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Live From Redmond: Get The Facts On Windows Vista And IIS 7.0 Compatibility
White Papers The release of IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista marks an incredible milestone for Microsoft. The webcast discusses each of these issues and how a user can successfully implement workarounds, allowing him to move up to Windows Vista and IIS 7.0.
[March 9, 2007, 0:00]
Photos: Behind The Scenes For Vista
News Out in Redmond, Seattle, this display in Building 3 — the home of the Windows marketing team — highlights Windows Vista. Microsoft's marketing blitz will soon shift outside Redmond, with the company expected to spend millions of dollars to make...
[November 9, 2006, 10:49]
Leopard May Beat Vista To Market
News At the 2004 developer conference, the company welcomed attendees with signs saying "Redmond, we have a problem" and "Redmond, start your photocopiers". Microsoft has said it plans to release Windows Vista in January.
[August 9, 2006, 9:15]
Firefox Welcomes Microsoft's Offer Of Help
News Something like a checklist of the most common OS integration points that have changed from Windows XP would be extremely useful," he pointed out, adding that it's important that this is "accessible to organisations that can't afford to send people...
[August 24, 2006, 13:00]
SAMBA, Microsoft And The Real Issue
Blog They can learn from a programmer culture that is NOT Redmond-centered and can learn something new and perhaps even better than what the droids in Redmond can do. Microsoft could then use peer review both inside and outside Redmond to make their...
[December 29, 2007, 15:59]
Is Windows Vista Really 50% To 87% More Secure Than Windows XP?
White Papers Via the SDL, the Redmond Company attempted to bulletproof Vista as much as possible, making it "Secure by Design, Secure by Default, Secure in Deployment and Communication. Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista is the first software product to go...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Windows Vista: A First Look
Talkback Like everything Redmond before it. Yes Windows Vista will be the greatest ever. Because all these problems with various Windows versions are ofcourse caused by users, administrators, hackers, crackers, illegal software, crappy third party drivers...
[August 2, 2005, 21:36]
Symantec Spots Potential Instability In Vista
Talkback Just another day at Redmond. "And given the extensive work we are doing to make Windows Vista the most secure version of Windows yet, we believe the claims are also unsubstantiated. As I recall, this was said about 98SE, ME, 2000, & XP.
[July 19, 2006, 19:50]
Microsoft Adds Ultimate Edition Of Office
News Ultimate is becoming a popular word in Redmond. After already announcing plans for an Ultimate edition of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed this week that it also plans an Ultimate edition of Office 2007.
[May 26, 2006, 10:40]
Vista Clears Antitrust Hurdle
News Microsoft said it had also contacted 30 competing software makers and had invited them to work alongside company engineers at its Redmond, Washington campus lab for Vista Readiness. Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows Vista operating system...
[November 22, 2006, 8:02]
XP Is Dead; Long Live XP
News Although Microsoft is keen for users to switch to XP's successor, Windows Vista, that operating system has not been the success that was hoped for by Redmond. By then, however, Windows 7 will only be a year away, making Vista an even harder sell...
[June 30, 2008, 13:53]
Microsoft COO: Standing Firm On Vista
News Prior to his current stint as head of operations at Redmond, 42-year-old Turner spent 19 years in retail chain Wal-Mart, where he held various senior positions including chief information officer and chief executive of Wal-Mart subsidiary Sam's...
[May 27, 2008, 11:26]
Vista's Journey Isn't Over Yet
News Developers in Redmond are still looking for potential problems, and also trying to help computer makers, software developers and device manufacturers make sure their products are ready. Microsoft has wrapped up development on Windows Vista, but...
[November 13, 2006, 8:36]
Microsoft Security Chief Looks Beyond Vista
News Now he's in the spotlight - in arguably the most thankless job in Redmond. For Fathi, the changing of the guard is a perfect time to start looking beyond Windows Vista, the yet-to-be-released successor to Windows XP.
[June 13, 2006, 16:00]
What Does Microsoft EU Decision Mean For Vista And Longhorn?
Blog It needs Vista and the server offering Longhorn to be a success - and given this EC ruling it's going to be a tougher mission than for any previous OS release from Redmond. In his press conference earlier, Microsoft Brad Smith announced that...
[September 17, 2007, 14:45]
Vista Stumbles Through One-year Milestone
News Performance has also been a factor, with Vista branded by some industry researchers as the most processor-hungry operating system to ever come out of Redmond — something that jars with the current industry drive towards energy efficiency and green...
[November 30, 2007, 11:37]
Microsoft's Security Meeting Causes Unease
News The newly merged Microsoft Security Response and Safety Summit was held late last month at the software maker's Redmond headquarters. The event mostly provided a primer on security in Windows Vista, which led to a discussion on how attendees...
[July 25, 2006, 16:25]
Mozilla Hits Out At Apple's Safari Plans
News Lilly doesn't believe this was an omission or simplification, but instead an indication that Jobs is hoping to steal the users of Firefox and other smaller browsers in order to run a "duopoly" with Redmond.
[June 18, 2007, 11:21]
Vista Grants Added User Privileges
News Why didn't Redmond just call it "su" and admit the Unix crowd had it right? As the first step in tackling this problem, Microsoft is renaming LUA to User Account Protection (UAP) in Windows Vista, the next version of the OS.
[November 15, 2005, 10:15]
Microsoft May Ship Windows 7 By Next Christmas
News The specific testing itself is done at Microsoft's labs in Redmond, Washington, Howe said. Officially, Windows 7 will ship within three years of the January 2007 consumer release of Windows Vista. In a presentation, Microsoft director Doug Howe...
[November 7, 2008, 11:40]
