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Microsoft planning Windows replacement
Web-based Midori being worked on now 5 August 2008 10:31 GMT
Although the details are scant, Microsoft has admitted that it is working on a replacement for the Windows operating system.

Midori - which is reportedly just one of the options that the computing giant is working on - could see a radical move away from client-based...
"Mojave Experiment" videos live
"What do people think of Windows Vista when they don't know it is?" 29 July 2008 17:27 GMT
What indeed? Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" site is now live with tons of video content of American consumer's impressions of the company's much-maligned latest OS, along with lots of edited clips of with such bon mots as: "If I had this I'd be kinda 'with it'". Be warned...
Samsung launches two new Q1 ultra UMPCs
One with HSDPA, one with Vista 29 July 2008 9:53 GMT
Samsung has launched two "new" ultra mobile personal computers as part of the Q1 range in the States.

The Q1U-CMXP is a Q1 ultra mobile model with an integrated HSDPA 3G cellular modem and the Q1UP-V, a Q1 Ultra Premium featuring Vista Business.
Microsoft's "Mojave" teaser site goes live
Vista re-education programme continues apace 28 July 2008 13:17 GMT
Presumably part of Microsoft's multi-milion dollar Vista re-education programme, a new teaser site has gone live with more content promised on Tuesday 29 July.

The "Mojave Experiment" saw Microsoft inviting a group of folk, spanning Mac, XP and Linux users...
Microsoft's Vista fight-back ads revealed
"At one point, everyone thought the Earth was flat" 22 July 2008 16:20 GMT
We previously brought you the news that Microsoft was planning a multi-million dollar "fight-back" ad campaign for Vista, and the first of these messages appears to have been revealed.

After admitting that the I'm a Mac versus I'm a PC advertising from Apple...
Medion debuts compact Akoya S5610 notebook
Buy it in Sainbury's with your groceries 15 July 2008 11:29 GMT
A new 15.4-inch laptop is soon to be stocked in Sainsbury's.

The Medion Akoya S5610 is a slim, "highly portable" machine built around the new Intel Centrino 2 platform.

It measures 365 x 265 x 22/34mm and weighs just 2.7kg including the battery....
VIDEO: Megawhat News - O2 accused of misleading iPhone PAYG customers
The hottest headlines in a vid 9 July 2008 20:00 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: O2 accused of misleading iPhone PAYG wannabes; Deets of the latest Skypephone leaked;...
Microsoft to begin multi-million dollar Vista ad campaign
As two-thirds of Pocket-lint readers say just give up 9 July 2008 14:15 GMT
Microsoft is to begin a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to promote the Vista operating system, as an executive admits the current Apple "Get a Mac" adverts have "caused some impact".

However, the most recent Pocket-lint reader poll suggests this could...
Windows market share decreasing
Could drop below 90% by end of year 4 July 2008 11:05 GMT
Microsoft's OS market share is on the wane, according to a new study releases by Net Applications.

A decreasing percentage of the internet population is using Windows as their operating system with Apple's Mac OS X seen as the main beneficiary from the drop...
Dell takes a dig at Vista
Offering "Vista bonus" discs but with XP machines 3 July 2008 10:10 GMT
Microsoft may have extended support for its popular XP operating system until 2014, but it still needs to push Vista.

But it seems it's having problems persuading computer manufacturers to do the same.

Dell has openly declared its support for the...
VIDEO: Megawhat News - Controversy over 3G iPhone PAYG pricing
The top stories of the day in a vid 27 June 2008 8:57 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: Controversy over leaked 3G iPhone Pay as you go pricing; Microsoft makes u-turn on XP;...
Microsoft reissues faulty patch
Security flaw fixed now in Vista and XP 23 June 2008 9:52 GMT
Microsoft has re-issued a security patch, which was found to be ineffective just shortly after it was released on 10 June.

