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Ballmer: Vista A Work In Progress

Microsoft's CEO admits what thousands of techies have thought of the company for years: they toss stuff into the user community and need a couple of additional releases to make it work.

Gartner Analysts Share Bleak Outlook On Vista

Vista is crap, according to a number of users; Google gives over 20,000 results for that exact phrase.  And thanks to Vista, two Gartner analysts have gone so far as to say that Windows is collapsing.

Microsoft Clears Up Vista SP1 Issue

Installation processes for a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite caused some people to experience endless rebooting.

Microsoft's Response to 75,000 XP Sigs: "Meh"

You can almost imagine some skinny guy standing in front of large crowd.  The crowd yells, "Let XP live!"  The skinny guy fidgets, and responds, "Um, we need more feedback."  Yes, this is Microsoft PR at its best, folks.

Microsoft Employee Blogs Windows Seven Details

Windows Seven is the first version of Windows being produced under an attempted veil of secrecy, which makes any information about it extremely hard to come by. Helping us get even the barest of morsels is Shipping Seven, a new blog by a secret Microsoft employee, who won’t reveal his name or any major unannounced information (fearful of The Wrath of Sinofsky), but will give us a peek into the innerworkings of Microsoft’s most important project.

Vista Adoptions Rising, Says CDW

Technology reseller CDW said a survey of businesses found 35 percent of respondents have some kind of movement to Windows Vista underway.

Microsoft Announces New Version of Origami Experience for UMPCs

Microsoft announced version 2 of its Origami Experience software, the software designed to make it easier to use Windows on Ultra Mobile PCs.

Vista Named Year's Top Tech Disappointment

At the top of nearly every tech list you can think of, there sits Google, and we're sure this gets to one or two of the folks at Microsoft.  They probably didn't desire a mention in a list called "The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007," though, and Windows Vista actually wound up being number one.

Time to Install Service Packs!

I just spent the entire day distracted by Windows Vista Service Pack 1, namely not getting any real work done while my computer was busy installing it. You should install SP1, too, just be aware of the time it might take.

Microsoft Dangles Deal: Products For A Peek

Allow Microsoft to keeps tabs on your computer through the Windows Feedback Program, and fill out a few surveys, and the company will reward you with one of its software packages.