Why Windows 7 will be out later this year
With the public Windows 7 release candidate right around the corner, and development towards the RTM on track, people are wondering "When is the final release date for Windows 7?
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1.5.2009 Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year'
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule previously indicated by the software maker.
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5.4.2008 Windows 7 to RTM within a year?
Microsoft has let the cat out of the bag a week early and stated "there is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released."
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22.10.2008 Windows 7 for Christmas - next year
Expect to see Windows 7 right around this time next year.
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7.11.2008 Windows Gets Largest Security Update in Over a Year
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
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13.6.2006 Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product.
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24.1.2008 Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product.
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17.4.2008 Microsoft: Server version of Windows 7 this year
Windows Server boss Bill Laing said in an interview Friday that the server version of Windows 7 will ship this calendar year.
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6.4.2009 Windows Vista at 1 year: A computer maker's view
I've been working for a while on an upcoming story coinciding with Windows Vista's first year on the market, and I've talked with a variety of people who have been using and working with the Microsoft operating system in different ways.
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30.1.2008 Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP RTM's in Dec, new IE every year
This information seems to be have made public at the Windows Vista Beta 2 lab (a Microsoft influencer program) in Singapore...
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27.5.2006 Five-Year-Old Windows Design Flaw Comes Back to Haunt Vista
Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest operating system, has been continually applauded as an apex of security and an epitome of user protection when it comes down to the Windows platforms available on the market.
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27.11.2007 Windows market share drops to 15-year low
Earlier today, we reported that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has dropped below 70% for the first time nearly nine years.
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7.12.2008 Person of the Year: You
The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men."
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17.12.2006 Vista: 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?
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9.11.2007 The First Year of IE7
It’s been a little over a year since we released IE7 on Windows XP and for Windows Vista, so I thought it would be worthwhile to talk about where we are after the year.
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3.12.2007 SSDs are every year getting better, still not there yet
To date, the solid-state disk has been a tech mirage. The vision is great, but it always seems to be just over the horizon. SSDs have struggled to live up the performance promises, and they remain too expensive to provide any real competition to hard drives.
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24.7.2009 One year later, Vista really is more secure
Windows Vista was released to manufacturing a year ago next week, and landed on retail shelves exactly nine months ago today. To mark the occasion, I dragged a system out of mothballs and installed the original RTM version of Vista Ultimate on it. (Well, OK, I also needed a test bed for some upcoming work, but still…)
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31.10.2007 What Has Vista Been Up to for the Past Year?
Windows Vista dropped no less than five years after Windows XP. Made available to business customers in November 2006, and to the general consumers in January 2007, Vista is the next natural step in the evolution from XP. However, with XP SP2 having taken XP's market share to over 80%, the Windows crowd failed to take an immediate shine to Vista's Wow.
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17.1.2008 Office 2008 for Mac to come this year
Putting lingering questions about update timing to rest, Microsoft has announced that the new version of Office for Mac will arrive in the second half of this year.
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9.1.2007 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 Genuine Software Initiative’s First Year and Beyond
This first year represents only the beginning of a marathon, and Microsoft is committed to this race, says Cori Hartje, Microsoft's anti-piracy director.
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2.4.2007 Vista SP1 By End of Year
Service Packs can be good and bad for Microsoft. On one hand, they fix vulnerabilities, upgrade the usefulness, efficiency or functionality of components, and sometimes add new features.
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20.6.2007 Will 2008 Be Vista's Golden Year?
Despite months of rumors and innuendo suggesting that sales of Windows Vista were lackluster, Microsoft last week turned in its best first quarter in eight years.
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31.10.2007 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year
Web apps that transcend the Web. PCs that redefine what a PC can do. And oh yeah, a certain cell phone you may have heard of. We pick 25 breakthroughs that you can get your hands on right now.
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29.12.2007 Making sense of Vistas first year
While many of you enjoyed "the Mom test," clearly there are lots more ways to look at how Windows Vista is doing. Here are three measures I typically use when trying to assess the impact of Vista.
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2.2.2008 Microsoft to kill Encarta later this year
Microsoft has announced that it is discontinuing its Encarta line of products. The software products will be gone by June 2009 and the website will go down October 31, 2009.
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30.3.2009 Holographic DVD to Hold 1.6 Terabytes next year!
Move over HD DVD and Blu-ray. Bell Labs spin-off InPhase Technologies and Hitachi Maxell are currently working on a computer disc about the size of a DVD that could hold up to sixty times the data. The companies hope to have the disc and compatible drives on the market by the end of next year.
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27.11.2005 2 Year Old Pirated Keys Defeats WGA
On July 18, Microsoft's WGA team promised to send me a disk with a product key from their blocked list. It was supposed to arrive via overnight service, but it was never sent.
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9.8.2006 Internet Explorer 8 Beta to begin later this year
According to Microsoft, the Internet Explorer 8 Beta is set to begin when Vista SP1 ships later this year.
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23.6.2007 Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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17.9.2007Internet Explorer 8 shipping this year, Windows 7 still on track
At Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting Thursday, Bill Veghte, who heads up the company's Windows and online services division, said that Windows 7
is progressing well and confirmed that Internet Explorer 8 will ship before the end of the year...
