It’s supposedly being done to boost retail sales, which have lagged behind pre-installs. Keep reading →

Home Premium will be the same price as Apple’s OSX 10.5 Keep reading →

Applies to less than 10 percent of all licenses. Keep reading →

Sounds like most of the cuts will be in ‘emerging markets’, and only on retail boxes of Vista. Keep reading →

Microsoft today gave more details about how various Vista activation exploits will be handled by the soon to be released SP1, and beyond. Their Windows Genuine Advantage blog gives some of the details on what will happen to machines running an exploit, and reveals that not only will SP1 be looking for these exploits, but a soon to come Windows Update as well. The notice you may get from this update borders on humorous. Keep reading →

As the perception of Vista in the marketplace is quite low, this probably isn’t a bad move. Keep reading →

• Microsoft’s antipiracy effort brings in $77M
  More aggressive anticopying technology and a string of lawsuits are credited for the new found money in a saturated market.
  (tags: Sales Piracy )
• New Mac Pros welcome Windows Vista 64-bit with open arms
  Not only can you now run Vista Home Basic and Home Premium legally in a Mac virtual environment, but you can also run the 64-bit versions of Vista on a Mac with Boot Camp.
  (tags: Virtualization Dual 64-bit )

More aggressive anticopying technology and a string of lawsuits are credited for the new found money in a saturated market. Keep reading →

• Poll Finds Corporate Vista Adoptions on the Rise
  It would appear the doom-and-gloom surrounding Vista is starting to break.
  (tags: PR Sales Enterprise )
• How to obtain the IPv6 Ready Logo for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008 from IPv6 Forum
  Want to show off your Vista IPv6 capabilities? Here’s how to get either the Phase 1 or Phase 2 IPv6 Ready Logo from the IPv6 Forum.
  (tags: IP )

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It would appear the doom-and-gloom surrounding Vista is starting to break. Keep reading →