Microsoft said it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest attempt to convince users that moving to Vista is a good idea.

Dell has decided that the only way to shift Vista boxes is to offer Windows XP as ‘an extra.’
For an extra $99, Dell will offer a fully functioning, pre-installed copy of Windows XP Professional. It is being called the Windows Vista Bonus program, which is fairly ironic. But Dell is convinced that it gives [...]

The Version 2.6.25 of the Linux kernel has been released, Linux coordinator Linus Torvalds announced yesterday on the kernel’s development mailing list.”It’s been long promised, but there it is now,” he wrote. In addition to updating many drivers, the new kernel has additional [...]

According to internal Microsoft emails uncovered during the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit, Nvidia’s drivers were responsible for almost 29 percent of logged crashes over an unspecified period during 2007.

While Microsoft is quick to downplay XP when comparing it to Vista, the legacy OS continues to shackle the hearts (and systems) of many. Fortunately, Microsoft just opened up their XP service pack 3 release candidate for general download — that means you. SP3 RC was previously only available by invitation. Now get going, you’ll [...]

Intel, clearly not wanting to be left in the dust by the slew of new wireless technologies that are starting to converge, nasty-like, inside our shiny new devices, has begun testing on a chip which can effortlessly swap between WiFi, WiMAX, and DVB-H. The idea is that the chip’s radio would talk to your WiFi [...]

Yesterday, we told you about an offer wherein you could completely sacrifice your privacy for a free software bundle from Microsoft which included Windows Vista Ultimate and Office Ultimate ‘07, amongst others. Well, apparently the big M has decided to pull the offer of free software — but still wants to track your digital footsteps [...]

Microsoft’s PlaysForSure DRM just took another step closer to the grave with the help of some rebranding. Those of you with players from SanDisk, Nokia, and Creative among others, looking for compatible music from Napster, Real Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, Wal-Mart and such must now look for the “Certified for Windows Vista” logo, not PlaysForSure. Of [...]

You’ve heard about it, you know what it’s got, you want it like crazy — and about 11 months after launch Microsoft delivers on Vista’s first service pack (in release candidate form, anyway). Go crazy!

Microsoft’s been keeping its record pretty clean of late, but we suppose it couldn’t end the year without a parting shot meant to cheese off the ultra-private, Microsoft-eats-children types. The company’s latest diabolical plan involves giving away free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate, Office Ultimate ‘07, Money Plus Premium, Encarta Premium or Streets and Trips [...]