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Crave Podcast 96: Microsoft punks Vista haters

Crave Next, we report on Microsoft's Mojave experiment, which fooled ordinary folks into loving Windows Vista. It's podcast Friday, y'all! Rory Reid returns to the helm after a two week hiatus, to join Nate Lanxon, Kate Macefield and Richard Trenholm for...

Tags: windows vista, podcast, prisoners, fans

1 August 2008, 12:17 > More matches in Crave

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 > More matches in News

Vista Mail

Downloads A theme based on MS Vista icons. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

14 August 2007, 11:36 > More matches in Downloads

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 > More matches in News

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, 12:24 > More matches in News

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, 10:01 > More matches in News

Vista Manager

Downloads All-in-One utility to optimize, tweak, tune up and clean up your Windows Vista. It bundles more than 28 different utilities in one. Get access to hundreds of hidden options to improve system's performance and security, clean registry, junk files...

15 February 2007, 21:16 > More matches in Downloads

Vista pushes HD Photo centre stage

News Microsoft is looking to supplant the ubiquitous JPEG with an image format of its own -- and it's hoping the debut of Windows Vista will help do the job. First, Microsoft built HD Photo support into Windows Vista, consumer versions of which go on...

29 January 2007, 10:44 > More matches in News

Vista Battery Saver beta

Downloads This tinny program will save up to 70% of your battery by disabling those nice, but greedy Vista features. Running in task bar with private workset of 5.5M and 0% CPU it will do all work for you, by enabling and disabling customizable features when...

31 July 2007, 5:33 > More matches in Downloads

Vista Phone Dialer Gadget

Downloads Dial regular phones and connect them into a phone conference Vista phone book can be used to add meeting participants. Note that in order to make phone calls users need first to open a (free) account.

29 March 2007, 1:19 > More matches in Downloads

Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover

Downloads Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, aka FxVisor, allows you to either remove or enable the explorer shortcut overlay arrow that is added to all shortcuts. Currently there is no native way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even...

23 November 2006, 0:46 > More matches in Downloads

Vista has landed! But it won't take off

Crave After what seems like aeons, Vista has finally gone on sale -- but only to business users. So does that mean you and your co-workers will be all Vista'd up in time for Christmas? Will the talk of the office party be how much Vista Business has...

Tags: microsoft, vista, windows xp, windows vista

30 November 2006, 11:15 > More matches in Crave

Vista Buttons

Downloads Create superior Vista/XP/Mac Web buttons and DHTML menus in just a few clicks. Vista Buttons generates all button images, DHTML menus, Javascript and HTML code on the fly, so you don't need any additional graphics or programming skills and will get...

3 May 2007, 18:16 > More matches in Downloads

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 > More matches in News

Vista not selling as well as XP

News Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down about 60 per cent compared...

Tags: microsoft, ads, released, copies

12 September 2007, 12:15 > More matches in News