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Next Generation SSDs Delayed Due To Vista

PoliTech notes in a journal entry that "Vista is the gift that just keeps on giving." "Speaking during SanDisk's second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and [CEO] Eli Harari said that Windows Vista will present a special challenge for solid state drive makers. 'As soon as you get into Vista applications in notebook and desktop, you start running into very demanding applications because Vista is not optimized for flash memory solid state disk,' he said... 'The next generation controllers need to basically compensate for Vista shortfalls,' he said. 'Unfortunately, (SSDs) performance in the Vista environment falls short of what the market really needs and that is why we need to develop the next generation, which we'll start sampling end of this year, early next year.

Move your business from Windows to Linux

Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new Vista-compatible hardware could still purchase trusty Windows XP. Now, however, Windows XP is available only as a costly "downgrade" from Windows Vista--if you buy a copy of Vista, you can install the 6-year-old XP operating system using the Vista license.

Moving from Windows to Linux: Switching Business Operating Systems

PC World — Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new Vista-compatible hardware could still purchase trusty Windows XP. Now, however, Windows XP is available only as a costly "downgrade" from Windows Vista--if you buy a copy of Vista, you can install the 6-year-old XP operating system using the Vista license.

Developers Avoiding Vista

While Bill Gates claims that Vista is selling well, the big question is how many customers out there are requesting software with Vista specific technology. The answer came in a recent survey of developers claimed that less than 1 in 12 developers were actively developing software that was Vista-specific.

Installing IIS on Windows Vista Home Premium

While you may expect to be able to install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Business and Vista Ultimate, you might be surprised to learn that you can also install IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium. More...

News that developers prefer XP, Linux not all bad for Vista

Only 8 percent of developers are targeting Windows Vista according to a new report from analysts Evans Data Corporation. 49 percent of developers are developing for Vista's soon-to-be-discontinued predecessor, Windows XP, and even Linux is beating Vista, with some 13 percent of development focused on the open-source OS.

Windows 7 Won't Have Compact "MinWin" Kernel

An anonymous reader points us to an interview Microsoft's Windows 7 development chief, Steven Sinofsky, did with CNet. He reveals that Windows 7 will be a further evolution of Vista, and will lose the rumored MinWin kernel. "We're very clear that drivers and software that work on Windows Vista are going to work really well on Windows 7; in fact, they'll work the same. We're going to not introduce additional compatibilities, particularly in the driver model. Windows Vista was about improving those things. We are going to build on the success and the strength of the Windows Server 2008 kernel, and that has all of this work that you've been talking about. The key there is that the kernel in Windows Server 08 is an evolution of the kernel in Windows Vista, and then Windows 7 will be a further evolution of that kernel as well.

Linux and open source, in general.

2GB system memory, 128 meg video memory, 200GB SATA HD, 15.4 screen, DVDRW, 802.11 bg PSAF3U-OW900V. It was a display model and was the only one they had in stock, so was reduced by almost $200.00. It came pre-installed with VISTA, and I inquired about buying with the OS removed. The clerk informed me that if I had to send it in for repair it had to be exactly as it stood, with VISTA . He also said they weren't allowed to remove any windows OS, because of their deal with Microsoft. I played with VISTA for 2 days and was so frustrated with trying to find items, the annoying UAC, plus it wouldn't run some of my games that I decided to remove VISTA and install Linux. I first tried the latest version of Ubuntu, but it didn't find all the hardware and I've never been a real fan.

PCLinuxOS 2008 Gnome on new laptop.

2GB system memory, 128 meg video memory, 200GB SATA HD, 15.4 screen, DVDRW, 802.11 bg PSAF3U-OW900V. It was a display model and was the only one they had in stock, so was reduced by almost $200.00. It came pre-installed with VISTA, and I inquired about buying with the OS removed. The clerk informed me that if I had to send it in for repair it had to be exactly as it stood, with VISTA . He also said they weren't allowed to remove any windows OS, because of their deal with Microsoft. I played with VISTA for 2 days and was so frustrated with trying to find items, the annoying UAC, plus it wouldn't run some of my games that I decided to remove VISTA and install Linux. I first tried the latest version of Ubuntu, but it didn't find all the hardware and I've never been a real fan.

Vista Hacked Through Adobe Flash, Ubuntu Stands

Microsoft's Vista Ultimate SP1 and Apple, Inc.'s MacBook Air have been hacked through applications, with only Ubuntu unbreached in the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest. The zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Apple's systems have been reported. Shane Macaulay won a laptop and $5,000 for hacking Microsoft Windows Vista.

