Archive for July, 2007

Firefighters save home on Monte Vista (Oroville Mercury-Register)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

A rapid response by firefighters and neighbors using garden hoses helped save a home on Monte Vista Avenue, Monday. At about 11: 30 a.m. a report of a structure fire on Monte Vista near Lower Wyandotte Avenue was received at the Emergency Command Center.

Vista Ready Boost (Addict 3D)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

Tim Sneath our resident group manager for client platforms sits or stands with us to give us the details on Vista Ready Boost. Tim brings in an ancient pc that was running Windows 2000 to show you how easy it is to upgrade to Windows Vista.

Vista’s First Service Pack Coming Soon (CRM Daily)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

News outlets have been touting the rumored release of two big Windows Vista patches to beta testers, but the releases have been confirmed this week by a leak of those patches to various Web sites. The Vista performance and compatibility packs reportedly address issues that some Vista users have been complaining about. Among other things, the fixes are designed to improve Vista’s performance …

Windows Vista Hits the 60 Million Mark (CRM Daily)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

At Microsoft’s annual meeting with analysts, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner announced that the software giant had sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista since the product’s launch in late January. During the first five weeks alone, Turner said, sales numbers of Windows Vista exceeded the number of computers that Apple currently has as its total installed base. But not everyone was …

Developer, Labor Resume Talks About Chula Vista Hotel Complex (KGTV San Diego)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

Gaylord Entertainment, the developer that recently nixed plans for $1 billion hotel and convention center in Chula Vista, is back at the bargaining table.

OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Vista Performance Platinum Dual Channel RAM Review (Addict 3D)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

Vista likes more RAM than previous Windows operating systems. To allow users to get more RAM into their system OCZ has a new 4GB PC2-6400 Vista Performance Dual Channel RAM kit.This RAM performs well, but is best used by a 64-bit version of Windows XP or W… .

A Majority of Businesses Will Not Move To Vista (Slashdot)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

oDDmON oUT writes “An article on the Computerworld site quotes polling results from a potentially-divisive PatchLink survey. The poll shows that the majority of enterprise customers feel there are no compelling security enhancements in Windows Vista, that they have no plans to migrate to it in the near term and that many will ‘either stick with the Windows they have, or turn to Linux or Mac OS …

Vista’s First Service Pack Coming Soon (NewsFactor)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

News outlets have been touting the rumored release of two big Windows Vista patches to beta testers, but the releases have been confirmed this week by a leak of those patches to various Web sites. The Vista performance and compatibility packs reportedly address issues that some Vista users have been complaining about. Among other things, the fixes are designed to improve Vista’s performance …

Vista’s First Service Pack Coming Soon (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

News outlets have been touting the rumored release of two big Windows Vista patches to beta testers, but the releases have been confirmed this week by a leak of those patches to various Web sites.

A Service Pack For Vista? Yes And No (InformationWeek)

Posted in News  by | July 31st, 2007

Microsoft has been saying there is no trial version of a Service Pack 1 for Vista, but Ars Technica reports that The World’s Largest Software Company has released a “sneak peek” of several patches on its Windows Connect download service for beta testers of Windows Server 2008 – but the patches are intended for Vista as well.