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90% of IT Professionals Don't Want Vista
Microsoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update
Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech"
158 Pages of Microsoft's Dirty Laundry
More Evidence That XP is Vista's Main Competitor
One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP?
Windows Vista SP1 Hands-On Details
Microsoft Cuts Vista Price In 70 Countries
Microsoft Internal Emails Show Dismay With Vista
Vista SP1 Release Candidate Available
Vista SP1 Update Locks Out Some Users
Windows Vista SP1 Meeting Sour Reception In Places
Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones
Dell Documents Reveal Microsoft's Pre-launch Vista Errors
Microsoft to Allow PC Makers to Downgrade to XP
PC World Tests Final Version of Vista SP1
BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Microsoft Disses Windows to Sell More Windows
Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05
Microsoft Had Doubts About the 'Vista Capable' Label
PCWorld Says Firefox is Strong, Vista is Weak
SP1 Unsuccessful in Preventing Vista Hacks
Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista
Maine To Skip Vista, Go Directly To Windows 7
Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista
Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista
University of Penn. Recommends Against Vista SP1
Vista SP1 Is Even Less Compatible
Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing
Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out
Vista's Security Rendered Completely Useless
Why "Vista" Nick White Left Microsoft
Vista Service Pack One Almost Here
Linux Has Better Windows Compatibility Than Vista
Ballmer Sets Loose Windows 7 Public Beta At CES
Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience?
Britain Advises Against Vista, Office 2007 for Schools
Creative Backs Down on Vista Driver Debacle
Did Amazon Induce Vista's Premature Birth?
Dual Boot Not Trusted, Rejected By Vista SP1
Gaining System-Level Access To Vista
Internal Emails Released In Vista Capable Debacle
Is Windows 7 Faster Or Just Smarter?
Jerry Seinfeld Will Plug Vista
Lenovo Announces ThinkPads Preloaded With XP
MS Reportedly Adds 6 Months of Vista Downgrade
Microsoft Loses Appeal of "Vista-Capable" Lawsuit
Microsoft Tries To Prevent Further Discovery
New Malware Report Hits Vista's Security Image
Performance Tests Show Early Windows 7 Build Beats Vista
Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay
Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked
Windows 7 Won't Have Compact "MinWin" Kernel
Windows 7's Virtual XP Mode a Support Nightmare?
Windows XP Still Outselling Windows Vista
$50 to Get XP On a New Dell
Ballmer Ordered To Testify In 'Vista Capable' Case
Driver Update Can Cause Vista Deactivation
Gates Expresses Surprise Over IE8 Secrecy
Last Year's CanSecWest Winner Repeats on Vista, Ubuntu Wins
Layoffs at Microsoft, Intel, and IBM
Loophole in Windows Random Number Generator
Microsoft Discloses Windows 7 Pricing
Microsoft Says No Profit In Vista-XP Downgrades
Microsoft To Buy Back $40bn of Its Shares
Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta Februrary 10th
Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits
Pirates Find Proper Way to Crack Vista's Activation Schema
Researchers Sour on Vista Service Pack 1 Performance
The Dying PC Market
Vista Branding Confusing Even To Microsoft
Vista Capable Lawsuit Loses Class-Action Status
Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals Released
Vista at Risk of Being Bypassed by Businesses
What Does It Take To Get a PC With XP?
Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Plans
Windows XP SP3 Build 3205 Released w/ New Features
Windows Vista Annoyances
Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems
Microsoft Responds to 'Save XP' Petition
Time for a Vista Do-Over?
Microsoft Not Ditching Vista Until At Least 2011
"Vista Capable" Lawsuit Is Now a Class Action
32bit Win7 Vs. Vista Vs. XP
4 GB May Be Vista's RAM Sweet Spot
Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market
Black Screens For Unauthorized Copies of Windows
Boot Record Rootkit Threatens Vista, XP, NT
Coding Around UAC's Security Limitations
CoreBoot (LinuxBIOS) Can Boot Windows 7 Beta
Dell Indicates Windows 7 Pricing Will Be Higher
Dell Refunds Vista/Works With Two Emails
Details On Windows XP SP3 Leaked
Does Ballmer Need To Go?
