Windows Vista Google Alerts for 22 December 2008

What Will 2009 Bring for the Computer Industry?
I4U – USA
That meant that I was running Windows Vista on a Bootcamp partition and basically using the MacBook as a Windows machine. I decided quickly that what I …
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Microsoft explains how it missed critical IE bug
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
"Even though Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 have both ASLR and NX enabled by default, Internet Explorer 7 does not opt-in to these defenses owing to …
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Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Plus, big PC makers plan to offer PCs with Vista Ultimate and Vista Business that have been factory downgraded at customers’ request until July 30 next year …
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Microsoft gives XP another four months to live
Register – London,England,UK
Microsoft has a problem, though, given the popular opinion of Windows Vista ranks just below Typhoid Mary in terms of "must-have" status. …
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Microsoft extends XP shipments until May
ITworld.com – Framingham,MA,USA
Many enterprise customers have opted to skip upgrading to Vista and wait for Windows 7, which is expected to be available by the beginning of 2010. …
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Microsoft Windows XP Deadline Extended
International Business Times – New York,NY,USA
While Windows XP will continue to be available in OEM packaging, customers will still be able to take advantage of Windows Vista downgrades to Windows XP, …
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Microsoft Extends Windows XP Cutoff Date
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
A recent survey by the UK’s Corporate IT Forum showed that only 4% of businesses in that country are using Windows Vista on workplace systems, …
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Microsoft offers another lifeline to XP
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Windows XP was due to disappear on Jan. 30, 2008, to make way for Vista, which had a high-profile launch in early 2007. But Vista’s unpopularity with …
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Jaw droppers of 2008 – what they’d rather you forgot
Register – London,England,UK
After a year and a half of negative publicity Microsoft decided it was time to mount the great Windows Vista fight back. Brad Brooks, corporate vice …
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Nvidia Quadro NVS Notebook Beta Drivers v 179.28 for Windows Vista
TechSpot – USA
This is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA Quadro NVS notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment …
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The Vista Follies: Windows‘ Tortured 2008 – CIO.com – Business …
The successor to Windows XP crashed and burned. But as Windows 7 nears, Microsoft has made Vista less bad.
CIO.com – Strategy – http://www.cio.com/

Tip: Windows XP gets Another Stay of Execution | Maximum PC
To be honest, at first I was very, very resistant against Windows Vista and all that it brought. When it first came out, it had tons and tons of issues with it and it only solidified my position to not making the move from Windows XP to …
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News : Windows XP death delayed again [PC] – from GamePro.com
Windows XP was supposed to stop shipping on January 30, 2008, but that date has been extended several times. It will live on Netbooks until 2010. XP is also still a booming business: Dell started charging $150 per Vista downgrade …
GamePro.com – http://www.gamepro.com/

Microsoft extends Windows XP sales deadline – Alt+Save with the …
Microsoft has tried to convince users to switch to the newer Windows Vista since the new operating system’s launched nearly two years ago. Even today, right smack in the middle of the official Windows XP homepage is a teaser to the “Top …
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