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Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade
Today we’re announcing further detail on how Windows Anytime Upgrade works. Come 30 January, Windows Anytime Upgrade will allow customers to purchase and download a digital key to upgrade to a more feature-rich edition of Windows Vista. The user will then complete the…
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Vista Family Discount Rewards Multiple-PC Households
To make it easier for households with multiple PCs to make the move to Windows Vista, Microsoft is launching a limited-time offer for customers who buy retail copies of Windows Vista Ultimate. From Jan. 30 through June 30, the Windows Vista Family Discount will allow North…
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Microsoft Hits 100 Million IE7 Installs
Microsoft announced Friday it has hit the 100 million installation milestone for Internet Explorer 7, a figure that makes the new browser the second most used behind IE6. Web analytics firm WebSideStory reports that 25 percent of all Web surfers in the United States are now…
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Outlook 2007 users angry over Office 2007 HTML-e-mail changes
A quiet change Microsoft has made in the rendering engine used by Outlook 2007 is beginning to sink in among individuals who have gotten accustomed to having the Internet Explorer (IE) engine render HTML e-mail messages. And the reaction of many is one of anger and disbelief.…
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Microsoft Offers Online Trial of Windows Vista OS
Microsoft Virtual Labs launched a new Test Drive site to help give exposure to the Windows Vista operating system. The test drive site allows anyone to launch and try out various scenarios in a completely isolated, sandbox environment before they purchase and install the…
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Top Ten New Features in Windows Vista
Windows Vista, scheduled for release on January 30th, 2007 has something for everyone, from tight security and stunning new graphics to some new bundled applications. In fact, there is much that this new operating system has to offer, that it will be a real test for the…
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Who Wants to Win a Trip Into Space?
Microsoft and AMD have created a collaborative puzzle game, the Vanishing Point sweepstakes, to celebrate the consumer release of Windows Vista at the end of this month. First prize? A ride into suborbital space. Given all of the news coming out of International CES in Las…
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Vista Media Center Extender hands-on
This CES was undoubtedly Vista’s coming out, but we hadn’t really yet seen what the Media Center Extender interface was going to look like for, say, your Xbox 360. We’re happy to report it looks great and works well, and we’re still way too stoked to get…
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Microsoft adds behavioral targeting
Microsoft Corp. has started linking users’ search habits with other personal information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements. With the use of small data files known as cookies, Microsoft can link information users provide when they sign up for Hotmail…
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Vista Won’t End Windows XP Availability
I can’t count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista’s release. In the near term, the answer is as much a factor of user demand and OEM and system builder policies. That said, Microsoft will make Windows XP…