The Beta 1 version of Windows Vista isn't expected to have the look and feel of the final operating system. The company also promised that a long-anticipated beta version would ship by 3 August. A more feature-complete test version is expected to...
Other security related updates include an enhanced firewall and added security in Internet Explorer to protect against misuse of domain names with international characters in phishing scams. The preview releases allow Microsoft to gather feedback...
Vista, slated to be broadly available in January, is the first major Microsoft product to get security updates while it is still in beta, Microsoft employee Alex Heaton wrote on a corporate blog on Tuesday.
Microsoft on Thursday issued what it hopes will be the last test version of Internet Explorer 7 before the new browser is released later this year. Microsoft released the third beta version of the software in June.
Microsoft is starting beta testing of its first service pack for Windows Vista, though that update won't be released in final form until next year. The findings largely mirror the sales pattern NPD saw for Vista during its first week on the market...
Unlike the buzz surrounding Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 won't include a new version of Internet Explorer, and won't include any new features that are considered must-haves. Currently, Microsoft is beta-testing SP1 on about 12,000 machines...