Microsoft Vista released for sale
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Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, goes on sale to business customers.
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Sales of PCs with Vista Home Premium preinstalled comprised 70% of PC unit sales in the U.S. retail market, vs. 22% with the most basic version of Vista.
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Microsoft on Friday made available to the public a pre-release version of Windows Vista SP1. We want to know what you think.
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Forget the people lining up at Best Buy to get Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system. The real selling took place yesterday in a packed ballroom at the Washington Hilton, where more than 3,000 people from local companies and government agencies gathered to catch a glimpse of the new software....
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An early version of the first significant Vista update is released to about 12,000 testers. Meanwhile, a near-final "release candidate" version of Windows Server 2008 is set to be available for download within 24 hours.
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By Robert Evatt, Tulsa World, Okla.  Jan. 31--After 5 1/2 years, Microsoft Corp. finally unleashed its new computer operating system, Windows Vista, at local stores Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on Tuesday  that is has begun widespread testing of Windows Vista, the  long-awaited new version of the operating system that sits on  more than 90 percent of the world's PCs.
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Microsoft has reversed course and will now allow Vista users to run a virtual copy of the least expensive versions of the operating system, Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium.
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Microsoft has launched the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment public beta.
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The software maker's Canadian Web site briefly posts prices for Windows Vista's many editions.
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By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer  After 5 1/2 years, Microsoft Corp. finally unleashed its new computer operating system, Windows Vista, at local stores Tuesday.
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While Gates closes up on Â£ for $ pricing Two controversial aspects of Microsoft's Vista were conspicuous by their absence at yesterday's launch event - neither digital rights management nor the way Microsoft will shut down or reduce the functionality of software it considers to be an illegal copy were mentioned.â¦
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Those eager to try out the newest release of Windows Vista, which has received positive reviews from analysts and testers alike, can rest easy: RC1 is now available to the general public. Microsoft expects the latest beta code to reach 5 million people through the Customer Preview Program.
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Microsoft unveiled its much-delayed Windows Vista with company chief Bill Gates leading a global marketing assault for the the operating system that he promised will revolutionize the use of computers.
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Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of its new Windows Vista operating system to a select group of technical experts who are testing the software.
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A Microsoft study finds that total cost of ownership for Windows Vista on mobile PCs is $605 less annually than Windows XP.
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Microsoft Corp.  launched Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday and said that by the end of next year more than 200 million people would use the new version of its dominant operating system or new office software and server computer products.