During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft agreed Tuesday to make changes to the desktop ...

Microsoft Corp. will change how desktop search works in its Vista operating system by the end of the year, in response to an antitrust complaint by rival Google Inc., the company said in court ...

A year ago, when I turned on my Vista machine for the first time, it didn’t take long to realize that unless I mastered keyboard and desktop shortcuts I would be wasting a lot of computing time ...

Microsoft will tweak Windows Vista to enable the easy use of other vendors’ desktop search applications, a response to a complaint by search giant Google. News of the agreement was included in an U.S.

An earlier version of Windows for the desktop. Released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers, Vista came in six versions (see Windows Vista versions). Numerous features were added, ...

This article is excerpted from The Unofficial Guide to Microsoft Windows Vista, with permission of Wiley Publishing Inc., all rights reserved. As one of the main ...

One of Windows Vista’s most intriguing new features has yet to fulfill its promise, as Microsoft Corp. wrestles with issues of hardware support and developer scarcity. Windows SideShow was introduced ...

A lot has changed since I made a list of desktops and checked it twice last year. Intel released its Core i5 and Core i7 processors, based on a new design known as Nehalem, which brought significant ...

Microsoft agreed Tuesday to make changes to the desktop search feature in Windows Vista in an effort to assuage Google and head off a further antitrust battle with U.S. regulators. In a filing made ...