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  • Internet Explorer gets rebranded

    Internet Explorer is to get a makeover with the arrival of IE 7, including a revised logo and name.

  • Microsoft roping more into Longhorn Server release

    With Windows Vista, Microsoft had to cut features to try to get the release out the door. With its upcoming server release, though, Microsoft is actually adding a few features.

  • Patch Tuesday comes for Vista too

    While Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as its most secure client operating system yet, the unfinished product is already getting regular security fixes.

  • Microsoft updates Windows Vista test code

    In its first update to a new community-based preview program, Microsoft is showing off a number of new features for Windows Vista, including efforts to improve the Web browser and make the operating system more resilient.

  • Clouds over Redmond

    The latest delay for Windows Vista highlights a mounting challenge for Microsoft -- finding a way to update its most important product on any kind of reasonable schedule.

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  • Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft

    After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?

  • FAQ: Getting a handle on Windows Vista

    From features and requirements to versions and release dates, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming update to the dominant operating system.

  • An early peek at Longhorn

    After months of keeping its prized cow in the barn, Microsoft is beginning to let Longhorn out of the stall for public viewing.

  • Windows Vista's Virtual Folders 101

    Virtual Folders is one component of Vista's new information visualisation, organisation, and search features, designed to relieve some types of data management nightmares.

  • All about Longhorn

    COMMENTARY -- Longhorn will be immensely popular once it is released, because Longhorn is revolutionary technology that makes desktop computing better.

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Reviews (16)

  • Microsoft plays browser games

    News analysis: Following its recent settlement with AOL, Microsoft has let slip that it will stop making Internet Explorer as a standalone product. But what does this mean for users?

  • Analysis: Microsoft's OS update

    Underneath the sheen, what's Windows Vista made of? We take a detailed look at the recently delayed operating system.

  • Windows Vista Ultimate

    Windows Vista Ultimate is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

  • Microsoft considering update dubbed 'XP Reloaded'

    Microsoft is considering an update of Windows XP before the release of Longhorn, its next scheduled overhaul of the operating system still in early development stages.

  • FAQ: Getting a handle on Windows Vista

    From features and requirements to versions and release dates, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming update to the dominant operating system.

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