Tag archive: Mike Nash

If you want to try out Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Vista, you’re in luck. From Thursday it will be available to everyone, Microsoft has announced. A select group has had the code since October, and MSDN and TechNet members can already get it, Vnunet reports, but the company now feels it’s stable enough for more people to try. However, to obtain it you’ll need to join Microsoft’s Customer Preview Program (CPP). Be… Read More

As a company, Microsoft may not put much stock in numerology, but it could be hoping that a little bit of luck might ride along with this decision. In a first for the company, they've decided to make the codename for an upcoming operating system its real name when the product goes to market. Gone are the days of OS names like Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP, and high-concept names like Windows Vista. No: the forthcoming WIndows… Read More

Microsoft may have known that computers branded “Windows Vista Capable” were inadequate for its operating system, according to new evidence unveiled in a lawsuit against the company. The class action suit was filed a year ago in Washington by customers to who felt Microsoft’s label was misleading. According to SeattlePI, the plaintiff’s lawyers used internal Microsoft e-mails at a hearing on Friday to show that… Read More

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed rumors of an impending Vista SP1 release on Monday by announcing that it had officially released to manufacturing, meaning physical copies of the update are being burned to discs and shipped to computer manufacturers. Ballmer broke the news at a “Microsoft Strategic Update” for investors on Monday morning. While the release to manufacturing stage is already in progress, actual availability… Read More

It’s rare that a company has to forcefully kill off a product that continue to sell, but that’s exactly what Microsoft has planned to do with Windows XP in order to spur sales of its newer Windows Vista operating system. The trouble is, not everyone’s happy about it: Consumer feedback has prompted Microsoft to stay XP’s date of execution for five months. With the release of Vista, Microsoft originally stated that… Read More

From VeriSign's press release: VeriSign, Inc. today announced that it will work with Microsoft Corp. to deliver authentication services that combine Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with VeriSign's strong authentication services. These services will significantly decrease the cost and complexity of deploying strong authentication across the enterprise. VeriSign will demonstrate this technology, which will go into Beta in April… Read More

Microsoft's acquisition of GeCAD's technology will help secure customers by providing antivirus solutions for Microsoft® products and services. In addition to developing new solutions,Microsoft will use the GeCAD engineering expertise and technology to enhance the Windows® platform and extend support for third-party antivirus vendors so they can provide customers withincreasingly secure and comprehensive levels of virus… Read More

…during his opening keynote at the 12th annual Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC). Gates showed the new PC prototype as just one example of the type of innovation required toaddress the needs of users — innovation that is only possible when hardware and software are developed together. Co-developed with HP and code-named “Athens,” the advanced PC prototype represents an evolution of the PC as a center… Read More