Tag: FIJI

Like most tech companies, Microsoft tends to come up with code names for upcoming software releases. Windows Vista was called "Longhorn" before it was released. And for a while, we've been hearing that Microsoft is working on an updated version of the operating system called "Fiji." Fiji won't be Windows 7, but rather an updated version of Windows Vista that could contain additional features such ...

Sure, Vista Media Center's only been officially available for a few months. But onwards and upwards. Microsoft is already prepping the next version of Windows Media Center, which may or may not be codenamed Fiji. And the company is looking for beta testers. Over the last few years, Microsoft has had a track record of releasing new versions of Windows Media Center every year or two. While Windows ...

I'll believe it when I see it, but Microsoft is planning a late 2009 release date for the next version of Windows, codenamed Vienna. That would be just two and a half years after the launch of Vista, which in turn was released more than 5 years after Windows XP. Many of the upgrades that were planned for Vista had been put on hold when it became clear that the most important item for Microsoft to ...

Though Redmond has been uncorking bottles of champaign lately for the release of Windows Vista, they certainly haven't stopped looking forward. The next two versions of Windows are already on the drawing board, and have been for some time. Their codenames are Fiji and Vienna (Vista's was Longhorn, if you recall), and they're the successors to the Windows throne according to a blog called ...

The releases of Windows Vista ("Longhorn") and Firefox 2.0 ("Bon Echo") are slowly creeping up on us, but Microsoft and Mozilla always have their eyes on the next move. Both software makers have chosen codenames for the next-next versions of their flagship products. Microsoft's next version of Windows has been given the codename "Fiji," and Firefox 3.0 will be ...