Windows Vista news from FierceCIO

Last week, the Texas state Senate approved a measure to prevent government agencies from using Microsoft Vista without approval from a legislative board. The reason? There are "many reports of Read more...

Although there is no official word, Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, according to a website that is usually accurate when it comes to the product. Read more...

The tech community is cutting edge and represents the 21st Century, but not every innovation or bright idea has worked out, made the world better place or made life easier for CIOs and IT Read more...

When the reputation and quality of your product is sagging, what do you do? Turn to Hollywood, of course! Microsoft has done just that to help sell its beleaguered Microsoft Vista software, hiring Read more...

Can a funny, well-known pitchman help Microsoft overcome its Windows Vista operating system woes, making consumers feel better about a product they have not grown to love? It appears the software Read more...

One of the top PC makers, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed that the number of machines loaded with Windows XP that it is selling outstrips that of Windows Vista. On the surface, this appears to fly Read more...

Microsoft has announced a 18 percent growth in revenues from fiscal 2007, earning a historic $60 billion for its fiscal year of 2008 that ended on June 30. Increased demand for Office, Read more...

As of Monday, June 30, Microsoft has stopped offering boxed copies of the seven-year-old Windows XP operating system for sale. Having said that, various levels of product support for Windows XP Read more...

In an apparent bid to avoid the device driver compatibility problems that plagued the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has ordered hardware makers to begin testing on the first beta version of Read more...

In a candid interview, Steven Sinofsky revealed that Windows 7 will be an evolutionary improvement over Windows Vista. In short, drivers and software that works with Windows Vista will continue to

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