PC makers find ways to extend XP's life
News Manufacturers such as Dell and HP will continue to offer Windows XP on new machines past Microsoft's 30 June deadline, but customers will still get Vista as part of the deal [28 Apr 2008]
- Problem... - Mosh
- License is Valid for Both XP and VIsta - J.A. Watson
- Only 1 SATA ! - chrishocking
- The power of being a monopoly! - harpless
Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'
News By designing Vista's User Account Control security feature to annoy users, ISVs are being forced to make software more robust, claims a Microsoft product manager [11 Apr 2008]
- OK, so that makes sense... - Mosh
- Shame... - Mosh
- Yup - Mosh
Ballmer: Vista needs a bigger marketing budget
News Microsoft's chief executive claims more money must be spent on marketing to boost sales of Windows Vista [05 Feb 2008]
- Vista needs a louder trumpet - 1000170735
- What Vista needs is a REASON to upgrade, not more Hype - J.A. Watson
- More marketing dollars needed - df1
- What a waste of money - Comuscomp
- What Vista needs is to be substantially better than XP - harpless
- consumer excitement..... - ator1940
Ballmer: Microsoft may keep XP if users demand it
News Chief executive Steve Ballmer says the company could rethink plans to phase out Windows XP in June if there were enough customer demand [25 Apr 2008]
- Oh Come On! - Moley
NEC launches Vista downgrade product
News The manufacturer has officially launched a product to downgrade Vista machines to XP, to meet customer demand [05 Feb 2008]
- But I assume you're still paying for a Vista licence... - Mark
- Vista downgrade - ator1940
- Hmm, yes you're right... - Mark
Microsoft launches 'Singularity' OS prototype
News At TechFest 2008, the software giant launched an operating system aimed at allowing researchers to develop new kinds of computer architecture [10 Mar 2008]
- Wouldn't trust Microsofts Motives.... - pround
- reliability?!?!? - 1000139841
Vista struggles to attract enterprise users
News Microsoft's latest operating system boasted just 6.3 percent of enterprise users by the end of last year, while the company also appears to be losing ground in the browser market [03 Apr 2008]
- Vista struggles to attract enterprise users - ator1940
- "they need to start new.." - lars
- Because there's not much benefit - harpless
Microsoft resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 updates
News The company is releasing XP SP3 for web downloads and resuming automatic updates to Vista SP1, following an earlier conflict with another Microsoft product [07 May 2008]
- Just install Ubuntu! - dotancohen
- XP SP3 Problems - Moley
- Which printer? What else? - dotancohen
Judge gives green light to 'Vista Capable' lawsuit
News Consumers can move ahead with a class-action suit against Microsoft over how it advertised computers with XP as capable of running Vista [25 Feb 2008]
NextWindow enables giant multitouch screen 
Video Microsoft is not the only company showing off multitouch technology. NextWindow's touch technology can fit screens up to 100 inches, and enables multitouch features [06 Mar 2008]
- Fingertapps - saturn
Cracking open the Radio Shack TRS-80 CoCo 
Photo ZDNet.co.uk's Rupert Goodwins takes a look inside a deconstructed Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer [06 Feb 2008]
- Early Computers - 61320
Upgraders to XP SP3 warned over IE downgrades
News Microsoft has said XP users who install Service Pack 3 will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer [09 May 2008]
Multi-OS PCs suffer Vista SP1 installation hitches
News Vista Ultimate and Enterprise owners also running a non-Microsoft OS on the same PC may not be able to install SP1 without changing the boot process of their machines [25 Mar 2008]
- Good reason not to use Vista - pround
Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs
News The software giant says it will give free support until 18 March, 2009, to those experiencing difficulty installing Service Pack 1 [25 Mar 2008]
Microsoft unconcerned over Vista SP1 incompatibility
News The software giant's chief operating officer says he is pleased with SP1's progress, despite it breaking some third-party programs [04 Mar 2008]
Microsoft pulls Vista SP1 update
News The company has retracted a prerequisite update for downloading Vista Service Pack 1, after customers complained of problems [20 Feb 2008]
- Groundhog day - 54272
Gartner: Windows collapsing under own weight
News The analyst group has claimed Microsoft's strategy for its operating system needs a radical overhaul [11 Apr 2008]
- Bloated Windows - 334638
IBM denies re-entering PC market with Russian deal
News The company says it is not getting back into the PC market, despite selling 'Microsoft-free' PCs, running Linux and OpenOffice, in eastern Europe [10 Mar 2008]
- claimed to be more secure. - ator1940
Red Hat says no to consumer Linux desktop
News The company plans to focus on enterprise systems and says it would not profitably be able to create a traditional desktop product [18 Apr 2008]
Cheap Mac clone draws angry response
News Florida-based Psystar, the company advertising a Mac-compatible system, has attracted criticism from the hackers who created the underlying software [17 Apr 2008]
Microsoft releases Vista SP1
News After days of speculation, Vista Service Pack 1 has appeared on Microsoft's Download Center. The availability of the download appears to have even caught the company's own people by surprise [18 Mar 2008]
