Microsoft wants to freeze the Vista incapable lawsuit
Microsoft asked that the "Vista Capable" lawsuit against it be stayed while it appeals the judge's approval of class action standing for the case.
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11.3.2008 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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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009 AeroBar: Show Titlebar Text in Explorer Windows Under Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don't show titles in Windows Vista?
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13.2.2009Microsoft unveils Freeze Dry
for Windows Vista
Windows Vista will
include a new technology known
as Freeze Dry designed to
maintain application states
and unsaved documents even
when patches are automatically
applied and PCs are
rebooted.
Speaking at the Australian
Tech Ed conference on the Gold
Coast in Queensland this week,
senior product manager Amy
Stephan offered a preview of
the Freeze Dry
technology.
Many IT
managers plan to automatically
install patches and updates on
machines during periods when
they are inactive, such as
overnight or on weekends.
However, as some patches
require machines to reboot,
users who leave documents open
and unsaved run the risk of
losing that data if the
machine is automatically
updated. ..
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06.09.2005Microsoft denies hiring freeze
Microsoft Corp. today denied that it has instituted a hiring freeze, despite an internal memo described by an employee indicating the move.
"It is not true that we have instituted a hiring freeze," said Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman. "What is true is that we are
evaluating hiring as we always do and we might make projections that are different than perhaps we had at the beginning of the year."
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04.10.2008Microsoft wants to freeze the Vista incapable lawsuit
EVER SLIPPERY, Microsoft asked that the "Vista Capable" lawsuit against it be stayed while it appeals the judge's approval of class action
standing for the case.
The lawsuit, filed almost a year ago, claims that Microsoft misled punters in late 2006 by letting PC makers stick
"Vista Capable" labels on lower power machines sold with Windows XP that were later found capable of running only the Home Basic version of Windows
Vista rather than the full version that includes most of Vista's new features including the Aero eye-candy graphical interface.
It
claims that PC buyers paid more for those machines than they would have parted with had they known that they wouldn't be able to support Windows
Vista when that was released a few months later in early 2007.
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11.03.2008Mozilla freezes Firefox 3.0 Beta 4
For the second time in the last four weeks, Mozilla Corp. has announced a "code freeze" for a beta version of Firefox 3.0 -- this time, Beta 4 -- as
it begins to prep another public release of the open-source browser.
The freeze was announced late Tuesday. Earlier in the day,
the company's chief engineer hinted that the number of outstanding bugs at that point -- 66 that potentially could block the release of Firefox 3.0
-- meant a fifth beta will likely be needed.
"We reviewed the remaining number of P1
and P2 blockers
on our lists, and decided that we would go ahead with tonight's Firefox 3 Beta 4 code freeze, and then bake nightly builds for a few days before
handing off the code to the Build and Quality Assurance teams," said Mike Beltzner,
Mozilla's interface designer, in a message posted to the company's developer center.
winbeta.org - 28.02.2008
New Senate Broadcast Flag Bill
Would Freeze Fair Use
winbeta.org - 23.01.2006
Apple Releases Fix for iMac Freeze
in early October that some iMac users were experiencing freezing problems with their machines. The root cause of the freezes was traced back to the
drivers used for the ATI Radeon HD graphics cards included with the iMacs.
"A small number of iMac users have made us aware that
a recent software update issued by Apple can sometimes cause their iMacs to freeze, requiring them to restart their iMac," said an Apple
spokesman in October.
Apple didnt reach their October estimate for releasing the update, but its doubtful that many will complain that the
update is available a few days into the month of November. The update is listed as "recommended" and is for 20" and 24" iMacs with
2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.8GHz processors.
Apple has two separate updates available for download:
neowin.net - 03.11.2007
Firefox 3.1 beta 3 developers prepare for freeze
Mike Beltzner, the director of Firefox, sent out the call Tuesday afternoon on mozilla.dev.planning: It's time to lock the trees and land the bugs
on beta 3 of the 3.1 version of the browser.
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betanews.com - 04.03.2009
Apple issues patch for MacBook keyboard freeze issue
After a deluge of posts on Apple's MacBook support forum complaining of periodic or even total loss of keyboard function in MacBooks and MacBook Pros
running Leopard, Apple has issued a patch for the OS...
betanews.com - 19.12.2007
Apple Releases Fix for iMac Freeze Issue, fix not enough
In recent months, some users were experiencing freezing problems with their iMacs, apparently due to faulty drivers used for the included ATI Radeon
HD graphics cards. Apple aimed to fix the issue by the end of October and has just now released the "recommended" update for 20" and
24" iMacs with 2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.8GHz processors. Apple has two separate updates available for download: iMac Software Update 1.2 for Tiger and
iMac Software Update 1.3 for Leopard. Although the company originally stayed silent on the issue, it is great to see that once they acknowledged it
they worked quickly to release a fix. Some users are reporting, however, that the issue remains unfixed.
neowin.net - 02.11.2007
New Blu-ray Features Freeze Older Players; Updates Coming
With the next wave of interactive features having been added to 20th Century-Fox's latest Blu-Ray Disc releases, there was always a certain level of
anticipation that some existing Blu-ray consoles would have trouble, especially the first-generation editions. Surprisingly, it's the second
generation which is seeing some early problems...
betanews.com - 06.10.2007
Governor Warns of Crisis in Wake of Diebold 'Repair' Revelations
A so-called "technical
refresher" conducted on
Diebold Election Systems
electronic voting equipment in
Maryland during the summer of
200, included the replacement
of motherboards on account of
their ability to cause systems
to freeze. But state voting
officials were never apprised
of the replacement...
betanews.com - 27.10.2006
Windows Live QnA Invites Sent
Yesterday, Microsoft sent
invites for Windows Live QnA
to its Windows Vista testers
that live in the US. The main
page is apparently very slow,
and would make IE7 Beta 2
freeze during the loading.
