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barney · barney

Despite a heroic effort by developers and testers, we have not been able to reach Beta release criteria by the time of the Go / No Go meeting. There are still unresolved bugs and unknown test results. Because of this we've enacted a 1 week slip of the Beta release date. This does not mean we wi...

barney · barney

Yar-har-har....... Check out the posting here: Windows 8 to contain new anti-piracy technology

barney · barney

You guys knew it was coming.... Support for Vista (with no service packs) and XP will end soon

barney · barney

Even before the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft was hard at work planning the next iterations of the Windows client and server platforms. But even though the successor of Windows 7, commonly referred to, even by Microsoft’s own employees, under the codename Windows 8, was in planning, the Re...

barney · barney

Niiiice! North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution

barney · barney

Now this is snazzy! All of the new artwork and design directions are the result of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and a small team reassessing the brand values and identity that Ubuntu embodies. The team touched up on "light" as a reference point: "We're drawn to Light bec...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/windows-xp-downgrade-lawsuit-dismissed.ars

barney · barney

Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program. [url=http://www...

barney · barney

Hmmmm.. Windows Activation Technology

barney · barney

Interesting! 40 Facts on Linux -- Edited by barney on Saturday 20th of February 2010 05:29:08 PM

barney · barney

.... I haven't seen this.... KEYSTONE KOPS SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft has shot itself in the foot with its Windows 7 stability updates that we reported on here. One of the stability updates, KB977074, has been found to be responsible for compromising the stability of the operating syst...

barney · barney

Update 12-Feb 11AM PST: The Microsoft Security Response Center, in a new blog post published 25 minutes after I published this post, acknowledged that the issues identified here are real: “In our continuing investigation in to the restart issues related to MS10-015 that a limited numb...

barney · barney

The original article on this was removed by Microsoft, but the cached version on Google was found and here it is... Whats in store for the next Windows? One of the great (or maybe not so great) things of being at Microsoft is that every other person wants to ask you why Windows works the way it does...

barney · barney

Last week, Microsoft posted a slew of non-security updates for Windows 7, one of which was titled as follows: "An update is available to improve the stability and the reliability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2." Unfortunately, according to a thread on Microsoft TechNet...

barney · barney

Windows 7 incorrect battery warning issues Second Article On This Issue- CNet -- Edited by barney on Wednesday...

barney · barney

Your time is near...... Still Using Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)?

Vindicated · Vindicated

[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358339,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]Adventures

barney · barney

A security researcher at Google is recommending computer users make several configuration changes to protect themselves against a previously unknown vulnerability that allows untrusted users to take complete control of systems running most versions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilit...

barney · barney

Just a FYI here........ http://windows7news.com/windows-7-screenshots/

barney · barney

It's been almost a decade since I evaluated a PC migration solution aimed at moving installed applications from one Windows PC to another. Products such as PCmover Pro and Enterprise let you move a Windows XP installation to Windows 7, but is that the best upgrade path? I’d have to answer an unequivoc...

barney · barney

[url=http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009...

barney · barney

Microsoft is offering free downloads of all its supported Windows clients, including Windows 7 RTM, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Starting with the advent of Vista, customers, partners, IT professionals and developers have been able to take advantage of a variety of offerings involving...

barney · barney

This is really a loaded question. Windows Vista is probably the biggest failure in the history of Microsoft. From day one the operating system was plagued with numerous problems and angry users who suddenly missed their old XP or 2000 operating systems. It was almost impossible for Microso...

barney · barney

From the Chinese pirate masters of the non-sea-faring variety comes ... Ylmf OS! Not happy with pirating Windows XP itself, these creative Chinese have gone one step further and hacked Ubuntu to look exactly like Windows XP. Why have they moved to Ubuntu? Because their previous release -- a...

barney · barney

If you are in the mood to try something different........ Run Windows 7 On Your Mac - Cnet Video

barney · barney

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/121609-microsoft-windows7.html

barney · barney

Despite lots of innovation with SuperFetch and ReadyBoost, Windows Vista wasn’t popular. In fact, many users avoided upgrading from Windows XP to Vista altogether. Though the operating system was the first version of Windows with 3D animation, and it offered many new features, it didn’t...

