May 25
Almost a year and a half since its launch, Windows Vista may be ready to penetrate big business and win the hearts and minds of CIOs, according to some watchers. Microsoft accepts that Vista has only penetrated about five per cent of large business accounts (and even that figure might be optimistic, according to some analysts) but a combination of hardware readiness, enhancements to Vista itself and application compatibility reasons could see the heavily criticized OS finally crack large accounts.
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May 24
During the third day of the “PWN TO OWN” event, a contest of hackers determined to break systems at CanSecWest, Windows Vista was compromised from a Flash flaw.The contest, which saw a MacBook Air get hacked on Thursday, relaxed the rules even further. On the first day of the contest, only the operating system could be targeted, but on the second day that was expanded to include standard applications. An undisclosed Safari flaw led to the MacBook Air’s downfall through the OS X operating system.
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May 23
Speaking at a round-table in London on Wednesday, John Curran, director of the Windows group for Microsoft in the UK, said: “First and foremost, businesses like Vista for security”. The operating system (OS) “has, since its launch, been the safest operating system on the market with the fewest vulnerabilities of any OS available,” he added.
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May 22
One of the Microsoft critical updates for next Tuesday affects every version of the Windows operating system, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. “That one has to be a pretty bad bug to be critical across the board like that,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security Inc. “I would have expected a drop in criticality for Vista SP1, and most certainly in Server 2008. Something should have mitigated the vulnerability.”
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May 21
IT directors have estimated that they could save hundreds of thousands of pounds through energy saving by using the green features in Windows Vista. Adrian Davey, head of IT at Tube Lines, said, “Our planned upgrade onto Windows Vista had to be economically efficient. With 2,500 seats, we estimate we would save £40 to £50 in terms of power savings.” Over the life of PCs, Davey said this would equate to savings worth half a million pounds.
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May 20
There are those things that don’t look right, like resembling the look of Windows Vista on an iPhone. Even if just looks like the Microsoft operating system, some may consider such a move the ultimate sin of an iPhone owner.
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May 19
In the document, “Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista,” Microsoft lists what it believes are five features of Vista that “cause confusion” and “slow Windows Vista adoption” for most users. The company identified User Account Control, Image Management, Display Driver Model, Windows Search and 64-bit architecture as features that are flummoxing IT professionals when they install Vista across desktops on a network. It offered tips for how to deal with common problems.
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May 18
Did you know that roughly 400 tons of dirt, gravel, rock, and sand have to be searched to locate 1 carat of diamond? And that diamond, when located, must be cut by an expert and polished just right before being placed in a setting that complements it completely? Well, when searching for gems within an OS, it takes effort and creativity as well. Here are three Windows Vista “gems” that might make your workday a bit easier or assist you in administration.
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May 17
One of the world’s dominant operating systems is Microsoft windows. When you compare some of the ideal features available in its competitors for instance Linux and Mac OS X, both XP and Vista can appear a little incomplete. There are various features that other operating systems offer by default such as 64-bit processing and business-networking tools that require a premium version license in Windows.
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May 16
Apple Inc. has warned Windows PC and iPod users not to upgrade to Windows Vista yet as it does not work well yet with the iTunes software and may even corrupt their iPod. Thought iTunes may work with some Vista computers, Apple stated that they know of some computability problems and is recommending that users wait until Apple resolves issues with its iTunes software within the next few weeks.
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May 15
Software giant Microsoft has claimed user “complacency” is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by security vendor PC Tools, which said that over the past six months Vista had suffered 639 unique threats, whereas Windows 2000 has suffered 586. PC Tools’s research was conducted by collecting data from customers using its ThreatFire behavioural detection software.
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May 14
While some businesses might not be seeing much incentive to move to Vista SP1, gamers might be warming up to the idea. Past game performance tests have shown that lower frame rates, lag, and crashing are the norm for Windows Vista RTM. While some switched over and found they were having no problems, the majority held onto Windows XP SP2 for dear life. The majority of the blame for this problem was laid on lack of solid video drivers. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 13
In a recent post on the Microsoft Developer Network blog, Austin Wilson, director of Windows client security product management at Microsoft, dismissed a claim made last week by security vendor PC Tools Software that Windows Vista was more vulnerable to malware than Windows 2000.
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May 12
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista is 37% more secure than its Windows XP ancestor, a security vendor claimed today, a rate it hinted was disappointing. Using different data collection techniques, Microsoft has recently asserted that Vista is 60% more secure than XP.
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May 11
After finding a few last-minute problems with Vista Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft delayed deployment on both of them. Now they’re both back and ready for download, either manually or through Windows Update.
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