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Netscape first with Java browser for Win 3.1
News Netscape has beaten Microsoft to the punch by delivering a version of its Navigator Web browser that puts Java in the hands of Windows 3.1 users. The version, Navigator 3.01 for Windows 3.1, is the first 3.1 browser with Java support and is...
[December 17, 1996, 11:50]
Apple launches Safari for Windows
News Apple has released the first version of its browser, Safari, for the Windows operating system. Safari 3.1, which was launched on Tuesday, will run on Windows XP or Vista and, of course, Mac OSX. Apple released a beta for the Windows-supporting...
[March 20, 2008, 15:17]
Microsoft Print Migrator 3.1
White Papers Print Migrator 3.1 is the latest release of this utility, which automates the backup and restore of print configuration data on print servers running Microsoft Windows NT 4, Microsoft Window 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
[July 20, 2004, 3:00]
Microsoft extends NT support
News Microsoft on Monday added another year of life to its ageing Windows NT 4 operating system as the company struggles to convert customers to newer products. The software giant said it is extending support for Windows NT 4 Server for an additional 12...
[January 28, 2003, 8:47]
Microsoft throws another lifeline to Windows XP
News Bowing to continued demand, Microsoft has again extended the life of Windows XP. Although the largest PC makers can't sell XP anymore (except for ultra-low-cost machines), they can sell Vista Ultimate and Vista Business machines with XP discs in...
[October 6, 2008, 8:42]
Automated Storage Provisioning for Windows Using TotalStorage Productivity Center and Tivoli Provisioning Manager
White Papers This paper looks at how an automated storage provisioning solution can be realized for a Windows environment using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 (TPC) and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 3.1 (TPM).
[October 31, 2007, 0:00]
MS licensing: Pay now or pay more later
News Upgrade Advantage disappears after the deadline, and only the XP versions of Office or Windows would be considered current. In the case of Office or Windows, that is either version 2000 or XP. Companies on older software, such as Office 97 or...
[May 22, 2002, 9:25]
Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract
Talkback Its not as if the current system _is_ Windows, bringin in the cost of change. Old Windows 3.1 apps, running on Windows 3.1 on standalone systems, are used for calculating things like chemotherapy and radiotherapy doses.
[November 9, 2004, 10:57]
Windows 7, Mac OS make gains in January
News January was a good month for both the emerging Windows 7 and the venerable Mac OS, according to web metrics company Net Applications. Use of Windows 7, meanwhile, surged in January after Microsoft released the public beta of the operating system...
[February 2, 2009, 8:13]
Windows XP granted further reprieve
News Some PC makers now have an extra four months to sell Windows XP. The operating system will be available on ultra-low-cost PCs until 30 June, 2010, and the low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until...
[December 23, 2008, 8:47]
Linux firm bridges gap to iTunes
News CodeWeavers, which specialises in software that lets Windows programs run on Linux, said on Monday that it has a new version of its software that adds support for Apple's iTunes. We remain confident that by the end of 2005, the majority of Windows...
[August 3, 2004, 9:10]
Deadline looms for demise of Windows XP
News A spokesperson for HP said: "All of HP's latest consumer and business computing products currently ship with Windows Vista. As well as Bill Gates's impending shift to part-time work, another epoch is coming to an end — that of Windows XP.
[June 17, 2008, 9:12]
ASUS U2E review
Reviews The operating system on our review sample was Windows Vista Business, but it can be configured with Vista Home Premium, Vista Home Basic and Vista Ultimate too. The U2E's Windows Experience Index (WEI) rating of 3.1 (out of 5.9) isn't particularly...
[July 1, 2008, 0:00]
Government-funded Linux software arrives
News The European Union is funding an evaluation of the feasibility of moving government computing operations from Windows to Linux, one of a host of actions that don't bode well for Microsoft. Though we've seen evaluation of Linux, customers have...
[January 31, 2003, 10:04]
'Time bomb' strikes Visual Studio.Net beta
News The beta glitch comes at the same time the Redmond, Washington software giant has faced a prolonged outage of its MSN Messenger service as well as a slew of problems with the preview version of its Windows XP operating system.
[July 11, 2001, 11:18]
Linux gets green light in New South Wales
News Microsoft's far more popular Windows XP home operating system was also specified. The state listed Windows Server in addition to Linux and Novell's Netware operating system among its requirements in its server requirements.
[September 20, 2006, 15:30]
New KDE to arrive with Halloween eye candy
News The software will ship with an icon set called Crystal and a new theme called Keramik, both of which have hints of Apple's Aqua interface in Mac OS X and Microsoft's Windows XP styling. It will use a new theme manager and windows will have drop...
[October 17, 2002, 16:58]
Mozilla releases second alpha of Firefox 3.1
News In addition, Shiretoko allows users to drag and drop tabs between browser windows, improves performance in some areas and provides better integration with Windows Vista's Aero 'Glass' theme for those wanting to add extra themes on top of Firefox.
[September 8, 2008, 8:59]
Licensing buoys Microsoft again
News Microsoft on Thursday reported it had sold 67 million copies of Windows XP. The Professional version of Windows XP, targeted at businesses, sold particularly strongly and accounted for 63 percent of the operating system's sales.
[October 18, 2002, 9:08]
Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta): a first look review
Reviews The 6.4MB program runs under Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, according to Microsoft. The program even runs under current Release Candidate 1 (Build 1289) of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. A major plank of Microsoft's corporate strategy has...
[January 11, 2005, 12:10]
