Windows Vista News

New PC Software Videoraptor Supplies Music Fans With Free Music Videos and Music Files
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May. 28, 2007 08:01 AM
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KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 28 /PRNewswire/ — RapidSolution Software has published the new Videoraptor software for Windows XP and Vista as a free demo on the website http: ://audials.com. Videoraptor finds desired music video clips for the user and enables conversion to audio files.

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Microsoft has on a number of occasions claimed that its Vista is more secure than any other operating system it released. While acknowledging that Microsoft has done a lot to make the new operating system more stable and secure, researchers at software security firm McAfee warn users to be more careful.
Toralv Dirro, researcher with McAfee’s Avert Labs, expressed concern that people will be lulled into a false sense of security by the claims being made about Vista’s high level of security, which he remarked might lead some people to desist from using antivirus software, firewalls and “common sense”.

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Question:
I bought a Gateway laptop in December with a free Vista upgrade. I made sure the laptop was Vista-ready, and have received the Vista pack. However, I have been hesitant to install the Vista upgrade because of the prior problems with it, and because I simply do not know what to expect (problem-wise) once installed. The IT people are waiting before installing Vista at work, so they are no help. Would you advise to go ahead and install the upgrade, or wait until more improvements are made?

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Microsoft has admitted that users of Microsoft Office 2007 on Windows Vista missed out on some of the security patches released this month, as its security update services had failed to deploy the fixes. But the software giant has addressed the problem with the release of a new update.
“We have updated the detection logic for the May 8th security and non-security updates for Office 2007,” said Mark Griesi, a program manager with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), in an entry on the team’s

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Memorizing multiplication tables is an essential part of elementary education. Math Games Multiplication for Windows software is designed to help students of all ages in mastering the multiplication tables for numbers 1 to 10. Palm Coast, FL (
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) May 25, 2007 — Sierra Vista Software is pleased to announce the availability of Math Games Multiplication for Windows. This software is designed to help students of all ages in mastering multiplication tables for numbers 1 to 10.

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On Thursday, Microsoft Games Studios announced that the highly-anticipated Halo 2 for the Windows Vista platform will be available across Europe on 8th June.
Halo 2 for Windows Vista was originally slated to be released on May 8th, which shifted to May 22nd and now it’s gone ahead to June. The new date for North America is May 31st, while the date for the European release has been set to June 8th, as mentioned before.

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Enterprise customers are 12 months to 24 months away from seriously adopting Vista, according to a Bank of America survey.
Bank of America surveyed 1,200 large enterprise and small to medium sized businesses to gauge interest in Vista. The result: Vista’s corporate upgrade cycle isn’t likely to kick off until Microsoft’s 2009 fiscal year.
That outlook means that Microsoft’s big game is to convince customers to buy more premium versions of Vista so at least they’ll pay more.

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Version 2 of O&O DiskImage is available with immediate effect. It now supports Windows Vista in all versions (32 and 64 Bit) and offers a world’s first when starting a restoration under Windows Vista PE with the dynamic option of loading drivers onto the system. The common problem experienced by users when making backups or images whereby the Start CD contains no appropriate drivers is now solved.

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