Microsoft Updates Longhorn Roadmap
News The demo had a few glitches, but it eventually showed Longhorn to be better able to render multiple 3D images than its predecessor, Windows XP. Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin said the server version of Longhorn -- the next major version...
[May 5, 2004, 13:00]
Media Center Wins Starring Role
News Media Center and Tablet PC, the other customised version of Windows XP, are taking on added importance for Microsoft, which is still years away from shipping the next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
[January 28, 2004, 8:05]
Longhorn 'to Come In Seven Versions'
News The seven versions will include the Longhorn Home Edition, Longhorn Premium/Media Center Edition, Longhorn Professional Edition, Longhorn Small Business Edition and Longhorn Mobility/Tablet PC Edition.
[January 18, 2005, 13:05]
Microsoft To Extend Media Center In 2005
News Media Center and Tablet PC, the other customised version of Windows XP, are taking on added importance for Microsoft, which is still years away from shipping the next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
[March 19, 2004, 16:40]
Getting To Grips With Longhorn
Talkback As a result, Microsoft would delay Longhorn over quality concerns, but is unlikely to let individual features hold up its release. It's going to be 2007 before WinFS is available and then further on the service packs will make it what it should be...
[April 15, 2005, 18:50]
Microsoft Scales Back Longhorn For 2006 Launch
News Work on Longhorn slowed after Microsoft shifted programmers from that effort to the task of adding security features into Windows XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, an update due to be released shortly. Microsoft said on Friday that it is aiming to release...
[April 12, 2004, 10:35]
Windows Longhorn: A First Look Inside The New OS review
Reviews As with Windows XP, if you long for familiar screens, they're still there within Longhorn. The familiar Start menu, very similar to that found in Windows XP, returns in Longhorn. Like XP, Longhorn allows multiple users of a single system to have...
[April 28, 2005, 11:30]
10 Things To Consider Before Taking The Vista Plunge
News With XP/Server 2003, IPv6 support requires installing a separate protocol, whereas the TCP/IP stack in Vista/Longhorn Server supports dual IP architecture and both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled by default.
[August 31, 2006, 12:40]
Microsoft Shows More Vista Features
News The updated Windows Server Longhorn code is available only to participants in a private beta test program and not available via MSDN or TechNet, Microsoft said. The new preview release includes an update to Windows Media Player and gives a peek at...
[December 20, 2005, 8:40]
New Version Of XP Media Centre Edition To Be Released
News Without an all-new version of Windows until Longhorn in 2006, Microsoft is hoping that an improved Media Center OS can help reignite interest in the 3-year-old Windows XP operating system. For the first time, Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center...
[October 6, 2004, 15:40]
Redmond Takes Aim At Your Home
News Media Center is filling an important role for Microsoft, which will not have an all-new version of Windows to sell until Longhorn arrives in 2006. With the first two versions, the software maker sold Windows XP Media Center edition for more even...
[October 13, 2004, 9:10]
Windows Longhorn: Build M5 review
Reviews A My TV application seems destined to draw from Windows XP Media Center Edition's personal video recorder capabilities; Windows Media Player is a nearly invisible component of the entire OS; and Longhorn lets you create photo albums and digital...
[May 8, 2003, 7:33]
Windows Longhorn: A Progress Report review
Reviews After the release of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on 25 April 2005, Microsoft's next major upgrade to the Windows family will be the much-anticipated release of Windows Longhorn. Like Windows XP, Longhorn will offer a choice of interfaces...
[April 18, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft Pledges £3.3bn To R&D
News The next major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn, is in development, Gates said. Longhorn is expected to be unveiled late next year or early in 2004. Along with Longhorn will come new releases of Office, Visual Studio.Net , Exchange, MSN and...
[July 26, 2002, 7:32]
Microsoft Tests New Windows File System
News Originally touting WinFS as the means that would enable better desktop file searching in Longhorn, Microsoft is now focusing on the benefits of the file system as a means for desktop applications to harness information stored in a common repository.
[August 30, 2005, 9:10]
Gates Accentuates The Positive With 'smart' Gadgets
News Also, a server version of the next-generation "Longhorn" product has been scrapped. Separately, Microsoft announced that Gateway and Alienware, among others, will be creating living room PCs using Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center edition.
[November 18, 2002, 7:51]
Leopard May Beat Vista To Market
News Apple has been making hay about Vista and its many delays since the Windows update was still known by the code-name Longhorn. The current version allows remote-control access to pictures, music and videos, but stops short of the TV-recording...
[August 9, 2006, 9:15]
Microsoft's Entertainment PC To Debut In UK
News He added, however, that it is unlikely to happen before the release of the next version of the Media Center OS, which is slated to happen alongside the release of Longhorn, the next major version of Windows.
[August 6, 2003, 15:00]
