Tag archive: Brad Brooks

Well, you've got to give Microsoft one point: they didn't produce a conventional television ad. Software giant Microsoft has kicked off its $300 million ad campaign to promote its Windows Vista operating system with a spot featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft founder Bill Gates having a chance meeting at a fictional store called Shoe Circus, Seinfeld helping Gates into a pair of size 10 “Conquistadors,”… Read More

Speaking at Microsoft's yearly Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft's VP of Vista Consumer marketing Brad Brooks did what, a year ago, might have been unthinkable: acknowledged users have had some hesitations about Microsoft's latest-and-greatest operating system. "We broke a lot of things," Brooks acknowledged. "We know that, and we know it caused you a lot of pain. It got customers thinking, hey, is… Read More

If the much-anticipated, slightly beleaguered launch of Vista Service Pack 1 still doesn’t have Windows XP holdouts running down to the store to get on board with Vista, Microsoft is hoping its latest move will: dropping the price. On Thursday, the company announced price cuts on several stand-alone retail versions of Windows Vista. Microsoft’s top-shelf Windows Vista Ultimate package will drop from $399 to $319 in stores,… Read More

Alienware today announced the launch of its DHD line of media center PC systems. The DHD provides an all-in-one, wall-mountable home entertainment system that integrates the functionality of a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004-based PC with a stunning 30″ TFT/LCD widescreen display. Based on Hy-Tek Manufacturing's TekPanel 300, reviewed here at Designtechnica, the Alienware DHD systems allow… Read More

Niveus Media, Inc., manufacturer of media entertainment devices for the consumer electronics market, has announced that its flagship AVX model will be included as part of the Windows HardwareEngineering Conference (WinHEC) keynote presented by Microsoft Group Vice President Jim Allchin. In addition, the Niveus Media AVX system will be shown as part of the Windows Hardware Showcase atWinHEC. The AVX Media Center is the first fanless living… Read More

ATI Technologies Inc. today announced support for Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender products with its integrated XILLEON 225 system-on-a-chip, allowing consumers to access their favoritedigital entertainment, such as live and recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home - regardless of where the PCis located. "We are pleased to see companies like ATI… Read More