Tag: HOME

Microsoft's just announced Windows Home Server (WHS) receives what are mad props from long-time Microsoft critic and beta tester Paul Thurrott, which is encouraging. He says a lot about WHS and prov ides some great details on the system. Mostly that it will make backing up, restoring, file sharing and media distribution easy and almost fun for even the average consumer. Contrary to the buzz, the ...

Microsoft has unveiled a Vista upgrade matrix, detailing which present versions of Windows are eligible for upgrading to one of the four relevant versions of Vista (Starter and Enterprise are targeted for specific markets and therefore not included in this matrix). To make matters a bit complicated, however, some editions (such as XP Pro or Win2K) are only eligible to upgrade to a "corresponding ...

Reader Mark wrote in to let us know that Google has released a Google Calendar widget for Google Personalized Home. It looks pretty standard, showing a calendar view on top and events for the selected day (and the following day if there's room) down below. It also features Quick Add and Create event buttons. [Thanks, Mark!] ...

Thanks to Frank K. for sending us a link to Emongoo in the comments of our Google real estate mashup post. I have no idea what Emongoo is supposed to mean (except for a formerly-available URL with a .com extension), but I can tell you it's pretty cool for what it does. Emongoo is a home listing site that gives you a place for your home, 20 images, and will send you a "For Sale" sign. All of this ...

According to ZDNet's Ed Bott, the retail version of Windows Vista will include four of the OS's six-plus flavors on a single DVD.  The versions included on the DVD will be Vista Business, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate, and which version gets installed depends on how much the purchaser spends and what product key they use to install Vista. This is a good move on Microsoft's part ...

First they were, and then they weren't, but now BBC News is reporting that, Microsoft has really, officially confirmed that it will be shipping Windows Vista, to quote our own Victor Agreda, Jr., in "a rainbow of flavors." Ready? Start counting: Vista Business Vista Enterprise Vista Home Basic Vista Home Premium Vista Ultimate Vista Starter You can head over to BBC News for ...

Users of the Home edition of Windows XP can breathe a sigh of relief: Microsoft, which intended to discontinue support for Windows XP Home edition at the end of this year—mere months after Windows Vista's expected release—has extended its support for the aging OS for "two years after the next version of this product is released." If Vista hits its release date (big if, I ...