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October 2008
- Microsoft Offers Early Peek at Vista's Successor
  
  CNET | Oct 28, 08 8:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft offered an early look today of its new operating system, designed to smooth out the kinks of the much-maligned Vista. The company gave programmers test software of Windows 7, which CEO Steve Ballmer is pushing to release next year, CNET reports. Those with an early look have generally praised the stability of the new system, designed to be faster, smarter, and less of a memory hog, and to have fewer annoying glitches such as dialog boxes with dire warnings. More »
- 6 Ways to Make Vista Suck Less
  
  New York Times | Oct 9, 08 10:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Windows Vista may be clunky, but Stephen Williams is sick of hearing complaints about it. He runs down six easy ways to make Vista more bearable in the New York Times : Turn off the user account control feature. Windows will finally stop asking your permission to do everything. Add memory. Microsoft says you need 512mb of Ram. Don’t believe it. Get a couple gigs. More »
June 2008
- Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows
  
  New York Times | Jun 29, 08 9:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The window on Microsoft’s operating system agility has closed, and to fix it, Randall Stross argues in the New York Times , the tech giant needs to start from scratch. Windows “has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame,” Stross says, and it “seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.” More »
- Intel Snubs Microsoft, Won't Adopt Vista in Offices
  
  New York Times | Jun 26, 08 11:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Intel has decided not to upgrade the 80,000 or so computers its employees use to Windows Vista, seemingly betraying its longtime bosom buddy Microsoft, the New York Times reports. The latest Windows iteration has drawn jeers for being bloated and buggy. “This isn’t a matter of dissing Microsoft,” said an Intel source. “Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.” More »
- HP's Touch Still a Bit Clumsy
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 26, 08 10:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hewlett-Packard’s revamped TouchSmart PC, a one-piece desktop computer with a touch-controlled user interface, improves on its previous, bulky iteration, with a sleek case, big 22-inch screen, and wireless keyboard and mouse, personal-tech guru Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal. But the touch-screen software is still in its nascent form, simple and somewhat rough around the edges. More »
- Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 12:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft's strategy of marketing Vista to consumers has turned off its other core constituency, the Wall Street Journal reports: business. Certainly, technical issues and a fat price tag have decimated the number of companies planning to install it: Just 26% of IT departments say they expect to install Vista by 2010, down from 68% last year. More »
May 2008
- Microsoft to Offer Windows Touch Screen
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft, still smarting over consumer discontent with its Windows Vista operating system, yesterday offered a peek at the touch-screen operating system it believes will revolutionize personal computing, the Wall Street Journal reports. The OS isn’t expected to hit shelves for 20 months, but already is creating buzz with its iPhone-like ease of use. More »
April 2008
- Windows XP Will Live On, But Only in Low-Cost PCs
  
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Apr 4, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft is going to keep Windows XP on the market—but only for a few users and not for the sake of those unsatisfied with its successor, Vista. The company will stick to its June 30 deadline for withdrawing XP from stores but will supply the older operating system for at least two years on low-cost computers such as the Asus Eee PC and Intel Classmate, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. More »
March 2008
- Vista Update Expected Today
  
  Associated Press | Mar 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The long-awaited first service pack for Microsoft Vista will be available online starting today, at least according to Amazon, which is taking orders for boxed copies of the upgrade pack and says it will start shipping them tomorrow. Many of the pack's updates and security fixes have already been sent to users as part of monthly updates since Vista launched last year to decidedly mixed reviews. More »
- Microsoft CEO Takes Aim at Google
  
  Seattle Times | Mar 7, 08 10:39 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did an animated, sometimes antic, on-stage interview yesterday at Mix, Microsoft’s annual conference for web developers, emphasizing that he has every intention of taking some of Google's advertising business and using Yahoo to do it, the Seattle Times reports. "Advertising on the Internet is a big thing, and will be the next super-big thing," he said. "Search ... at least today and for the foreseeable future, it is the killer application for online advertising." More »
February 2008
- Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses
  
  PC World | Feb 29, 08 3:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Many Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by slapping "Vista Capable" stickers on machines that weren't capable of running many of the system's important features. More »
- Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs
  
  BBC | Feb 22, 08 12:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Vista’s first major service pack may do more harm than good. Microsoft is warning that its upcoming update may disable various third party programs, particularly virus protection and security software, which accounted for half of the dozen programs Microsoft listed as victims. Microsoft said that list wasn’t comprehensive, and told users to contact the software developers, not Microsoft, with any problems. More »
- Lawsuit Says Microsoft Intentionally Misled with %u2018Windows Vista Capable%u2019 Claims to Move PCs
  
  MacDailyNews | Feb 13, 08
  
  'm a music guy, and enjoy listening to tunes on my PC. So when the high-definition audio all of a sudden stopped working on my Vista machine, it was a big problem. Unfortunately, my investigation found that my issue was just one small drop in a sea of Windows Vista driver problems, which still haven't been corrected--a full nine months after the formal launch of the operating system.
- Microsoft's Plan to Drop XP in June Draws Fire
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 8, 08 7:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft is facing vocal opposition to its decision to stop selling the Windows XP operating system June 30, 13 months after the launch of Windows Vista, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Vista has sold well, aided by its default inclusion with new PCs, but users have complained of compatibility troubles. Some have returned to XP or are holding out for Microsoft’s next OS. More »
January 2008
- Microsoft Income Jumps 79%
  
  Bloomberg | Jan 24, 08 5:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft topped estimates today, revealing a 79% jump in quarterly profits over the same period last year—and raising targets for the year. On Xbox 360 and Windows sales, the world's largest software maker boasted net income of $4.71 billion for the period ending December 31, up from the previous year’s $2.63 billion. Sales rose 30% to $16.4 billion, Bloomberg reports. More »
- Gates: Vista Is ‘Very Successful’
  
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Jan 7, 08 3:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - On his way out the door, Bill Gates is defending Windows Vista, the OS that has failed to woo consumers away from Microsoft's older Windows XP. "I think a lot of people would say it was the best new product of the year,” Gates said in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before his speech last night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More »
- Despite Problems, Consumers Choosing Vista over XP
  
  Ars Technica | Jan 6, 08
  
  Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's Protected Video Path and its overall DRM friendliness, and Microsoft's de

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Microsoft Offers Early Peek at Vista's Successor

6 Ways to Make Vista Suck Less

Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows

Intel Snubs Microsoft, Won't Adopt Vista in Offices

HP's Touch Still a Bit Clumsy

Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor

Microsoft to Offer Windows Touch Screen

Windows XP Will Live On, But Only in Low-Cost PCs

Vista Update Expected Today

Microsoft CEO Takes Aim at Google

Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

Microsoft: Vista Update May Screw Up Your Programs

Lawsuit Says Microsoft Intentionally Misled with %u2018Windows Vista Capable%u2019 Claims to Move PCs

Microsoft's Plan to Drop XP in June Draws Fire

Microsoft Income Jumps 79%

Gates: Vista Is ‘Very Successful’

Despite Problems, Consumers Choosing Vista over XP