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Myself as well as some other people from the team recently sat down with Charles Torre from Channel 9 to talk about IE8. We thought you might enjoy these: Accelerators with Jon Seitel Developer Tools with John Hrvatin Search with Sharon Cohen Web Slices with Jane Kim You can check out all the IE8 related videos on Channel 9 here. There are also some interesting IE8 “How Do I†videos on MSDN. Thanks! Sharon Cohen Program Manager More...

Scientific American Microsoft Vista voted tech world's top "Fiasco" Scientific American By Larry Greenemeier in 60-Second Science Blog It's official, Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system gets the prize for being the most over-hyped, under-performing information and communication technology (ICT) project. Windows Vista garnered 5222 ... More...

Windows 7 beta gets an update for Internet Explorer 8 TechWhack, India The developers said in a blog post: “Most of the issues that we discovered through the Beta are fixed in the Release Candidate 1 which is now available for Windows Vista and Windows XP. We also wanted some of these fixes to reach our Windows 7 Beta ... More...

Microsoft Appeases Windows 7 Beta Testers Redmond Channel Partner, CA Microsoft has consistently said that Windows 7 will support hardware if the drivers for that hardware were compatible with Windows Vista. However, at least one report, which tested a Vista upgrade to Windows 7 Beta without a clean install, ... More...

Filling in more details on the Windows Vista, Windows 7 maps Seattle Times, United States The release candidate of Vista SP2 -- which is coming out simultaneously with SP2 for Windows Server 2008 -- has "support for new types of hardware and emerging standards," according to Microsoft's Windows Vista Team blog. Also, the company "expect ... More...

Windows Washing: Microsoft Talks Up Tweaks Following Public Beta TechNewsWorld, CA On Thursday, the company revealed some of the changes users can expect to see in the upcoming Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) -- possibly the penultimate stage prior to the release of a final product -- in its Engineering Windows 7 blog. ... More...

Enterprise IT Planet Microsoft's Massive List of Improvements to Windows 7 PC Magazine "This is triggered by a time delay as you pause while keyboarding through running windows." The team has also combined the launch and switch function of the Windows Logo button. With Vista, you can press the Windows Logo button plus a number that ... Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget What's changing through Windows 7 beta CNET News Microsoft outlines Windows 7 RC changes ZDNet IT PRO - NetworkWorld.com all 214 news articles More...

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Defending against drive-by downloads Computerworld, MA Sandboxie runs under Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and 32 bit versions of Vista. I hope to blog much more about Sandboxie. It's great. eWeek is not the first well meaning website to offer up malicious ads, and it won't be the last. ... More...

Windows 7: UI Design by Committee? Microsoft Watch Early engineering focused on fixing the performance and compatibility problems carried over from Windows Vista. The UI, while important, is only now getting its most attention. I'm thinking that is the reason, and it's not a bad one. ... More...

IT PRO Microsoft shipping SP2 RC2 for Vista and Windows Server IT PRO, UK The RC will be made available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers for early testing, before being made available for anyone else to download, according to a blog post from Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft’s windows communications manager. ... More...

Appscout What's changing from Windows 7 Beta CNET News, CA by Ina Fried As I noted yesterday, Microsoft isn't making huge changes to Windows 7 as a result of the beta feedback, but it is making a lot of little ones. In a posting to its "Engineering Windows 7" blog, Microsoft outlined some of the changes that ... Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget Microsoft: SP2 for Windows Server 2008, Vista hit final beta NetworkWorld.com Microsoft renews Vista anticrack campaign Computerworld Inquirer - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 199 news articles More...

Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard? Infopackets, Canada Windows 7 beta testers are disputing whether or not Microsoft's is taking notice of their feedback. The dispute follows a blog post by Steven Sinofsky, the man in charge of engineering Windows 7. He notes that in one week in January Microsoft received ... More...

Windows 7 Includes Three New Games InformationWeek, NY All upgrades must be complete by April 2010, according to the blog. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment. Microsoft needs Windows 7 to be a hit. Vista, the company's current OS, has failed to catch on with mainstream computer users, ... More...

Vista SP2 on the way Inquirer, UK By The Software Watchdog VOLES ARE PLEASED to announce that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 have advanced to Release Candidate (RC) status. A blog post confirms that TechNet and MSDN subscribers have got their mitts on the ... More...

Official: Service Pack 2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 Tech Fragments, Birmingham This week Microsoft is announcing that Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has hit an important milestone in development: Release Candidate (RC). Starting today, the RC of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be ... More...

Windows Vista, Server 2008 SP2 officially Release Candidate status ... engadget, CA Just last week, we heard about the Release Candidate (RC) builds of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 making the rounds, and now the official Windows blog has confirmed the updates should soon be available to TechNet and MSDN ... More...

I have just set up a Server 2008 domain controller and am currently setting group policies for my XP clients and they are working out well. However, for the life of me I cannot get firewall settings "pushed out" to my client PCs. I could really use some help on this. I cannot deploy my anti-virus without tweaking these settings and I don't want to go seat-to-seat. I was told to see this link: Deploying Windows Firewall Settings With Group Policy After reading the linked page, I played with this stuff for the better part of the day... It has not been a good day! I started playing around with it via the link provided but soon found out that it edits an area in t…

Stuff.tv Will Windows 7 Be Microsoft's Redemption? Redmondmag.com, CA Early versions of Windows Vista's successor could burnish the operating system's tarnished reputation in the desktop market. It has been a dark couple of years for Microsoft in the desktop operating systems business. The uncontested leader in that ... Windows 7 shipping this Fall... according to Compal, anyway engadget Microsoft tweaks Experience Index for Windows 7 ITworld.com Embedded mobile broadband set to improve with Windows 7 Broadband Genie all 38 news articles More...

Mike Skuse's Blog IT PRO, UK I am still using windows 7, admittedly not on my Laptop anymore as it died on me so I went back to just plain Vista but on my main pc at home it’s still going strong and as good as ever. I’ma bit disappointed with Google Chromes compatibility – the ... More...

Ars Technica Microsoft fixes IE 8 for new Windows VNUNet.com, UK The company said that many of the same fixes for the Windows XP and Vista versions of the browser had been placed into last month's release candidate update. Program manager Herman Ng said in a blog posting that the update should address many of the ... Google wants to join EU case against Microsoft CNET News Microsoft Mends IE8 Bugs in Windows 7 EfluxMedia News all 380 news articles More...

Windows 7 Beta Testers: Activate Or Be Nagged To Death ChannelWeb, NY The Windows 7 beta activation "encouragement process" is similar to that of Windows Vista: Users have the option of not activating their systems—as long as they're ready to deal with a barrage of annoying alerts. Generally speaking, the longer Windows ... Do Windows 7 public beta testers deserve more feedback from Microsoft? The Industry Standard all 8 news articles More...

Microsoft takes fresh look at social media strategy PRWeek UK, UK 2009 Tech blog engadget slams latest version of Windows Mobile, saying: ‘Microsoft limped out a half-hearted rehash… and managed to blind most onlookers with bloated PR.’ 2008 Vista operating system faces criticism from bloggers, and is bashed in an ... More...