Just because a hack exists doesn’t mean that it’s okay to exploit. A lot of sites including Vista.Blorge.com are going to have to eat a bit of crow. Well, Microsoft, it may not be okay but if you don’t want people exploiting such an obvious exploit then it might behoove the company to patch the exploit in the first place.
Vista wasn’t right from day one and Microsoft knew it but instead of admitting failure it has decided to blame its executive team for Vista’s failure by firing some or moving some on to mostly "administrative" positions. After being moved on, some decided just to leave the company outright.
The Japanese like small things; the smaller, the better. So, they must already be in love with the Willcom D4 (Sharp manufactured) MID (Mobile Internet Device) tablet “computer.” I find it difficult to call this thing a computer nor is it just a PDA or simply an Internet access device. Computer is the best definition that fits it.
Microsoft is hoping that Windows 7 will allow it to put all the ills, heartaches and feelings of anger that Vista brought to its current customers. Windows 7 is set to replace Vista in the late 2009 to early 2010 timeframe. The question remains what will be in store for those that "upgrade" from Vista to Windows 7.
It seems as though the online community is uniting under one particular thought: with Vista faltering in the marketplace, many are simply waiting for news of the operating system that will take Vista’s place, now being called Windows 7. However, many are even less excited about Windows 7, because some are suggesting that Microsoft will take a modular approach to the distribution of its next operating system to consumers.
From the test versions of Longhorn (Vista’s development name) to the beta and RC (release candidate) versions of Vista, there was one nagging problem that many reviews cited; Vista’s UAC function. UAC (User Account Controls) is a feature in Vista designed to limit program’s access to the rest of the system and by default, software will not have administrator level access to the entire system.
Microsoft might be maligned for other things such as releasing an operating system that wasn’t ready for prime time and irritating its customers to no end with useless features but never let it be said that issues go unaddressed. A new study reveals that Microsoft is fastest to release patches for its operating system, Sun and Apple lag behind the great software giant.
Or at least a few key points I think every intelligent reader should consider before simply taking what “authorities” have to say on the superiority of certain operating systems. I’m going to give you a great example of thoughtless Windows Vista promotion and explain why even your favorite websites might be getting it very wrong.
Just when everyone thought that Microsoft’s goose was near to fully cooked in all its greasy goodness, it seems as though the goose is getting some breathing room; though mounds of incriminating evidence against Microsoft in the “Vista-capable” lawsuit has been piling up in rapid fashion, the well-paid lawyers at Microsoft have found a loophole and earned a bit of time to either rally a defense or order a tombstone epitaph.
All of us age and as we do might say things that don’t make sense or nothing at all and that may have been the case here. Bill Gates said a few days ago that Windows 7 would be ready by 2009. Microsoft is saying that’s not the case and Windows 7 won’t be ready in its final version any earlier than 2010.
I’m still not sure whether I should even classify this as news, per se, but take it as you will: if you’re sitting in front of an operating system-less PC, holding a copy of Vista SP1 in your right hand and a copy of XP SP3 in your left, and you can’t decide which OS to go with, your now barren PC will run better with XP SP3.
A prerequisite update that is required to install Vista SP1 sent some systems into an endless reboot cycle. Now, Microsoft has come up with an update for the update that should fix the problem.
The recent hullaballoo over the exploit that opens up Vista through Adobe Flash has the hacking community grinning from metaphorical ear to ear. The same can’t be said for Adobe, and what’s less of a surprise in the midst of the controversy is that Adobe is now claiming it knew about the exploit all along.
Windows Vista users salvation may be at hand. If you can’t wait to dump Vista for something better you can either go back to XP or stick with it until Microsoft unleashes Windows 7. Bill Gates seems to believe that Windows 7 is closer than any of us mere mortals realize saying that it, “could come within the next year” – far earlier than anyone has predicted.
Security programs from well-known security firms have failed the VB100 (Virus Bulletin) tests for Vista specific security solutions. The latest tests looked at 37 made-for Vista security programs to see which could attain the level of threat detection required for the “VB100″ certification. Out of those tested, 17 managed to fail the test including software from big names like McAfee, Sophos and Trend Micro.
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