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Microsoft Corp.’s latest beta version of Internet Explorer 8 requires more than double the system memory of its main rival, Mozilla Corp.’s Firefox, and spawns nearly six times the number of processor threads, a performance researcher said today. IE8 Beta 2 also consumes 52% more memory than IE7 and uses almost three times as many threads, said Craig Barth, chief technology officer at Devil Mountain Software Inc., a Florida-based maker of PC performance testing software.
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Dell, HP and other PC makers providing their own software for Vista
Vista News 159 Views No Comments »PC makers these days are exploring other options to bolster their image, and expand beyond basic Windows Vista in which complaints constantly pour in. In an effort to enhance Vista rather than change it completely, PC makers are introducing their own brand of proprietary software to make things easier on the user.
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Microsoft has enlisted the help of comedian Jerry Seinfeld to advertise its Vista operating system. The New York comedian will be paid $10 million as part of a $300 million advertising campaign designed to boost sales of the operating system to businesses and consumers, according to the wall Street Journal.
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Microsoft Corp. yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won’t be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) under some circumstances. The warning was reminiscent of one Microsoft made in May, when Windows XP SP3 had just been made available for downloading. At the time, the company told users they wouldn’t be able to downgrade from IE7 to the older IE6 browser without uninstalling the service pack.
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