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25.07.2008Windows may be coming to your shopping cart this year
What hopes to be the final form of an innovative new grocery shopping aid device using Windows CE will go into beta this spring, with a possible
nationwide rollout by the end of the year...
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15.01.2008Gates: Windows 7 May Come 'in the next year or so'
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year or so. In
response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank here, said: "Sometime in the next year or so
we will have a new version." Referring to Windows 7, the code name for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm
super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways."
Unclear is whether Gates was referring to early testing of Windows 7 coming within
the year, as opposed to a widespread release or debut. An early test geared toward developers would be conceivable.
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05.04.2008Ballmer: 1 Billion Windows PCs by Next Year
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
boldly touted the success of
Windows at the company's
annual Financial Analysts
Meeting Thursday, saying that
the number of PCs with Windows
installed will surpass 1
billion by the end of
Microsoft's next fiscal year
on June 30, 2008...
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27.07.2007Windows on Netbook PCs: A Year in Review
Its hard to believe its been a year since we first started to see netbook PCs running Windows come to market.
Little did we know
that these devices would evolve so much in such a short time. A year ago, they were Internet-centric devices defined mainly by their tiny size and low
cost. An interesting concept perhaps, but sales didnt really take off until the category evolved into the more capable small notebook PCs we see on
the market today...
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04.04.2009Gates: Windows 7 may come 'in the next year'
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could come within the next year, far ahead of the
development schedule previously indicated by the software maker.
In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, speaking
before the Inter-American Development Bank here, said: "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version." Referring to Windows 7, the
code name for the next full release of Windows client software, Gates said: "I'm super-enthused about what it will do in lots of ways."
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04.04.2008Why Windows 7 will be out later this year
With the public Windows 7 release candidate right around the corner, and development towards the RTM on track, people are wondering "When is the
final release date for Windows 7?" With many dates flying around, I personally think that Windows 7 will be out later this year, and here's why:
First, let's back up a bit. Microsoft has set an internal date of January, 2010, approximately 3 years after Vista. Now let's say for the sake
of argument that turns out to be true. This would be a big mistake for Microsoft because they'll miss the crucial holiday season, when obviously
people will be buying new computers and software, and we all remember how badly Vista's release went.
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01.05.2009Windows Vista SP1 Beta Due This Year
Within its recent response to
the U.S. Department of Justice
that stated it would modify
Windows Vista to enable end
users and OEMs to change the
default desktop search it
uses, Microsoft for the first
time discussed Service Pack 1
for the OS, saying a beta will
come this year...
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21.06.2007What you won’t hear Microsoft talk about at WinHEC 2007
Usually, at the annual
Microsoft Windows Hardware
Engineering Conferences
(WinHECs), Microsoft provides
its system partners with some
information about what's
coming next on the operating
systems front. Even if not a
full-fledged roadmap, usually
there are a few hints, a
handful of futures slides, a
couple of thinly-veiled
references to general
directions.
This year: The future has
been ruled off limits, at
least on the Windows client
front.
Execs are not
talking at all about Windows
Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 or
"Fiji," the Media Center
update expected later this
year. And don't even think
about hearing/seeing anything
on Windows Seven, a k a
Windows 2009. ..
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16.05.2007Windows Vista November CTP
Cancelled
The second beta of
Windows Vista will not come
until next year, Microsoft
said
Tuesday.
T
he software maker did not give
a time frame for the release
of Beta 2 of the operating
system, and said only that it
would have more to say next
year. Microsoft had not said
when Beta 2 will come, but
some had expected it might
come in December or
January.
Microsoft
did say it still plans to
release the final version of
Vista in the second half of
next year.
"First
and foremost, we are still on
track for general availability
in the second half of calendar
year 2006," said Amitabh
Srivastava, a corporate vice
president in Microsoft's
Windows
unit.
Microsoft
also said Tuesday that it will
end the monthly schedule for
interim Community Technology
Preview updates of the Vista
code. The third CTP release,
planned for November, now will
not happen until December, it
said. ..
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30.11.2005Microsoft Debuts Windows Live
OneCare
After a year in beta testing,
Microsoft on Wednesday took
the wraps off Windows Live
OneCare, its all-in-one
security and PC care
subscription service. That
package includes antivirus,
anti-spyware and PC tuning and
backup tools, along with free
support for $49.95 per year...
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31.05.2006Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007
Jeff Jones: In the wake of my
Windows Vista One Year
Vulnerability Report, I have received many questions regarding the current vulnerability record of Windows Vista as compares with Windows XP
SP2.
This short paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for
calendar year 2007 and a brief analysis to see if any benefit is apparent for users of one OS over the other.
