So, when is Windows Vista Service Pack 1 coming out? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer is anything but.
Yesterday, Microsoft sent out a press release, which is not uncommon. What is uncommon is to get one unconnected with a product launch, an event or some major change in strategy.
Microsoft has passed a major milestone with the release of its first full test version of Windows Vista, the next generation of its flagship operating system.
Parallels, a start-up whose software enables Macs to run Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at the same time, says it is ready with a final version of its product.
Microsoft is continuing to drip-feed information about its forthcoming Longhorn Server and has implied that beta one code will be made available to testers by August.
It's the message I always dread seeing on my computer screen: "the Adobe Update Manager requires your attention".
Two companies have announced a new version of Security-Enhanced Linux, in a bid to build business from additions to the bare-bones operating system.
A preview edition of the Lindows OS offers insight into how the software will aim to combine the benefits of Windows and Linux, but it leaves many unconvinced
A raft of security features in Microsoft Vista will help many consumers become "secure enough" but for businesses they aren't going to be the improvements which drive sales -- and nor do they deserve to be, according to some experts.
If you aren't impressed by the OS update's flash new features, consider getting Vista for its tougher defences, Windows chief Jim Allchin says.
Lindows, a start-up developing software that would let many Windows programs run on Linux computers, has released legal papers designed to head off Microsoft's efforts to thwart the product.
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The entertainment version of Windows XP only just debuted, but the tinkering has already begun.
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