barney · barney

Microsoft launched Windows 7 in late October to much fanfare. But, just like with previous Windows upgrades, complaints about bugs have already started rolling in. A whopping 31% of clients have reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7, according to a recent survey of more than 100...

barney · barney

I know these days Microsoft does not provide any Easter Eggs in its products as Easter Eggs or any hidden features present in an OS or other products are not legal. So one can’t expect Easter Eggs in Windows 7 also. But Easter Eggs used to add some Fun and the users just explored every nook and corn...

barney · barney

With the advent of Windows 7, the market shares of both Windows XP and Windows Vista have started bleeding, with users transitioning to the latest iteration of the Windows client. Still, although Windows 7 grabbed over 5% of the OS market, according to Net Applications, Windows XP is still t...

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	Fedora 13 Slips By One Week (Preview) Despite a heroic effort by developers and testers, we have not been able to reach Beta release criteria by the time of the Go / No Go meeting. There are still unresolved bugs and unknown test results. Because of this we've enacted a 1 week slip of the Beta release date. This does not mean we wi...	barney	0	447	Apr 5, 2010 by barney
	Windows 8 to contain new anti-piracy technology? (Preview) Yar-har-har....... Check out the posting here: Windows 8 to contain new anti-piracy technology	barney	0	472	Mar 31, 2010 by barney
	Support for Vista (with no service packs) and XP will end soon (Preview) You guys knew it was coming.... Support for Vista (with no service packs) and XP will end soon	barney	2	547	Mar 24, 2010 by Vindicated
	Windows 8 Will Be Completely Different (Preview) Even before the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft was hard at work planning the next iterations of the Windows client and server platforms. But even though the successor of Windows 7, commonly referred to, even by Microsoft’s own employees, under the codename Windows 8, was in planning, the Re...	barney	0	438	Mar 13, 2010 by barney
	North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution (Preview) Niiiice! North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution	barney	0	434	Mar 6, 2010 by barney
	Ubuntu gets a new look (Preview) Now this is snazzy! All of the new artwork and design directions are the result of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and a small team reassessing the brand values and identity that Ubuntu embodies. The team touched up on "light" as a reference point: "We're drawn to Light bec...	barney	1	494	Mar 4, 2010 by Vindicated
	Windows XP downgrade lawsuit dismissed (Preview) http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/windows-xp-downgrade-lawsuit-dismissed.ars	NicKnayme	0	474	Mar 1, 2010 by NicKnayme
	Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage (Preview) Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program. [url=http://www...	barney	0	441	Feb 28, 2010 by barney
	Windows Activation Technology: Does it phone home? (Preview) Hmmmm.. Windows Activation Technology	barney	1	500	Feb 27, 2010 by Vindicated
	40 Facts on Linux (Preview) Interesting! 40 Facts on Linux -- Edited by barney on Saturday 20th of February 2010 05:29:08 PM	barney	0	447	Feb 20, 2010 by barney
	Windows 7 has stability issues (Preview) .... I haven't seen this.... KEYSTONE KOPS SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft has shot itself in the foot with its Windows 7 stability updates that we reported on here. One of the stability updates, KB977074, has been found to be responsible for compromising the stability of the operating syst...	barney	0	454	Feb 13, 2010 by barney
	Tracking down those XP crashes: Could the cause be malware? (Preview) Update 12-Feb 11AM PST: The Microsoft Security Response Center, in a new blog post published 25 minutes after I published this post, acknowledged that the issues identified here are real: “In our continuing investigation in to the restart issues related to MS10-015 that a limited numb...	barney	0	457	Feb 13, 2010 by barney
	What's in store for the next Windows? (Preview) The original article on this was removed by Microsoft, but the cached version on Google was found and here it is... Whats in store for the next Windows? One of the great (or maybe not so great) things of being at Microsoft is that every other person wants to ask you why Windows works the way it does...	barney	0	419	Feb 10, 2010 by barney
	Windows 7 stability fix breaks stability, puzzles Microsoft (Preview) Last week, Microsoft posted a slew of non-security updates for Windows 7, one of which was titled as follows: "An update is available to improve the stability and the reliability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2." Unfortunately, according to a thread on Microsoft TechNet...	barney	1	469	Feb 7, 2010 by Vindicated
