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Its the hour of reckoning for Windows Vista. After five years of course changes, false starts, and a host of beta and CTP (Community Technology Preview) builds, Microsoft is set to deliver a broad-scale build of Vista to 2 million testers. Microsoft may drop the build—known by multiple names, including the consumer Vista CTP and […]

How close to shipping is Vista (really)? Microsoft is expected to drop Vista Beta 2—aka Vista Consumer CTP (Community Technology Preview)—as early as this week at WinHEC, and no later than a week or two from now. After a few more release candidates, which will go to smaller and smaller subsets of testers, the product […]

Cut-rate PC/hardware Windows XP Starter Edition bundles arent Microsofts only solution for bringing computing to the masses. Microsoft unveiled a new financing program designed to make PCs more affordable to emerging-market customers on May 22, the day before the kick-off of its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle. The new pay-as-you-go program and […]

Thanks for the excellent article on SPARQL (Jim Rapozas Tech Directions, “SPARQL Will Make the Web Shine,” May 1). Im part of the SPARQL working group at the World Wide Web Consortium and am thinking exactly along the lines of your article on how to bridge the semantic Web and Web 2.0. Ive been fighting […]

After reading the article “Thin Clients II: The Comeback” (“Thin Is In,” May 8), I have to chuckle. Being a Citrix/Terminal Services administrator, I agree with the philosophy of thin clients. However, administrators need to think twice before jumping to such a system. Two problems always seem to come up: poor application design and inadequate […]

Its the hour of reckoning for Windows Vista. After five years of course changes, false starts and a host of beta and CTP (Community Technology Preview) builds, Microsoft is set to deliver a broad-scale build of Vista to two million testers. Microsoft is likely to drop the build—known by multiple names, including the consumer Vista […]

“Were turning the corner on all three of our core products. We are heading toward delivery.” Thats going to be Microsofts message to the 3,000 attendees of WinHEC, which kicks off on May 23 in Seattle, said Mike Burk, product manager with the Windows group. Microsoft will use the show to highlight advances it has […]

Its the stuff of nightmares. Holly Winkler, controller at WestGlow Spa in Blowing Rock, N.C., smelled smoke and made her way through the building searching for the source. Her nose led her to the companys main file server, which houses all the spas most important applications and data. She discovered thick smoke. Then there was […]

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In Labs, Jim Rapoza talks about what IT managers need to know about compliance. In commentary, Peter Coffee says Java is still going strong as it enters its second decade; Spencer F. Katt gives his top five signs your computer is a zombie. Duration: 11:56 /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to download this podcast. /zimages/6/28571.gif /util_get_image/1/0,3363,i=114836,00.gifTo subscribe to […]

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Its been quiet on the WinFS front since Microsoft delivered a refreshed version of its beta code in December—until this week. On May 16, the WinFS team whetted the appetites of advocates of Microsofts next-generation file system by sharing information on plans for a new, Microsoft-developed application for WinFS, code-named “Project Orange.” The team posted […]