a capacity of 320GB. The
drives incorporate Serial ATA interfaces and speeds of either 5,400 RPM or 7,200 RPM. Toshiba expects to begin mass production in November...
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