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The world's greatest Web browser has been significantly updated and you're going to want to check it out in this exhaustive new review of Mozilla Firefox 3! More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Desktop virtualisation: Vista's secret weapon? Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 1 hour ago The paper, "The Business Value of Windows Vista: Five Reasons to Deploy Now," is outlined on another Windows Vista Team Blog entry. ... Who's winning the app virtualisation war? Computerworld New Zealand all 2 news articles More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Desktop virtualisation: Vista's secret weapon? Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 54 minutes ago The paper, "The Business Value of Windows Vista: Five Reasons to Deploy Now," is outlined on another Windows Vista Team Blog entry. ... More...

ZDnet has posted top ten tweaks for Windows Vista which include the following: 1. Get installed programs organized and up-to-date 2. Tweak the taskbar and desktop 3. Set up a smart, automated backup system 4. Get fast access to common tasks 5. Fine-tune Windows Explorer Continue reading here. Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

This video shoes Vista Ultimate on a MAC (?) mini. Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

I have been thinking of buying an Asus Eee PC as my tertiary computer whose ultra portability I can use with my busy moving schedule nowadays. I found this video on unpacking Asus Eee PC and it makes me think seriously about it. The only concern I have is whether I could load Windows Vista on [...] More...

Dell is putting pressure on Microsoft anew by publicly announcing they are selling Windows XP until 2009 even if Microsoft is only supporting the old operating system until June 30. According to Dell they will make Windows XP OEM available for customers buying PCs. Back in April 2007, Dell extended Windows XP’s shelf life. This should give [...] More...

The Windows UX Taskforce Blog is a venue for users to let Microsoft know what they think of their user interface. This is blog offers helpful tips instead of bashing Microsoft user interface.Some of the useful posts are:Safely Remove Hardware dialog is programmer-oriented, not user-oriented Overly complex, hostile dialog is painful when your computer comes [...] More...

Microsoft has released their latest security bulletin for June 2008. It includes 3 critical, 3 important, & 1 moderate. The critical updates are:Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951376)Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759)Vulnerabilities in DirectX Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951698)Download the security update here.Tags: Microsoft, Vista, WindowsShare This More...

Bernstein Research analyst Charles DiBona had very positive estimates for Windows Vista before but had to cut them because of a number of issues that held back implementations of Windows Vista as was reported from a survey conducted by Bernstein and Ziff Davis Media among 372 IT professionals. Their findings are as follows:1. Support for [...] More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Congratulations Sandi on joining TRUSTe Geekzone, New Zealand - 1 hour ago Don J. Signori on Windows Vista Defrag: dumbed-down interface: Apologies for this being a tad off topic. Forgot to mention in the event. ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Congratulations Sandi on joining TRUSTe Geekzone, New Zealand - 40 minutes ago Don J. Signori on Windows Vista Defrag: dumbed-down interface: Apologies for this being a tad off topic. Forgot to mention in the event. ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> EFiX wants to bring OSX86 to the masses engadget, CA - 1 hour ago I can't help but think that this is akin to the Windows on Mac projects that arose immediately after the Intel transition. By that, I mean that here's to ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download Redmond Channel Partner, CA - 1 hour ago Hyper-V RC1 is available for both x86- and x64-based machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 operating systems. ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> RC1 for Hyper-V Now Available for Download Redmond Channel Partner, CA - 52 minutes ago Hyper-V RC1 is available for both x86- and x64-based machines running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 operating systems. ... More...

Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat next Thursday, June 19th at 10.00 PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. Thank you to all who have attended the chats to date! If you can’t join us online, all chat transcripts are published here. Allow approximately 7-10 days following a chat for the transcript to go live. Hope you can join us on Thursday! Kristen Kibble Program Manager P.S. Upcoming IE chat dates for July and August 2008 are posted here. If circumstances arise that cause us to reschedule a chat, I'll give fair warning on the IE Blog and provide the new date. http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8594803 More...

Take a look at the new features in Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 in this overview and screenshot gallery of the near-final release candidate version! More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Patches Windows Home Server PC Magazine - 55 minutes ago ... but have significantly improved all parts of Windows Home Server with new features such as" support for 64-bit Vista, backup of shared folders, ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft Patches Windows Home Server PC Magazine - 18 minutes ago ... but have significantly improved all parts of Windows Home Server with new features such as" support for 64-bit Vista, backup of shared folders, ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Complain About The Windows UI PC Magazine - 31 minutes ago In fact, it specifically says Windows Vista, but users seem to complain about other versions too. The entries are not the usual "Windoze suks! ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop engadget, CA - 46 minutes ago Perhaps most interesting is that all of these run Linux and Windows XP, and while it's not clear if there's a full-featured Linux OS onboard, ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Virtualized Leopard Server coming along ZDNet - 42 minutes ago ... then test the software in multiple virtual operating systems, whether Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X Server and Linux, running as virtual machines. ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Microsoft patches Windows Home Server corruption bug PC World Magazine, Australia - 53 minutes ago Sider picked two of the new features he thought were most important to users: support for PCs running Windows Vista x64, and backing up of server-based ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> * POD Person: a member of the Pardon Our Dust blog community; one ... Los Angeles Times, CA - 25 minutes ago First of all, you need to be a regular reader and commenter on this blog, and have these minimum system requirements — Windows XP or Vista, ... More...

<img alt="" height="1" width="1"> Google grab bag: Blurry faces and more CNET News, CA - 41 minutes ago First is a quantitative element that more precisely compares different search terms--for example Windows XP vs. Windows Vista; the chart is now calibrated ... More...