Microsoft could extend XP shelf life after CEO hint

Microsoft's CEO could well do a spectacular Brownian U-turn by allowing Windows XP to continue to be sold alongside Windows Vista (ed : they might even sell XP at a premium)

FRI 25 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Vista SP1 now available as automated update

Users of Windows Vista, rejoice; Microsoft is going to thrust the first service pack for its newest consumer operating system onto millions of consumers who have turned their automatic update feature on and who hadn't downloaded the pack manually

FRI 25 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Skip Windows Vista at your own risk, cautions Forrester

Warning: Waiting for Windows Seven could seriously harm the health of your company; that's in essence the warning that research company, Forrester, has issued towards businesses which are still pulling back on a Vista roll-out

MON 21 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Vista Loophole means more than £120 savings

There's a loophole in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 that allows consumers to upgrade to the latest Microsoft's Operating System without having to actually own earlier versions of Windows

WED 09 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Patch Tuesday comes early; adds unexpected twist

Microsoft's monthly patching exercise took place one week earlier this month as the software giant is preparing for the simultaneous launch of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and its Internet Explorer 8 web browser

TUE 01 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: News

Vista SP1 - I'm losing what little hair I have left...

This week Steve starts a spiral of despair over Vista Service Pack 1 and its long list of problems that have soaked up his support time over the last week

FRI 28 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News

Doing the Impossible with Vista

FRI 21 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News

Official : Amazon confirms Vista SP1 out tomorrow

Online e-tailer Amazon has confirmed that Vista SP1 will be out tomorrow in the US as it lists pre-packaged Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 upgrade available as from the 19th of March 2008

MON 17 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News

Is Microsoft preparing a huge coup with Windows Vista Successor, Seven?

Windows Vista could potentially be the an 'intermediary' Windows like Windows ME after Microsoft confirmed that Windows Seven, its successor, would be out by 2010

FRI 14 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft closes Windows Vista activation loophole

Tweaktown reports that one of their readers has installed Windows Vista KB940510 Update which proved out to be a sniffer. It looks for codes that exploit a weakness in Microsoft's latest operating system activation solution

WED 12 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: News