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Photos: Vista's battery woes

News Early testers are finding Vista laptops get less battery life than the same machines running Windows XP. To maximise battery life, Microsoft recommends using the Vista Basic theme, which turns off fancy graphics, such as the Flip3D navigation...

5 June 2006, 9:01

Vista delayed until 2007

News Microsoft announced a delay of Windows Vista on Tuesday that will mean PCs with the new operating system won't go on sale until January. However, Microsoft said that a delay of a few weeks in Vista's schedule meant that some PC makers would be able...

22 March 2006, 10:21

Vista party kicks off in New York

News Microsoft wrapped up development of Windows Vista three months ago, but the company's marketing machine is just kicking into high gear. Frostbite sure is an occupational hazard today," said a camera operator who was part of the sizeable audience of...

30 January 2007, 9:12

Vista revs up peer-to-peer Wi-Fi

News Whenever Windows Vista computers arrive, they will have their own special way of talking to one another. The company has built one program based on it into Vista -- Windows MeetingSpace -- that lets people share and view files.

31 May 2006, 11:24

Vista P2P feature exposes beta machines

News Windows Vista beta testers have stumbled upon a networking feature in the operating system that could pose a security risk to them, but they say they're not worried. The command shell, called Monad, however won't be in Vista.

19 August 2005, 9:32

Vista creates a puzzling buzz

News The game is expected to conclude before Vista's 30 January consumer launch. Despite that opening splash during CES, however, some question whether anyone will remember the link between the game and Vista.

15 January 2007, 10:13

Vista service pack to arrive early 08

News After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details on Tuesday about its plans for the first update to Windows Vista, saying the service pack will arrive in the first quarter of next year. In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start...

30 August 2007, 9:11

Vista delay a boon for Mac sales

News If there's one company that stands to benefit from the delay of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, it's Apple, analysts have said. The Vista delay is most likely to be felt by those trying to sell into the consumer market, a space Apple...

24 March 2006, 9:13

Vista to connect to Xbox Live in May

News Windows Vista gamers, like Xbox 360 players, on 8 May will be able to collect achievements and tally a 'Gamerscore', list friends, and send text and voice messages. Following the May events, Microsoft's FASA Studio in June plans to release a first...

15 March 2007, 11:14

Green Party: Vista means more dead PCs

News The UK Green Party has claimed that Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, could lead to a mass upgrade of PCs that will result in old machines being dumped in landfill sites. Speaking ahead of the official UK consumer launch of Vista on...

30 January 2007, 9:14

Vista users to get free Wi-Fi

News Early adopters of Windows Vista will be able to get three months of free Wi-Fi access with hotzone operator The Cloud. American Vista users can take advantage of a similar deal, with T-Mobile as the operator.

2 February 2007, 8:23

Vista to launch in NY with human billboard

News Microsoft will kick off its Windows Vista launch activities with a human billboard in downtown New York. Among those on hand for the marketing stunt will be around 80 families that extensively tested Vista.

25 January 2007, 9:39

All Vista versions to ship on one DVD

News Microsoft has confirmed that all versions of Vista will be shipped on a single DVD, in a feature called Windows Anytime Upgrade. The idea, said a company representative, is to let customers more easily and directly upgrade to a higher edition of...

25 September 2006, 10:26

Microsoft names its price for Vista

News Microsoft on Tuesday announced retail pricing for Vista, its long-delayed Windows update, and said it will broaden testing to more than 5 million people. Then on Friday, Microsoft issued Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista, a near-final test...

6 September 2006, 10:04

Windows Vista to 'freeze dry' PCs before patching

News Code-named 'Freeze Dry', the technology uses a new restart manager in Windows Vista, a Microsoft representative said in a statement on Friday. In most cases, consumers won't have to restart Windows Vista when installing or updating an application...

5 September 2005, 9:44

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed

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