blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 11/15/2008
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New e-mails unsealed in a lawsuit Friday show that a Hewlett Packard executive was outraged at a Microsoft decision to loosen the requirements necessary for a PC to be labeled 'Vista Capable.'
futurelooks.com - 11/17/2008
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futurelooks.com —
When we last looked at Microsoft’s revitalization of
the Sidewinder peripheral line, we weren’t very impressed. Though...
the mouse was technologically sound, it was painfully uncomfortable to use. We weren’t alone in that assessment ...
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Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse Review
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 11/22/2008
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A federal judge ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
to testify in a class-action lawsuit revolving around Microsoft's...
marketing prior to the launch of its Windows Vista operating system.
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Ballmer ordered to testify in 'Vista' case
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 11/15/2008
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Updated with my article in tomorrow's paper Microsoft
Corp. and Intel Corp. executives had extensive exchanges --...
some reaching the CEOs of both companies -- before Microsoft loosened the requirements needed for a PC to be designated as "Vista ...
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E-mails: Vista specs changed to help Intel
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Microsoft's Surrender to Intel over Vista Capable Requirements Angered HP, Pleased Others, Newly Released Emails Reveal
Maximum PC —
... The class action lawsuit against Microsoft's "Vista Capable" marketing campaign, which we first told you about in late February, got even more interesting late last week with the release of more emails between Microsoft and Intel and between HP and Microsoft. According to a filing released Thursday, the Vista Capable program originally included support for the Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM) as part of the requirement for support of core Windows features. Although OEMs such as Dell, Sony, and Fujitsu all asked for waivers from the ...
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