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Windows Vista Can Help Societe Des Alcools Du Quebec Reduce PC Total Cost Of Ownership By 7 Percent Per Year
White Papers A business value study that included an analysis of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) showed that upgrading the PCs at the Societe des Alcools du Quebec (SAQ) from Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 to Windows Vista should improve management and...
[January 4, 2007, 23:00]
Windows Vista Beta 1: Screenshot Gallery
Talkback Same old same old :-( Looks like Windows XP with some of the features of KDE, Gnome and Mac OS X thrown in on top. IE7 - well as IE 7 doesn't support the open standards and is very insecure, it is restricted to only accessing the Windows and Office...
[August 22, 2005, 7:19]
Windows Vista's New Security Features
Talkback Response to reader comments: My wife agrees with Jon. She would rather run 3 different spyware/malware programs every morning before starting to work on the system than use a standard user account instead of an administrator level acct.
[October 5, 2005, 20:57]
The Windows Vista Developer Story: IIS Modules
White Papers IIS 7 has a completely new architecture that contains a core server containing a unified pipeline with notifications available to IIS & ASP.NET developers. This core engine relies upon modules to perform HTTP request processing and related services...
[November 14, 2006, 23:00]
Gates: Windows 7 To Come 'in The Next Year Or So'
News Microsoft has said it expects to release a new version of Windows approximately three years after the introduction of Vista in January 2007. Nevertheless, Gates's comments suggest that a successor to Vista might be released sooner than was...
[April 7, 2008, 8:20]
Black Hat To Dissect Windows Vista
News At the 2006 event this week, however, an entire track will be devoted to the security - rather than the insecurity - of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. It has talked up Vista as its most secure operating system ever, and has said that...
[August 1, 2006, 16:20]
A First Look At IE 7
White Papers Microsoft has released Beta 1 of Internet Explorer 7 together with Windows Vista Beta 1. Beta 1 of IE 7 comes in two flavors - a stand-alone version for Windows XP SP2, and a built-in version for Windows Vista Beta 1.
[September 13, 2007, 0:00]
Vista Struggles To Attract Enterprise Users
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 percent of enterprise users on the OS by the end of 2007. And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows 2000 — which...
[April 3, 2008, 8:23]
Businesses Warned Against Skipping Vista
News Planning to skip Windows Vista altogether and wait for Microsoft's next operating system instead? Gartner said companies have "significantly delayed" the start of their Windows Vista migrations, with most now planning to begin deployment in late...
[December 7, 2007, 12:17]
Vista Tipped To Appear In December '06
News The official release date has already been decided for Windows Vista, according to rumours which say you can expect it to be ready in time to make an appearance late next year. According to a report by Windows IT Pro, the official date for a full...
[September 1, 2005, 9:50]
Gartner: Windows Collapsing Under Own Weight
News To compound Windows' problems, it has outgrown the hardware it requires and customers are considering skipping Vista and waiting for Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7, the analyst firm has said, adding that, if Windows is going to remain...
[April 11, 2008, 12:48]
Microsoft Plans 'Windows 7' Release
News Windows Vista, the often-delayed and most recent release of Windows, shipped to businesses in November and to consumers in January after more than five years of development. Like Vista, Windows 7 will ship in consumer and business versions, and in...
[July 23, 2007, 7:35]
Symantec Stays On Trail Of Vista Bugs
News After poking around the Windows Vista networking stack, Symantec researchers have tried out privilege-escalation attacks on an early version of the Windows XP successor. The triviality of this privilege escalation.foreshadows the grave difficulty...
[July 25, 2006, 9:40]
Internet Explorer Gets Rebranded
News IE 7 will have two logos, according to Chor - one when it's released as a standalone product and another when it is shipped with Windows Vista. The schism will ensure IE 7's logo will be more in keeping with the Vista look.
[August 16, 2005, 16:25]
Vista Security Push Gets Warm Reception
News Microsoft's presentations on Windows Vista are not the typical Black Hat talks, but attendees are welcoming the look behind the scenes at the software giant. Other parts of Microsoft's effort to make Vista the "most secure version of Windows yet...
[August 4, 2006, 9:00]
Security Makers Prepared For Vista Launch
News Microsoft is promoting Windows Vista as the most secure version of its operating system yet — but it's still recommending outside help to shield against common cyberthreats. Windows Vista is the most secure operating system we've ever built," Ben...
[January 18, 2007, 8:09]
IDefense Offers Bounty For Vista And IE7 Flaws
News Both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows dominate their respective markets, and it is not surprising that the decision to update to the current release of Internet Explorer 7 and/or Windows Vista is fraught with uncertainty," said...
[January 11, 2007, 15:44]
US Agencies Shun Windows Vista
News The organisation's technology staff is testing NIST applications and evaluating the security in Windows Vista. Most organisations should incorporate a move to Windows Vista in their longer-term road map — unless they are planning to move toward...
[March 14, 2007, 8:39]
Microsoft Revamps Software Assurance
News These include an extension of 24×7 support, an increase in the available training days allowed, more support during desktop deployments and support for Windows Vista. There are two new features under the usage section of Software Assurance...
[March 14, 2006, 12:10]
Gates Admits IE Failings, Looks To An AJAX Future
News Gates said that Microsoft is already working on the next two versions after Internet Explorer 7, which is due later this year with Windows Vista. Microsoft intends to build deeper RSS support in Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7, allowing...
[March 21, 2006, 7:55]
