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windows vista
CNET.co.uk has 252 stories on windows vista
Could 64-bit Vista finally be taking off?
News In a blog post this week, Microsoft's Chris Flores noted that 20 per cent of new Windows Vista PCs in the US that connected to Windows Update in June were running a 64-bit version of the OS, compared with 3 per cent of new computers in March.
Tags: desktops, cent, models, gaming
5 August 2008, 10:19
Orange bundles Eee PC with mobile broadband
News Small business users have not been forgotten, but Orange reckons their hardware needs are more hardcore as it is offering three HP laptops, complete with Windows Vista: the HP 6730s (Intel Celeron), HP s (Intel Core 2 Duo) and HP 6730b (Intel Core...
Tags: windows vista, consumer, core, iphone
24 July 2008, 9:31
Asus Eee Box ready for August release
News The cut-off date for sales of the operating system is 30 June, after which customers are supposed to buy Vista instead, but Microsoft recently decided to let XP be sold on netbooks. This is largely because such devices cannot successfully run the...
Tags: linux, box, operating system, xp
23 June 2008, 10:09
News.blog: Sony to u-turn on low-cost mini laptop?
News The prototype on display was running Windows Vista Home Basic. Sony is prepping a laptop based on Via's OpenBook reference design, PC World is reporting. At the WiMax Expo in Taipei, contract manufacturer Quanta Computer showed a mini laptop based...
Tags: names, hard drive, laptop, laptops
3 June 2008, 11:02
Dell to cut PC power by 25 per cent
News When questioned on whether Dell would promote Linux more heavily as an environmentally sustainable alternative to Microsoft Windows Vista, which has been criticised by Greenpeace and others for its reliance on powerful hardware and its influence...
Tags: technologies, dell, energy, roi
19 May 2008, 10:19
Microsoft limits XP mini laptop specs
News The company is in the process of axing XP as it tries to promote its successor, Vista, instead. However, following the success of the Asus Eee PC -- originally made available only with a Linux operating system -- Microsoft decided to address this...
Tags: storage, cpu, processor, mini
16 May 2008, 10:24
News.blog: Can Bill Gates kill the mouse and keyboard?
News In fact, a couple of months ago, Gates hinted at future support for touch-based gestures and speech recognition in a the post-Vista OS. Vista includes some support for touch sensitivity and millions of iPhone owners now see gestures as natural.
15 May 2008, 10:29
News.blog: XP death could be postponed
News Windows, Vista. Many acquire Vista by default, however, since most new The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if...
Tags: xp, windows xp, pcs, plan
25 April 2008, 10:22
Windows XP SP3 to roll out at end of April
News Windows Vista. However, Vista has been poorly received by many users, and numerous petitions are currently circulating the Internet, pleading with Microsoft to continue allowing retail sales of XP past its stated cut-off date of mid-2008.
Tags: schedule, pack, vista, service
17 April 2008, 9:58
Windows becoming 'too monolithic'
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...
Tags: silver, vista, computing, architecture
14 April 2008, 9:59
News.blog: Nvidia takes fight to Intel
News In turn, Nvidia promises that its 3D hardware will not only allow you to play games, but it will also enable you to watch and edit HD movies, edit and organise photos in flashy new interface designs, as well as turn on all of those visual effects...
Tags: dedicated, processor, processing, links
11 April 2008, 11:06
Gates: Windows 7 ready '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...
Tags: development, operating system, vista, comments
7 April 2008, 10:17
Leopard hacked in '30 seconds'
News Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition. Ubuntu 7.10, a Fujitsu laptop running Vista...
Tags: air, attack, iphone, operating systems
31 March 2008, 10:04
News.blog: Apple releases Safari 3.1
News Windows users will need to be running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Apple on Tuesday announced that version 3.1 of its Safari browser is available for both Mac and Windows users. The browser, in its Safari 3.0 iteration, was first made available to...
Tags: os, mac os, safari, windows users
19 March 2008, 9:21
Microsoft makes Vista SP1 available
News The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. According to Web retailer Amazon, boxed copies of Windows Vista with SP1 will be available on Wednesday in the US, and Amazon UK has the updated operating system listed for retail release...
Tags: problems, drivers, windows vista, vista
19 March 2008, 9:01
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