A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new features, including some borrowed from Windows Vista. According to NeoSmart ...

A recap of the security upgrades in the next version of Windows shows better malware, spyware, and access control features throughout I’ve been using several versions of Microsoft’s Windows Vista for ...

There are five editions of Vista: Home Basic (stripped-down functionality), Home Premium (added visual and media features), Business (more networking features), Enterprise (more protection), and ...

Microsoft Wednesday released the first beta of its Vista client operating system that is feature-complete and focused on corporate users. The Community Technology Preview (CTP), as the betas are now ...

The curmudgeons of this world know that every new operating system brings with it at least much hype as benefits, and more often than not means spending lots of money in pursuit of the ever-elusive ...

In fact, the anti-Vista uproar has been so loud that Microsoft has been forced to keep Windows XP alive in many forms—including as "downgrade options" for OEM customers and, currently, as an ...

Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the new security feature it built into Windows Vista ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), just delivered to a group of approximately 12,000 beta testers, offers no dramatic interface changes, nor does it add new features to the operating system. Instead ...

Windows Vista’s launch in late 2006 and early 2007 was one of the toughest chapters in Microsoft’s history. There’s still a lot to learn from Vista. That thought struck me this weekend as I was ...

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Architect Bill Gates introduced new features of the next versions of Microsoft Office and Windows in his keynote at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los ...