Vista SP1 RTM up to 86% faster
Is Vista SP1 really the shot in the arm your Vista system needs? We've spent many hours strapped to our benchmarking system in a caffeine and pizza fueled haze to uncover these very interesting results. In some areas, such as network file copying, Vista SP1 is dramatically faster -- up... Read on »
No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix. The latest update to its knowledgebase entry essentially says, "still workin' on it". The bug relates to a little known, but frequently used, method of writing hidden data... Read on »
Microsoft junks and replaces Vista kernel in SP1
One of the “big” features discussed in early speculation of Windows Vista SP1 was the kernel upgrade, which was supposed to bring the operating system into line with the Longhorn kernel used in Windows Server 2008. And yet with Vista SP1 going RTM, there hasn't been so much as a... Read on »
Vista SP1 Analysed in Depth
It's no secret that there's a leaked beta of Vista SP1 floating around, but no-one yet has really taken the time to... Read on »
War on terror security measures overblown: Microsoft
The endless security measures imposed on society as a result of the "war on terror" have become overblown and intrusive, according to... Read on »
Mozilla CEO speaks out on future of Firefox
APC Magazine in Australia has posted an 8,000 word interview with Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker about where Firefox came from and where it’s going. Baker talks about putting Firefox on mobile phones and pocket devices; plans to get into open source graphic and video rendering to compete with Flash and... Read on »
Intel to unveil Linux-based Mobile Internet Devices
Intel will shortly announce that its future "Mobile Internet Devices" and UMPCs will be Linux-powered, using a custom version of the Chinese Red Flag distribution. The Red Flag distro has a super slick, iPhone-like user interface. For Intel, its future success with mobile devices is now separated from the Microsoft... Read on »
Intel announces "Core 2 Duo on steroids"
Even though Intel is probably the industry's biggest proponent of multi-core computing and threaded programming, it today announced a single thread acceleration technology at IDF Beijing. Mobility chief Mooly Eden revealed a type of single-core overclocking built in to its upcoming Santa Rosa platform. It seems like a tacit admission... Read on »
Microsoft apologises for serving malware
Microsoft is red-faced after admitting it has been serving malware to users via MSN Messenger and its MSN website network. APC Magazine in Australia has screenshots of the malware in action, which was being pumped via a banner ad booked by an MSN advertiser. Microsoft has admitted to the mistake... Read on »
Microsoft admits "high impact issues" in Vista -- SP1 coming
Microsoft has admitted -- in a roundabout way -- that Vista has "high impact issues". It has put out a call for technical testers to participate in testing of Service Pack 1, due out later this year, which will address "regressions from Windows Vista and Windows XP, security, deployment blockers... Read on »
Microsoft fights Gmail: 2GB+ Exchange mailboxes
Microsoft is battling trend for frazzled office workers to give up on Outlook and switch to Gmail: it is promising 2GB+ mailboxes in Exchange 2007 rather than the piffling 50MB mailboxes most workplaces have now. Speaking at the launch of Vista, Office and Exchange in Singapore, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager... Read on »
Windows scoots to new boot, but it's still kinda rooted
Anyone who dual-boots Linux and Windows knows that Windows comandeers the master boot record and that Microsoft steadfastly refuses to introduce any flexibility into its handling of MBRs. However, Microsoft has grudgingly given some ground to critics of this ‘nuke-first-ask-questions-later’ approach with Vista. But will it be enough to satisfy... Read on »
Need to eavesdrop a network? Try Microsoft's new free tool.
Need to sniff a network? Find out what’s going on? Want to discover passwords your software is sending in clear-text... or see someone else's? Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released free Network Monitor 3.0 can do it. Worryingly, unlike utilities like Ethereal, it's also extremely easy-to-use. Nobody's criticising Microsoft for making a cool, easy-to-use... Read on »
Vista's User Account Protection: one click and it's gone
Vista's biggest security enhancement is "User Account Protection" (or "User Account Control" ) which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system. But the TweakVista utility can turn off UAP in one click. Microsoft says this is UAP working as intended,... Read on »
Microsoft runs out of Vista product keys
A small hitch has cropped up in Microsoft’s beta-testing program for Vista: the software giant has temporarily run out of product keys for testers. The following update was posted on the password-protected Microsoft Connect website, where Microsoft communicates with its core group of beta testers. 9-5-06 - We are currently... Read on »
Unlock Work Internet or Risk Losing Staff: Microsoft
People don't want to work for employers who heavily restrict internet access, a senior Microsoft executive said in a keynote speech at the opening of Tech.Ed 2006 Sydney today. "These kids are saying: forget it! I don't want to work with you. I don't want to work at a place... Read on »
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