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15.05.2008Windows Vista Security One Year Later
Now that Windows Vista has been available to business customers for more than a year, it’s a good time to go back and look at how it’s
holding up from a security perspective. I think that it’s fair to say that Windows Vista is proving to be the most secure version of the
Windows to date. Our investments in the SDL and our defense in depth approach to building Windows Vista seem to be paying off. Let’s take a
look at some areas that we’ve made progress in: the impact of defense-in-depth; Internet Explorer 7’s protection of personal information;
vulnerabilities and infections; and cost savings. First, let’s look at the impact of defense-in-depth features like User Account Control and
Internet Explorer Protected Mode. These features have helped reduce both the risk and severity of security bulletins, giving enterprises more time to
deploy patches:
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24.01.2008Happy New Year from JCXP!
Well, 2007 is just around the
bend and has even come for
some already, so we would like
to take this moment to wish
you all a Happy New Year! :)
2006 was quite a
year, especially in the
software world. The most
significant events of course
would be the RTM of Windows
Vista and Office 2007. It went
by fast, and sure was one heck
of a year.
We've gone through many
structural changes this year
with staff and how we operate
the site, finally I think
we've found the right
balance, one of the biggest
things we've done has been to
strongly enforce our "no
warez" policy. You can expect
a few "changes" in the
coming year of 2007 to our
site, just keep patient and
wait :P *cough 2.0*
We thank you all for
sticking with us this year and
we hope you're all going to
be here a lot longer, we've
met a good few good people
here and we hope to meet a
good few more!
So
once again, Happy New Year to
all, let's enjoy 2006 while
it lasts and let's make sure
we make the most of 2007!
Also, please remember
to drink responsibly, know
your limits and take it easy.
Make sure you and your friends
get home safe tonight (Yes,
even if it involves you
putting their keys down your
pants to make sure they don't
try and drive drunk) :)
-- David, Greg and the
rest of the staff here at JCXP
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01.01.2007XP to still be available on netbooks after Windows 7's release
Microsoft Corp. plans to continue offering Windows XP to hardware vendors for use on netbook PCs for a year after the upcoming release of Windows
7.
"OEMs that are using Windows XP on netbooks will have the ability to install Windows XP for one year 12 months after
Windows 7 general availability," Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Windows product management group, said during a conference call
with reporters.
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01.05.2009Gartner: PC sales to drop despite Windows 7
Research firm Gartner have published their predictions for PC sales for 2009, predicting that worldwide sales will fall by 6% from 2008 levels. The
sales of netbooks, however, are set to rise. Gartner forecast that 274 million computers will be sold this year, down from 292 million units last
year. This is actually higher than the 257 million units they predicted earlier this year due to growth that is expected in the fourth quarter of
2009. This growth is set to then set continue into 2010 with a growth of 10.3% currently projected. 21 million netbooks are expected to have been
shipped this year and 30 million are predicted for next year.
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29.06.2009Windows 7 moves toward August 2009 RTM
Cnet has come up with a report saying that Microsoft is set to release Windows 7 by the end of this year's holiday shopping season based on PC
industry sources in Asia and the U.S. According to the ZDNet Taiwan site, Taiwan hardware vendors are certain about Windows 7's final official
release in 2009. As pointed out by some computer manufacturers, the official version of Windows 7 will be available ahead of the planned schedule,
that is before October this year. The English version of the OS will be available to system operators in August, and the Chinese version in October.
Microsoft will officially pre-market Windows 7 now by labeling Windows Vista computers with Windows 7 ready stickers.
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13.02.2009A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1
Its hard to say the last year has been anything but rough for Microsofts Windows division. Although we found Windows Vista favorable upon its launch
last year after watching it go through an usually drawn-out development process, such a sentiment hasnt been shared by Windows users as a whole.
Windows XP proved to be every bit the competition for Vista that Microsoft could ever fear it would be, at the time as when Vista was having its own
post-launch pains. It was a bad combination, making for a bad year for Microsofts efforts in pushing its first new desktop OS in 5 years. Microsoft
was looking to make a solid case for why Vista is a worthwhile successor to XP in a market notorious for a resistance to change, and they failed to do
this thanks to a failure in immature technology and an inability to get a consistent and convincing message out.
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27.02.2008Windows Home Server System Builder Software Price Decrease
Windows Home Server Team: On November 1, Microsoft will introduce a 30% price reduction of the Windows Home Server software for the System Builder
channel. After a successful year in the market, Microsoft is reducing the price of the System Builder version of Windows Home Server to provide
additional value to the system builder community and further promote the home server category. Momentum for Windows Home Server remains strong.
During the first year, Windows Home Server has been embraced by System Builders in over 50 countries. The list of hardware partners continues to grow
and third-party software developers have released or have announced more than 60 Add-in programs extending Windows Home Servers capabilities. Thanks
for all of the great support over the last year, and we look forward to working with you all in continuing to grow the home server marketplace!
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01.11.2008Source: Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010
AppleInsider: Despite valiant efforts to push its Windows licensees to adopt Vista and the forthcoming Windows 7, Microsoft has
one again agreed to extend the option of selling Windows XP for use on new PCs for another year, through April 30, 2010.
The
announcement hasn't been made publicly, but AppleInsider can exclusively report that according to a source within Hewlett Packard, Microsoft
has granted the PC giant an extension to its existing rights to continue selling the nearly eight year old Windows XP on the company's business
desktops, workstations, and notebooks in place of Windows 7 for another year.
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