The concept is
simple, yet powerful, and
works by 3 steps:
-A
user asks a question
-Someone answers
-Others vote for the best
answer.
The
program will most likely be
released to Windows Live
Butterflies and people who
applied to test Windows Live
QnA when the above mentioned
problems are fixed. You can
still sign up for Windows Live
QnA using the same page as
before (link at the
bottom)
jcxp.net - 29.06.2006
iPhone 3GS gets jailbroken and unlocked
Purplera1n, unrelated to the Dev Team, has come out with a solution to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS for both Windows and Intel Mac computers. The
jailbreak allows users to download Cydia on their iPhone to install unofficial applications on their device. The jailbreaking solution provided by
purplera1n still does not allow Winterboard to be used as of yet. The method installs an application called Freeze onto the device; this installs and
unpacks Cydia. Users who install Cydia onto their device can then proceed to install UltraSn0w which was recently released to unlock the iPhone 3G,
now unlocks the iPhone 3GS.
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neowin.net - 06.07.2009
Wubi arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5
The Ubuntu development community has announced that
the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing
new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is scheduled
for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
<...> One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is
support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer. Wubi provides a complete
Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs Ubuntu into a folder on the Windows file system and sets up a boot
menu so that users can choose between Windows and Ubuntu when the computer starts.
winbeta.org - 24.02.2008
Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "Blue Screen of Death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared
with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now - a black screen of darkness.
In an e-mail to a large
Windows Vista OEM distributor titled "Pirated Vista - A darkness descends!", a local Microsoft representative made it quite clear what Vista pirates
can expect to happen to their unlicenced installations.
A copy of this e-mail was obtained by Computerworld:
Good Afternoon, As of this week, Microsoft have activated a function in Vista called 'Reduced Functionality'. This is a specific
function in Vista which effectively disables non genuine copies of Windows. Therefore, anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will
experience...
winbeta.org - 11.09.2007
Vista plaintiffs push for case to proceed
Lawyers for the plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to let a lawsuit over Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" program advance toward trial while
the company appeals a pivotal ruling in the case, according to court papers filed Monday afternoon.
Their filing responds to Microsoft's request for U.S. District Judge Marsha
Pechman to freeze the case and suspend document production while the company asks the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review her ruling
certifying the suit as a class action. The plaintiffs, who also plan to oppose that appeal, contend that Microsoft wants to keep the case from
proceeding to avoid the release of more internal e-mails showing the behind-the-scenes discussions about the Windows Vista program.
winbeta.org - 18.03.2008
Seagate firmware update bricks 500GB HDDs
Just days since Seagate released a firmware update for a range of hard drives, which were hit by firmware bugs, Tom's Hardware reports that things
don't look much brighter for hard drive giant Seagate. This time the problem is with the SD1A firmware update, for the 500GB hard drives in the
7200.11 series, which many unhappy customers have said completely bricks the hard drive. The problem lies in the firmware update, which causes the
drive to freeze up. As far as un-bricking the devices goes, there has been little success. Some have claimed that downgrading the firmware has fixed
the problems, for the moment.
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neowin.net - 22.01.2009
Microsoft, Bungie face Halo 3 class action
A California resident has brought a class action suit against Microsoft and Bungie alleging that Halo 3 is not fit for its purpose of being played on
an Xbox 360.
The suit claims "Halo 3 does not function with the Xbox 360, and to the contrary, attempted use of Halo 3
consistently causes the Xbox 360 to 'crash,' 'freeze,' or 'lock up' while the game is being played."
Furthermore, it
alleges that despite consumer complaints, Microsoft and Bungie have failed to recall or rectify the game.
winbeta.org - 23.11.2007
The Futurist: Why Apples Good Products Are Bad For Innovation
Fewrather, no othercompanies stir up the same fools game of me-too as Apple. I feel sort of ridiculous saying it, and perhaps sound like a bit of a
fanboy, but Apple makes products that work in ways most CE products dont. When playing with an iPod or iPhone, its almost easy to take for granted the
fact that most things we buy just arent user-friendly.
A top exec at Research In Motion (that would be the guys who make
BlackBerrys) told me a few months back that about 30 percent of Windows Mobile phones were returned“presumably because their buyers are so frustrated
with their atrocious battery life/molassis-slow processors/impossible-to-navigate GUI/propensity to freeze. Im not sure how many iPhone buyers are
returning their gadgets in frustration, but Id guess its a statistically insignificant number.
In general, as the cliche goes,
Apple products are known for being simple, pretty, easy-to-use, and fun. And this is exactly why they are bad for progress in the tech world.
winbeta.org - 14.09.2007
Apple admits hard-disks are falling asleep mid-operation
Recently, reports have been surfacing of Macbook Pro laptops repetitively temporarily freezing for short amounts of time. Today, Apple announced that
this problem is widespread and they have promised to provide a bux fix. The issue only seems to affect MacBook Pros with 7200rpm 500GB hard drives
and is thought to be due to code that's causing the drive to sleep during use. The hard disks in question fall asleep during operation, and freeze
the computer temporarily until it spins up again - after an indeterminate amount of time - usually a maximum of 10 seconds. They also beep loudly and
click during the process.
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neowin.net - 12.08.2009
