Windows Vista Google Alerts for 08 December 2008

Does the Windows 7 team have too much Apple envy? Readers weigh in
ZDNet – USA
… Mac OS look and feel, Microsoft’s OS directions are less worrisome than if you’re someone, like me, who prefers the traditional (pre-Vista) Windows UI. …
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Are users ‘satisfied’ with Vista?
Builder AU – Australia
By Tim Ferguson, silicon.com | 2008/12/09 10:21:01 Windows Vista is making good progress, according to Microsoft, and users are by and large satisfied with …
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Tech Q and A: Windows XP Deathwatch, Mk. V
FOXNews – USA
Q: My company just bought me a Dell Vostro PC, with the Windows XP "downgrade" installed at my request instead of Windows Vista. …
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Microsoft to handle managing three operating systems in ’09
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
By Shane O’neill , CIO , 12/08/2008 Microsoft’s tricky balancing act in 2009 will be to phase out Windows XP while boosting demand for Windows Vista and …
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Vista SP2: Less than meets the eye
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
And WCN have been available since July as well, via the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless. That feature pack was available only to system …
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Video: Speed up Windows Vista with these performance tweaks
TechRepublic – Louisville,KY,USA
Windows Vista has additional security features, new functionality, and a lot of cool graphics. But depending on how powerful your computer is, you might not …
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Buy Vista, fight AIDS in Africa
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Starting later this month, customers will be able to purchase Windows Vista Ultimate in a version that offers some proceeds to (Product) Red, a charity that …
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Microsoft Vista SP2 beta: Nothing obviously new has been added
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Preston Gralla December 8, 2008 (Computerworld) If you install the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) expecting to see visible changes to your …
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Windows Vista Sees (RED)
Digitaltrends.com – Lake Oswego,OR,USA
The Product (Red) campaign to fight AIDS/HIV in Africa has a new product: Windows Vista Ultimate. And students can pick it up for $64.95. …
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Stephen Fry explodes at Vista and Vaio
PC Advisor – London,UK
Twitter fan Fry explained that he needed a PC laptop to "review things" and went for a Sony Vaio laptop running Windows Vista. It didn’t take long for Fry …
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User Account Basics For New Vista Users Part II
By Diana Huggins
As you learned in Part I, when you create a user account in Windows Vista, you must assign the account an account name. This is the name that will appear on the Vista welcome screen and on the Start menu when the user is logged in. …
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Amazon to sell Microsoft Windows Vista (RED)
Previously only available preloaded onto Dell notebooks, Microsoft’s version of Windows Vista branded under the Product (RED) global charity in support of AIDS research, the software by itself will begin shipping via Amazon starting on …
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks – http://www.electronista.com/

Windows Vista Ultimate RED edition coming next week
By Brad Linder
Windows Vista Ultimate Product Red Microsoft is set to release the (PRODUCT) RED version of Windows Vista Ultimate on December 15th. Dell has been selling computers preloaded with this special version of the OS for a few months now, …
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Windows Vista (PRODUCT) RED edition contributes to African AIDS fight
By Samuel Axon
They’re giving you an option to flex your buying power muscles for a critical social cause by releasing a (PRODUCT) RED edition of the most recent version of Windows, Windows Vista. Pre-order this edition from Amazon for $220 (or buy it …
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