The patch was designed to address a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows XP and Vista which Microsoft had warned was a "critical"...
Microsoft issues Safari warning
Potential vulnerability 2 June 2008 13:04 GMT
Microsoft has issued a warning to people who use Apple's Safari browser on their PCs.

The note reads: "Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a blended threat that allows remote code execution on all supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista...
Windows Vista on your iPhone
A freaky phone Frankenstein 20 May 2008 17:20 GMT
Does this look completely unfeasible to you?

Just one pic has caused consternation and confusion amongst us Pocket-linters and hence why we thought we had better bring the story to you.

This is what appears to be an iPhone running a Microsoft OS....
Windows XP available for just £13
Microsoft targets Asus and co 12 May 2008 12:18 GMT
Microsoft is taking on Linux by drastically cutting the price of its XP operating system for low-cost PCs like the Asus Eee.

Microsoft announced that it would keep the aging OS available for UMPC manufacturers early last month, but has now revealed pricing.
Gates says Vista sales "Rapid"
As 140 million milestone mark reached 8 May 2008 16:32 GMT
Bill Gates has revealed at a European news conference that sales of Windows Vista have reached 140 million copies worldwide.

The timescale for the statistical update, the first since the company crossed the 100 million mark at the start of the new year, was...
VIDEO: Tech week in view on Megawhat News
Our thoughts on the big stories of the week in video 2 May 2008 16:49 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our round-up of the biggest news stories of the week; and our very own very special, and of course essential, take on them.

This week we tackle GTA IV versus Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii; we ask whether the BBC iPlayer will come...
Dell to offer XP past June deadline
Will defy Microsoft via Vista loophole 28 April 2008 15:28 GMT
Dell will continue to sell the Windows XP operating system past Microsoft's already extended June deadline, and may not be the only PC maker to do so, reports are claiming.

The computer manufacturer is exercising the "Downgrade Rights" that come with the Business...
Microsoft issues warning
Server flaw could put websites at risk 21 April 2008 11:25 GMT
Microsoft has issues a warning about a flaw that could put websites at risk of attacks.

The problem affects Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

It is a web server flaw, which causes a "privilege...
Microsoft CEO says Vista "work in progress"
And jokes about Yahoo bid 18 April 2008 12:02 GMT
The Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has admitted that Vista is "a work in progress", and that the company left too long a time period between the release of XP and the new OS.

Speaking at the Most Valuable Professional Global Summit in Seattle, Ballmer said:...
Microsoft extends XP's life for low-cost UMPCs
Older OS gets a reprieve thanks to Eee and others 4 April 2008 9:26 GMT
The emergence and subsequent popularity of what Microsoft calls ultra-low-cost PCs has meant a stay of execution for Windows XP, the company's older operating system.

Microsoft has announced "the worldwide extension of the availability of Windows XP Home for...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - Hack Attack - which platform came out on top?
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 31 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines this week - New content for Call of Duty 4 released tomorrow; the hack attack - which platform came out on top?; Dell goes Blu-ray with its...
Leopard hacked fastest in contest
MacBook Air pwned in less than 2 minutes 28 March 2008 11:28 GMT
At the CanSecWest security conference's annual PWN 2 OWN hacking contest Leopard was the operating system to fall fastest this year.

The competition saw hackers pitted against three laptops running Vista Ultimate SP1, Leopard OS X 10.5.2 and Ubuntu 7.10 in...
SP1 horror stories filtering through
"Isn't a Service Pack suppose to fix issues?" 19 March 2008 13:38 GMT
The just-released first Service Pack for Windows Vista appears to be creating more problems than it solves for some users, PC Pro is reporting.

One PC Pro reader has gone as far as to claim the Service Pack has rendered his PC inoperable: "Started installing...
Microsoft goes live with Windows Vista SP1
Available for download 18 March 2008 18:21 GMT
Microsoft has released the Service Pack 1 update for its Windows Operating system today, however Vista users looking for a host of new features will most likely be disappointed.

Promised mid-March, the Windows Vista Service Pack 1, weighing in at 434.5MB is...