Vista To Prevent Copying .ISO Files to Hard Drives on Home Version
Important Windows Vista Licensing Changes, and Ed Bott tells us about changes to the Windows Vista EULA. But that’s not the whole story. Starting on Page 11, here is a synopsis of what I believe are the most far-reaching changes, as I have interpreted them:
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Microsoft claims Vista’s adoption will be twice as quick as XP’s
MICROSOFT has high hopes for it’s up-and-coming Vista operating system and is expecting business customers to adopt it twice as fast as any previous release of Windows.
It says ten times as many business desktops will be deployed at release compared to any previous Windows version.
We’d put this down as more than a tad optimistic. Nevertheless, [...]
Microsoft Takes Steps to Lock Pirates OUT
Microsoft has Vista set up so that if you do not activate the product legally within a 30 day period (much like the XP timeline), Vista will activate a lockout procedure and run on a “reduced functionality mode”.
In this mode, Vista will allow a user to access the internet via a browser but [...]
Vista to take hard stand against piracy
Microsoft Corp’s forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software.
The world’s largest software maker said Wednesday that people running a version of Windows Vista that it believes is pirated [...]
Microsoft rivals seen lobbying EU about Vista
Adobe suggests a ban incorporating free competing software into new operating system, while Symantec due to discuss security features to regulators next week.
Two U.S. software firms are asking the European Commission to take action against Microsoft’s new Vista operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Adobe Systems (Charts) has told EU regulators that Microsoft should [...]
Will Vista stall Net traffic?
Thanks to new directory software, Windows Vista could put a greater load on Internet servers. But experts disagree over whether we’re headed for a prime-time traffic jam or insignificant slowdown.
Microsoft’s launch of Windows Vista could slow down or stall traffic on the Net, said Paul Mockapetris, who is widely credited with inventing the Internet’s Domain [...]
Vista Preorders Available, Jan 30th Ship Date
According to Reuters, Amazon.com has begun taking preorders for it’s new Windows Vista operating system.
Prices will range from $99.95 for a basic upgrade version to $399.00 for an ultimate version.
The difference between the two is that the ultimate version will also have “…television and digital photography components that used to be in [...]
Microsoft Frames VistaTorrent Cease and Desist Letter
Mirosoft gave the guys behind vistatorrent.com a framed version of the cease and desist letter that took down their site.
Although the demand for Microsoft’s second Vista Beta is extremely high, Microsoft refused to release a torrent for “security” reasons.
At the Gnomedex conference Chris Pirillo, one of the organizers, and the initiator of vistatorrent.com received a [...]
Novell: Vista Will Drive Users to Linux
The cost of migrating from Windows XP to Windows Vista will encourage more companies to seriously consider moving to desktop Linux, the chief executive of open-source and networking company Novell said on Monday.
Speaking at Brainshare, the company’s annual European user conference in Barcelona, Novell CEO Jack Messman claimed that the cost of moving desktops [...]
