The next version of Windows finally has an official name: Windows Vista. The advertising tagline for Vista is "Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world," according to a video of the announcement posted by Microsoft.
Vista, the name that Microsoft has chosen to christen its next-generation operating system, is causing a few headaches in Redmond as two non-profit organisations are claiming it is too similar to the name of specialist software that they produce.
Monday's release is the expected third Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of Vista, the successor to Windows XP due by the end of 2006. He said: "We're on a path to be code complete by the end of 2005, so we will see that likely in the next...
Fresh on the heels of a delay in broad availability of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed late on Thursday it is also pushing the mainstream launch of Office 2007 to next year. As with Vista, Microsoft hopes to finish the code for Office 2007 this...
Additionally, high-end editions of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system include an encryption feature called BitLocker. Seagate Technology on Monday plans to announce the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with Seagate's new hard...
A first wide-scale Community Technology Preview (CTP) test build of Quebec is due out next year. The forthcoming Quebec embedded release will include BitLocker drive encryption, Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, Address-Space Load Randomisation...