Windows Vista Google Alerts for 14 January 2009

Global PC Sales Fall, First Time In Six Years
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
… the transition from desktops to portables and replacement rates fell because of economic uncertainty and Microsoft’s pending launch of Windows Vista. …
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Windows 7 MP3 corruption fix arrives via Automatic Updates
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
Recording of a series may fail after some time if the system was upgraded from Windows Vista and the recording of that series was set up in Windows Vista. …
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Getting to grips with Windows 7
guardian.co.uk – UK
Microsoft’s reluctance to reveal a release date may partly be for fear of stalling sales of Vista. Windows users who can afford to wait will probably want …
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Testers get more details on Office 14, likely coming in 2010
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
… for the successor to Office 2007, being released simultaneously with Windows 7 (much like Office 2007 and Vista were): either late 2009 or early 2010. …
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TechFlash | Former Windows Vista VP has stealth startup: Switchbox …
TechFlash – Seattle,WA,USA
… Show this weekend, I bumped into Michael Sievert, the former Windows marketing vice president who was responsible for the Windows Vista rollout. …
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Windows 7 Or The Never-Will-I-Downgrade-To-Vista Story
eFluxMedia – USA
Two years of Windows Vista can be resumed in frustration from users, and accusations from computer makers that Vista was rushed and consumers were deceived …
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Microsoft Patches One Critical Windows Bug
PC Magazine – USA
Two are rated Moderate for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and the third does not affect those platforms at all. The first vulnerability, SMB Buffer …
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Fighting with Vista
Campbellton Tribune – Campbellton,NB,Canada
I’ve been battling with Windows Vista for a few days triyng to improve video game perfomance. I’d love to hear any tips. I’m going to try and turn off …
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My Windows Vista SP1 isn’t compatible with my Canon PIXMA MP600 …
Try running it in Compatibility Mode. Open the Program Compatibility Wizard by clicking…
FixYa’s Unsolved Problems (In… – http://www.fixya.com/

Aerize Alerts for BlackBerry Pearl Flip Vista download …
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2009 – Vulnerabilities …
… Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition SP2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and SP2 for Itanium-based Systems, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition SP1, and Windows Server 2008 …
Security Response Weblog – http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/weblog/index.jsp

Windows 7 to have fewer SKUs? ~ lessons from my world
If they do make a NetBook version, they could likely bundle it with lower performing computers in the same way that they did with Windows Vista Home Basic as it would be more suitable to weaker hardware. There will be a home version …
lessons from my world – http://www.lockergnome.com/hackonia/

Former Windows Vista VP has stealth startup: Switchbox Labs …
At the airport coming back from the Consumer Electronics Show this weekend, I bumped into Michael Sievert, the former Windows marketing vice president who was responsible for the Windows Vista rollout. I asked him what he’d been up to …
TechFlash – Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog – http://www.techflash.com/microsoft