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Windows 7 is the first operating system post-Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is proud of their accomplishment. I would hold-off the big win party until Windows 7 has officially been released and sales to back it up.According to Steve Ballmer at the McGraw-Hill 2009 Media Summit in New York: “We have a lot of [...] More...

Hello, I have three questions regarding the GPO setting "Prevent plaintext PINs from being returned by credential manager" do? It is found under Computer Configuration -> .. -> ADMX -> Windows Components -> Smartcard. 1. The explanation found in the group policy editor states that: "If you enable this setting, credential manager does not return a plaintext PIN". The question is then: To whom will it not return a plaintext PIN? To the LSA? To the BaseCSP? To a random user asking for it? 2. When this setting is enabled, what encryption algorithm is used on the PIN, and what key is used? 3. When this setting is enabled, smartcard login wor…

Leo and I discuss Windows 7 RC news, Windows Home Server PP2, Windows Mobile 6.5, OnLive gaming in the cloud, our apology to Derek, and more... More...

A post from an Apple themed blog argues that IE8 is comparable to Windows Vista. What? That was funny.In an excerpt:In two years, a 93% market share has shrunk to 89%. Moreover, Vista only represents 22% of that market 63.5% of the world is still using Windows XP. (That green slice, by the way, represents [...] More...

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It's been a while since the last leaked build, but now build 7068 arrives... More...

Microsoft has remained steadfast that Windows 7 is the same as Windows Vista on software and hardware compatibility. This only means that everything that would run on Windows Vista should run on Windows 7. This also means that applications that run on Windows XP may no longer run on Windows 7, the same scenario that [...] More...

No Room for Windows 7 on Minis Redmond Developer News, CA Ltd., Asustek Computer Inc., Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sony Corp., among others, typically load their lightweight (2.x lbs), $300 to $600 machines with Linux or Windows XP Home Edition, outside of a few models that run Windows Vista Business ... More...

Appscout Windows 7 Release Candidate Arriving in May? Visual Studio Magazine, CA The blog may be referring to a disaster that happened with Windows Vista. Presumably, Microsoft's partners planned for the wrong features or got confused by Microsoft's communications. The result: early Vista users described a lack of driver support, ... Microsoft Talks Touch in Windows 7 PC Magazine See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Touch Me … New York Times WinInfo Short Takes: Week of March 30 Windows IT Pro CNET News - Processor.com all 132 news articles More...

Accelerators are a robust and customizable way of bringing you closer to the services you use most. We’ve said a lot about the technology behind Accelerators and how to build on it, but I thought it might be nice to step back for a minute and look at some of the things people have already built. So for the rest of this post, I’ll be throwing a few interesting Accelerators into the spotlight. These are five Accelerators that I thought were notable in some way, either because they did something completely different than I ever thought of the feature doing, or because they do something particularly well. Shareaholic One of the distinctions we made when designing…

First Windows 7 build 7068 screenshots leak Ars Technica, MA By Emil Protalinski | Last updated March 27, 2009 4:31 PM CT On his MSDN blog, Shinobu Takahashi has posted screenshots of a very recent Windows 7 build. It is the first proof of a 706x build, but the changes aren't very apparent from the screenshot. ... More...

The Age Microsoft makes an ad for people who were going to buy a PC anyway VentureBeat, CA While the machine specs might be similar, one machine runs Windows Vista, while the other runs OS X. Apple, as it has made abundantly clear with its own “Mac vs. PC†ads, is more than happy to pit those two against one another any day. And as the blog ... PC to Mac: Cheap is the new cool Computerworld Microsoft ad's 'average consumer' is an actress CNET News “Not cool enough for a Mac†Mobility Site engadget - InfoWorld all 204 news articles More...

The Age Microsoft ad's 'average consumer' is an actress CNET News, CA Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is ... Microsoft makes an ad for people who were going to buy a PC anyway VentureBeat PC to Mac: Cheap is the new cool Computerworld “Not cool enough for a Mac†Mobility Site engadget - InfoWorld all 204 news articles More...

TopNews United States “Not cool enough for a Mac†Mobility Site, AL I am not saying that is the truth, I am sure many of the Mac users reading this blog are old and lame just like the rest of us, but Apple has certainly worked hard to make Macs a lifestyle choice of the “hipper-than-thou†John Mayer generation and ... Microsoft goes after Mac on price in new ad CNET News Windows geeks warm to Macs InfoWorld all 187 news articles More...

CNET News A media-center extender with DVD for $95 shipped CNET News, CA The DMA2200 streams content from Windows Media Center, the menu-driven multimedia front end that comes with most Home versions of Vista. The end result is akin to connecting your PC directly to your TV--a desirable but rarely practical solution. ... More...

AMD is getting ready for the release of Windows 7 as they have announced the release of Catalyst 9.3, which is a set of new graphics drivers that support both Windows Vista and Windows 7. Catalyst 9.3 is marketed as a “unified” graphic driver package because it is one single binary that automatically supports all the [...] More...

CNET News Microsoft goes after Mac on price in new ad CNET News, CA He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. by Vegaman_Dan March 26, 2009 7:10 PM PDT "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person." Ouch. ... More...

Firefox likely to win race to fix PWN2OWN contest bug Computerworld, MA "Both issues have been investigated and fixes have been developed which are now undergoing quality assurance testing," the company announced in a post to its security blog this afternoon. "These fixes will be included in the upcoming Firefox 3.0.8 ... More...

IE 8 Bugs Squashed, Claims Microsoft Redmondmag.com, CA "Writing exploits for Windows Vista is 'very, very hard' with all these mitigations to work around. We expect that blocking the .NET DEP+ASLR bypass will make it even harder." Many security experts, such as Jason Miller, Data Team Manager at Shavlik ... More...

hi i have a vista as well with the same props. with four hours of surfing i found this ppl . use this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919291 funny realy this works and it turns back on in your security center , as i was the first day it was turn on. i have seen other reply,s i dont think it will work for xp , sorry ppl. "Brickner" wrote: > I did a clean instal of Vista Ultimate, everyhting was running great. The > security center informend me I did not have antivirus software on my system > and suggested a few that were Vista compatible. I have used symantic > antivirus in the past so I picked up the latest norton antivirus 2007 …