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- » Before you go Vista: Advice from nine experts | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 17:00
- Tech experts detailing the various pains involved with installing Vista. These are all a function of being dependent on a proprietary vendor. Dual boot ...
- CTV.ca | Microsoft catches up with Vista... but will it sell? [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 14:00
- This article talks about open source, but the concerns apply to free software as well. We'll be in good company rejecting Vista -- sounds like 90% of users are ...
- Alex Ionescu’s Blog » Update on Driver Signing Bypass [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 14:00
- "It’s quite ironic — Microsoft claims driver signing is to fight malware and increase system stability, so if I get sued under DMCA, wouldn’t that be an ...
- PC World - Wait! Don't Buy Microsoft Windows Vista [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- Proprietary software denies you the freedom to write your own code to make your existing applications work. Instead you have to wait on a single company with ...
- Microsoft threatens licence dodgers News - PC Advisor [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- Why would you put your company through this when you could just use free software?
- Vista to give HD Photo format more exposure | Tech News on ZDNet [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- Microsoft wants to replace the JPEG standard with their own proprietary version, beginning with Vista. Using Vista contributes to their campaign to destroy ...
- Georg Greve on Vista and Microsoft's effort to control standards [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- "Seeing the internet replaced by a single-vendor controlled proprietary network would indeed be painful -- and that 'Ow' starts with Vista."
- Raining on Microsoft's parade | Newsmakers | CNET News.com [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- "And last month, we supplemented that information with concerns we had for .Net 3.0 (software designed to allow Vista applications to run on XP and ...
- Windows Vista will perpetuate practices found illegal in the EU [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- Microsoft Corp.'s new Vista operating system coming out next week will perpetuate practices found illegal in the European Union nearly three years ago.
- The Seattle Times: Tech Tracks (Crashed Windows billboard) [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- Crashed Windows-driven billboard in Times Square shortly before the Vista launch.
- Seth's Blog: Wow! [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-31 13:00
- They sure don't look "wowed".
- Greens: Vista means more dead PCs - ZDNet UK [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-30 21:00
- "The Green Party has claimed that Microsoft's latest operating system, Vista, could lead to a mass upgrade of PCs that will result in old machines being dumped ...
- DailyTech - No More Clean Installs Using Upgrade Discs With Windows Vista [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-30 18:00
- This is what happens when you are dependent on a proprietary vendor rather than having access yourself to the source an development community -- they can ...
- Coyote Blog: The Next Milestone In Killing Fair Use [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-30 18:00
- Microsoft may have left out nearly every product enhancement they originally promised for Vista, particularly the revamped file system, and tried to hide the ...
- WINDOWS VISTA - HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SCREWED TODAY? [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-30 18:00
- "All this adds up to make using Vista, look much more like a Faustian bargain, giving in your freedom and rights to Microsoft for "premium content" that you ...
- DRM, Vista and your rights [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-26 20:00
- "In the US, France and a few other countries it is already forbidden to play legally purchased music or videos using GNU/Linux media players. Sounds like ...
- Vista launch will boost desktop [GNU/]Linux: ZDNet Australia: News: Software [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-26 19:00
- "It's just as much disruption, or as little disruption, to move to a version of [GNU/]Linux … So what we will probably see is that a lot of companies now are ...
- 10 reasons not to get Vista | APC Magazine [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-22 19:00
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- Vista and More: Piecing Together Microsoft's DRM Puzzle [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-22 19:00
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- Computerworld - Vista's UAC security is hopeless, says Symantec [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-19 17:00
- "A key security feature of Windows Vista, User Account Control (UAC) is still nearly unusable, Symantec has said."
- Computerworld - Windows Vista "over-hyped": Torvalds [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-19 17:00
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- BBC NEWS | Technology | User pain may mean Windows cracks [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-19 17:00
- "With Vista Microsoft is taking much greater control over key aspects of the way users' computers run - especially when it comes to security. This will ...
- Vista at the tipping point | Tech News on ZDNet [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-19 17:00
- "Why is Vista such a catastrophe and how does this affect the Open Source/Free Software community? Part of the problem, I think, is that Vista essentially does ...
- Microsoft | Peaks, valleys and vistas | Economist.com [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-19 17:00
- Unfortunately this article mistakenly calls free software open source and calls the operating system Linux instead of GNU/Linux, but it makes some good points ...
- Security Now! Transcript of Episode #74 [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-13 16:00
- An interview with Peter Gutmann about Windows Vista DRM.
- Microsoft Giveth and Microsoft Taketh Away [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-12 21:00
- "It's not really clear what "another device" is here. But the consensus seems to be that if you swap motherboards more than once, then you get to plunk down ...
- » Long list of Vista bugs that will keep me off Vista | George Ou | ZDNet.com [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-11 20:00
- " I guess this means Media Center is crippled to the point of being useless until I can find a hack to play ripped DVDs. I own the DVDs, I just don't want to ...
- Government agency tells schools to shun Vista - ZDNet UK [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-11 16:00
- "In a surprise criticism of Microsoft, the government's schools computer agency has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are ...
- New Egg poll: I won't upgrade to Vista [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-11 16:00
- Already 40% of people are saying that they won't switch to Vista.
- Becta report slams Microsoft academic licensing, dismisses Vista [1%] by PloneRSS, 2007-01-11 02:00
- "Microsoft's licensing arrangements in the education sector pose 'significant potential for institutions to find themselves locked in to Microsoft'... and ...