Vista Hacked Through Adobe Flash, Ubuntu Stands

Microsoft's Vista Ultimate SP1 and Apple, Inc.'s MacBook Air have been hacked through applications, with only Ubuntu unbreached in the Pwn to Own challenge at CanSecWest. The zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Apple's systems have been reported. Shane Macaulay won a laptop and $5,000 for hacking Microsoft Windows Vista.

Vista: Faster, smarter search

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Reports of a new threat to Microsoft's unreleased operating system 'Vista' have already started. This new threat named only as 'Blue Pill' has already managed to circumnavigate it's was around the major new feature in Vista, its security.

Vista mod for iPhone arrives

In what has to be one of the most unusual mods for the iPhone, Vista Perfection allows you to skin your Apple handset in the manner of Microsoft’s Windows Vista.

Report: Vista Adoption Stymied Despite SP1, Mac and Linux Have Opportunities

In November 2007, a King Research study revealed that the majority of IT administrators had no plans to adopt Vista and were looking at alternatives like Mac OS X and Linux. KACE, a systems management company in Mountain View, Calif., commissioned King Research to revisit the study, and the results showed that even fewer IT managers than before plan to deploy Vista, despite the release of SP1.

News to know: Vista tweaks; Firefox 3; Patch Tuesday

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Developers Cool to Vista, Evans Study Finds

Fewer than one in 10 software developers are writing applications to run on Windows Vista this year, compared to almost 50 percent who are targeting Windows XP, according to the latest survey of North American developers from Evans Data. While Evans predicts 23 percent of programmers will target the new OS in 2009, the slower-than-expected adoption of Vista by users and developers alike weighs heavily on Microsoft and its decisions for XP end-of-life and Windows 7, which is penciled in for 2010.

92 percent of developers ignoring Vista?...

Despite Microsoft's efforts, the majority of developers still aren't writing with Windows Vista in mind, a new study by Evans Data says. Only eight percent of software firms surveyed were specifically coding with Vista in mind, while additional data brought together by CNET indicates that 49 percent are still writing for Windows XP; 13 percent are programming for Linux, according to reports.

New Malware Report Hits Vista's Security Image

An anonymous reader recommends a Computerworld article on a new report from Australian security vendor PC Tools. The company released figures on malware detection by its ThreatFire product, and in its user base 27% of Vista machines were compromised by at least one instance of malware. From the article: "In total, Vista suffered 121,380 instances of malware from its 190,000 user base, a rate of malware detection per system [that] is proportionally lower than that of XP, which saw 1,319,144 malware infections from a user base of 1,297,828 machines, but it indicates a problem that is worse than Microsoft has been admitting to." Microsoft hasn't responded yet to this report.

PC World: Move your business Linux, not Vista

The PC World magazine now recommends moving to Linux instead of paying for upgrades to Vista. Even using the "downgrade to XP" option still requires the purchase of a Vista license from Microsoft, so PC World recons that especially small businesses will be much better served simply moving to Linux instead.

Businesses saying a stronger no to Vista

Hardware costs, driver problems, application incompatibilities, and more -- you've heard the litany of complaints about Windows Vista before, but perhaps you thought IT would roll over and move to Microsoft's new OS as Microsoft expects. You'd be wrong: IT is not moving to Vista, at least not in the numbers the software giant had hoped.

Gaining System-Level Access To Vista

An anonymous reader writes "This video shows a method by which a user can use a Linux distro called BackTrack to gain system access to Windows Vista without logging into Windows or knowing the username or password for any accounts. To accomplish this, the user renames cmd.exe to Utilman.exe — this is the program that brings up the Accessibility options for users without sight or with limited vision. The attack takes advantage of the fact that the Utility Manager can be invoked before the user logs into the system. The user gains System access, which is a level higher than Administrator. The person who discovered this security hole claims that XP, 2000, 2003 and NT are not vulnerable to it; only Windows Vista is."

$50 to Get XP On a New Dell

CWmike writes "Dell will charge customers up to $50 for factory-installed Windows XP on some PCs after Wednesday, according to the company's Web site. Buyers of the low-priced Vostro line of desktops and notebooks will pay $20 to $50 more for Windows XP Professional installed as a 'downgrade' from Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate than they would for Vista only."

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