Saturday February 03, 2007 New website is here - update your bookmarks and RSS feeds!
After much toil from our team of developers, overseen by web overlord Chris, our new website is now up. We're still straightening things out and polishing things up, but we thought you'd all like to get started anyway: not only is there an abundance of...
Wednesday January 31, 2007 Where's the new site?
Glad you asked. The new site is pretty much ready now - we're ironing out a few kinks, and it's in the process of going live. We'll now be doing the switchover tomorrow morning at around 10am. We'll keep the http://blog.windowsvistamagazine.co.uk/ URL active...
Tuesday January 30, 2007 Windows Vista users get free WiFi in the UK
We're still working through the new announcements here at the Windows Vista launch event. Director of Windows Client for the UK, Cynthia Crossley, has just announced a partnership with hotspot provider The Cloud to offer free WiFi for Windows Vista...
Live from the UK launch of Windows Vista
We'll be honest, this isn't going to be quite as dramatic as last night's event in New York - most significantly, we're inside an auditorium with no view of a building for dancers to unfurl the Windows Vista logo on. However, we do have Bill Gates here...
Windows Vista launch gets under way
A few hours after Windows Vista was rolled out in New York, it's the turn of the UK. Certain PC World stores opened early to cater to keen buyers; the branch in London's Tottenham Court Road was open at 6 am with 21 people queuing in readiness. Their...
Monday January 29, 2007 Windows Vista launches today!
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for. On Monday 29 January Bill Gates was in Times Square, New York, to celebrate worldwide availability of the new operating system, and he’ll also be putting in an appearance at the British Library in London today, Tuesday...
19 essential get-started tips for Windows Vista
From the moment you start using Windows Vista, you'll find a lot of new things to get used to: new programs, new layout, new ways of doing things. Some are great, some are confusing, some are just very well hidden. These are my picks for the 19 things you...
Windows Vista Ultimate - preview issue competition winners
Congratulations to the lucky 25, who correctly answered our question from the preview issue of the magazine, that Gadgets are those great mini-applications that sit in the Windows Vista sidebar. A shiny black box with your copy of Windows...
Thursday January 11, 2007 The world's smallest Windows Vista PC
The unpronounceable OQO is allegedly the world's smallest PC running Windows Vista. And who are we to argue? It weighs a pound, which is about the same as a tea bag, and the keys are so small you'd probably need nail extensions to type on it.
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CES 2007 – That Microsoft keynote in summary
Bit late with this, as it's deadline week for our launch issue. CES was, as always, an important advertisement for Windows Vista and Microsoft’s vision for the coming year. The key to this digital future, as Bill Gates said, is Windows Vista; specifically its...
Wednesday January 10, 2007 Win a trip to space with Windows Vista
Microsoft is offering you the chance to take part in an exciting worldwide alternative reality game (ARG) - to win a trip to space. The game called Vanishing Point, which has been shrouded in secrecy, was finally unveiled in Las Vegas yesterday. The...
Saturday January 06, 2007 A copy of Windows Vista autographed by Bill Gates
For those who find even Windows Vista Ultimate Edition just that bit too low-brow, an even more exclusive alternative: Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade Signature Edition . The signature is Bill Gates', who presumably has a very sore wrist given that there are...
Friday January 05, 2007 Portable cinema screen unveiling at CES
The Consumer Electronics Show will unveil a production ready version of the Headplay Personal Cinema System: a 52 inch screen that you can strap to your head.
It sounds painful, but rest assured it's not. The Headplay's huge screen is...
Force ReadyBoost to work with your USB stick in Windows Vista
Windows ReadyBoost is a great feature, allowing more of your data to be juggled at a time and speeding things up no end. Its one downfall is its high expectations when it comes to speed – the majority of you, like me, will have gone for the cheapest USB stick...
A Windows Vista PowerToy is born
Now that Windows Vista is finished, let the PowerToys roll. There's an interesting post by Brandon Paddock over on the Shell:revealed blog that reveals the first one - a sidebar gadget that tells you how much of your hard drive has been indexed by the...
