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Vista's Jim Allchin releases 'Claptonesque' rock album

James Hall — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:03:03 +0000

According to Silicon Valley Insider, former Microsoft employee and leading light for Windows Vista has turned his hands to matters of a more musical nature. His new record Enigma, released on iTunes this past... Read more...

Allchin retires from Microsoft as Vista ships

Steven Parker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:45:04 +0000

After 17 years with Microsoft, Jim Allchin retired from Microsoft as of Jan. 30, 2007 – the day on which Microsoft officially released the Windows Vista operating system to consumers. James (Jim) Allchin served as... Read more...

Lunch with Jim Allchin Co-President, Platforms & Services

Steven Parker — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:03:56 +0000

Last Sunday Tom Warren and myself were invited to lunch with Jim Allchin along with a few other bloggers that have been helpful to the Vista program that spanned a good 2 years. This combined... Read more...

Microsoft's Jim Allchin Discusses Vista Security

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:04:45 +0000

Microsoft's Windows Vista has undergone a series of security tests against the top malware threats as reported by Sophos on November 30. The results, according to Jim Allchin, were a success. A clean install of... Read more...

Allchin quizzed on 'secret' MS protocols and APIs

Wed, 08 May 2002 10:51:08 +0000

In court yesterday Microsoft VP Jim Allchin defended the security exception to disclosure in the proposed Microsoft-DoJ settlement, which is derided by opponents as "security by obscurity," but under cross-examination by States' attorney Kevin Hodges... Read more...

Allchin updates timelines for future Windows releases

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:12:47 +0000

Thanks Christopher for sending in this one. The Windows .Net Server operating system probably will reach customers' hands sometime next year, and its successor will go "beyond 2003," Jim Allchin, Microsoft Corp.'s group vice president... Read more...

XP - Can Jim Allchin lift Microsoft, computer sales?

Steven Parker — Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:37:31 +0000

Allchin, head of Microsoft's platforms division and part of Chairman Bill Gates' inner circle, is the maestro behind the computer program dubbed XP — the flashiest, most powerful and perhaps the most controversial product in... Read more...