Registry Cleaners – Microsoft made $1.5B on `Vista Capable` campaign: Expert – Pakistan News Service

Microsoft Corp. earned more than $1.5 billion from the sale of PCs marked as “Vista Capable” in the months leading up to the 2007 debut of Windows Vista, according to an expert`s estimate. University of Washington economist Keith Leffler pegged

Vista Revisited The new version of Microsoft Windows is a lot like the – Slate
A screenshot of Windows 7 Last summer, Microsoft’s marketing department pulled a strange stunt to prove that its latest operating system, Windows Vista, isn’t as terrible as everyone on the Internet claims . The company invited 140 people who said

Leaked Copies of Windows 7 Beta 1 Hit BitTorrent – Wired
The first beta of Windows 7, Microsoft’s coming replacement for Windows Vista, is due to arrive at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, but already leaked version are circulating on popular BitTorrent sites. Early reports suggest that there is

Windows 7 Leak Helps Microsoft Focus Beyond Vista – CIO Today
A beta version of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system has been leaked to the Internet and bloggers are buzzing. But an analyst said Microsoft probably isn’t too upset about the leak because the publicity helps Microsoft focus beyond its Windows

Securing Code for Windows Vista – Softpedia
Following the release of what Microsoft has always considered the most secure version of the Windows client to date, and with the threat environment suffering a consistent shift to third-party applications designed to run on top of the platform, the

How to secure your Vista PC in 10 easy steps – Computerworld
Downloads of pirated Windows 7 beta candidate soar The 9 hottest skills for ’09 Researchers hack VeriSign’s SSL scheme for securing Web sites Microsoft: MD5 hack poses no major threats to users Opinion: For Apple, ’08 ends with the Macworld clunker

Google: Windows Vista changes should go further – Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
Google issued this statement tonight from its chief legal officer, David Drummond, after Microsoft and antitrust regulators announced an agreement to make changes to Windows Vista in response to Google’s concerns about the Microsoft operating system

Easy steps to get a home computer up and running – Baltimore Sun
New home computers should come with the same warning label as many toys: Some assembly required. A fresh-out-of-the-box Windows or Macintosh machine may be able to get you on the Web, play your MP3s and collect your photos, but it can perform those

PDC: Microsoft polishes Vista into Windows 7 – Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
Last week, Apple launched the latest in its series of ads attacking PCs, this time ridiculing Microsoft for spending millions on advertising rather than on “fixing” its Windows Vista operating system. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally will be able to