	Microsoft investigating Windows 7 incorrect battery warning issues (Preview) Windows 7 incorrect battery warning issues Second Article On This Issue- CNet -- Edited by barney on Wednesday...	barney	0	493	Feb 3, 2010 by barney
	Still Using Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)? Better Read This! (Preview) Your time is near...... Still Using Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)?	barney	1	482	Jan 30, 2010 by Vindicated
	Adventures With Windows 7's XP Mode (Preview) [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358339,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]Adventures	Vindicated	0	446	Jan 25, 2010 by Vindicated
	Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug (Preview) A security researcher at Google is recommending computer users make several configuration changes to protect themselves against a previously unknown vulnerability that allows untrusted users to take complete control of systems running most versions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilit...	barney	0	486	Jan 20, 2010 by barney
	Windows 7 SP1 Screenshots Revealed (Preview) Just a FYI here........ http://windows7news.com/windows-7-screenshots/	barney	0	423	Jan 18, 2010 by barney
	PC Migration to Windows 7 May Be Possible, but Not Always Advisable (Preview) It's been almost a decade since I evaluated a PC migration solution aimed at moving installed applications from one Windows PC to another. Products such as PCmover Pro and Enterprise let you move a Windows XP installation to Windows 7, but is that the best upgrade path? I’d have to answer an unequivoc...	barney	1	575	Jan 17, 2010 by Vindicated
	Seven Features in Windows 7 You Probably Don't Know About (Preview) [url=http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009...	barney	1	594	Jan 3, 2010 by Vindicated
	Download Free Vista, XP and Windows 7 from Microsoft (Preview) Microsoft is offering free downloads of all its supported Windows clients, including Windows 7 RTM, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Starting with the advent of Vista, customers, partners, IT professionals and developers have been able to take advantage of a variety of offerings involving...	barney	1	569	Jan 3, 2010 by Vindicated
	Is Windows 7 Really Better Than Vista? (Preview) This is really a loaded question. Windows Vista is probably the biggest failure in the history of Microsoft. From day one the operating system was plagued with numerous problems and angry users who suddenly missed their old XP or 2000 operating systems. It was almost impossible for Microso...	barney	0	465	Jan 2, 2010 by barney
	Infamous Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP (Preview) From the Chinese pirate masters of the non-sea-faring variety comes ... Ylmf OS! Not happy with pirating Windows XP itself, these creative Chinese have gone one step further and hacked Ubuntu to look exactly like Windows XP. Why have they moved to Ubuntu? Because their previous release -- a...	barney	0	454	Dec 29, 2009 by barney
	Run Windows 7 On Your Mac - Cnet Video (Preview) If you are in the mood to try something different........ Run Windows 7 On Your Mac - Cnet Video	barney	0	460	Dec 20, 2009 by barney
	Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story? (Preview) http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/121609-microsoft-windows7.html	barney	1	594	Dec 17, 2009 by Vindicated
	Windows 7 And Windows Vista: Performance Compared (Preview) Despite lots of innovation with SuperFetch and ReadyBoost, Windows Vista wasn’t popular. In fact, many users avoided upgrading from Windows XP to Vista altogether. Though the operating system was the first version of Windows with 3D animation, and it offered many new features, it didn’t...	barney	0	465	Dec 11, 2009 by barney
	Windows 7 complaints begin (Preview) Microsoft launched Windows 7 in late October to much fanfare. But, just like with previous Windows upgrades, complaints about bugs have already started rolling in. A whopping 31% of clients have reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7, according to a recent survey of more than 100...	barney	0	446	Dec 10, 2009 by barney
	Windows 7 Easter Eggs (Preview) I know these days Microsoft does not provide any Easter Eggs in its products as Easter Eggs or any hidden features present in an OS or other products are not legal. So one can’t expect Easter Eggs in Windows 7 also. But Easter Eggs used to add some Fun and the users just explored every nook and corn...	barney	0	452	Dec 9, 2009 by barney
	Windows XP SP2 Dies on July 13, 2010, Upgrade to Windows 7 (Preview) With the advent of Windows 7, the market shares of both Windows XP and Windows Vista have started bleeding, with users transitioning to the latest iteration of the Windows client. Still, although Windows 7 grabbed over 5% of the OS market, according to Net Applications, Windows XP is still t...	barney	1	634	Dec 8, 2009 by Vindicated
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