Fresh Air For Windows?
HP May Be Developing Its Own Version of Linux
HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade
Hands-On With Windows 7's New Features
Hostile ta Vista, Baby
How Asus Recovery Disks Ended Up Carrying Software Cracks
How Microsoft Plans To Get Its Groove Back With Win7
How Open Source Has Influenced Windows Server 2008
ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista
In-Depth With the Windows 7 Public Beta
Is Windows Vista in Trouble?
Lenovo Delivers SuSE Linux-Based ThinkPads
MS Offers Vista Upgrade Pricing To All
MS Responds To Vista's Network / Audio Problems
MS Says Windows 7 Will Run DirectX 10 On the CPU
Making the Switch To Windows "Workstation" 2008
Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows
Microsoft Designed UAC to Annoy Users
Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x
Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs
Microsoft Moves To Quash Case, End E-mail Revelations
Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool
Microsoft Tries a New Ad Agency
Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch For File-Sharing Hole
Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live
Microsoft's Not So Happy Family
Microsoft's Vista AV Fails Certification
More Indications Windows 7 Is Coming In 2009
No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set
Old Malware Tricks Still Defeat Most AV Scanners
One Year Later, "Dead" XP Still Going Strong
Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs
Romanians Find Cure For Conficker
Security Hole In Windows 7 UAC
Sneak Peek at Windows Server 2008
The "Vista-Capable" Debacle Spreads To Acer
The Death of Windows XP
The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead
Torvalds On Desktop Linux's Slow Uptake
UK Schools At Risk of Microsoft Lock-In
UK Schools Told to Dump Microsoft
Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1
Vista Not Playing Well With IPv6
Vista Pirates To Get "Black Screen of Darkness"
Vista Runs Out of Memory While Copying Files
Vista SP1 Release May Be Near
Vista Slow To Copy, Delete Files
Vista To XP Upgrade Triples In Price, Now $150
Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP
WGA Under Vista SP1 Is Kinder and Nags More
What a Vista Upgrade Will Really Cost You
Windows 7 Benchmarks Show Little Improvement On Vista
Windows 7 Hard Drive and SSD Performance Analyzed
Windows 7 Kill Switch For IE Confirmed — For More Apps, Too
Windows 7 Leaked To Pirates By Microsoft?
Windows 7 To Be 256-Core Aware
Windows 7 To Come In Multiple Versions
Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC
Windows 7 Trades Email and Photo Apps For Downloadable Ones
Windows 7 Users Warned Over Filename Security Risk
Windows 7 in the Next Year?
Windows Drops Below 90% Market Share
Windows Is Dead – Long Live Midori?
Windows XP Lives, Thanks to Linux
Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards
XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks
Ballmer Calls Vista 'A Work In Progress'
A Mythbuster's Biggest Tech Headaches (and Solutions)
Apple's OS X Leopard In Depth
Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks
Dell to Sell Machines with Ubuntu Pre-Loaded
Firefox and IE Still Not Getting Along
Is the Dell XPS One Better than the Apple iMac?
Leopard as the New Vista?
Less Than 2 Percent of UK Companies Have Upgraded Windows
Linux And Unix Devices Popular On Amazon's 'Best of '07' List
Microsoft Battles Vista Perception With Prizes
Microsoft Locking Out Anti-Virus Makers?
Microsoft Sued Over Vista Marketing
Microsoft Upgrades Vista Kernel in SP1
Microsoft Vista, IE7 Banned By U.S. DOT
Microsoft Withdraws Vista's Kill Switch
OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th
The FAA Saves $15 Million by Migrating to Linux
Vista is Slower, But XP Is Still Dying
Why Vista Had To Be Rebuilt From Scratch
Windows 7 Likely Going Modular, Subscription-based
Windows 7 To Be Released Next Year?
Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition
Microsoft Says Vista Has the Fewest Flaws
Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date
Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft
British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows
French Police Ditching Windows for Linux
MS To Offer Free Windows 7 Upgrade To Vista Users
Survey Finds Few Intend to Upgrade to Vista