Since Windows Vista are the buzz words this week, here I share with you some of the features, both enhanced and newly added, of the next version of Windows, after showing you some screen shots of Windows Vista.

In fact, Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1 is being delivered to more than 10,000 beta testers via the Windows Vista Technical Beta Program, and thousands more people will receive beta 1 through the MSDN ^{developer program} and Microsoft^® TechNet.

Microsoft claims that Windows Vista beta 1 greatly improved the Windows’ fundamentals such as security, deployment, manageability and performance. Let’s have a look of what are the new things they have enhanced and added in Windows Vista.
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Official Details Of Windows Vista

Come take a glance on a few screen shots of the next version of Windows – Windows Vista.

1.) A redesigned Start Menu in Windows Vista, which allows users to type the name of the application they wish to open. This feature will definitely save some of my time because I have more than 30 applications installed. :D

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A Glance On Windows Vista

Ya, I know this is not the LATEST news anymore, but just in case you didn’t know about this, the next Windows will not be named Longhorn as planned, instead Windows Vista is the real name.

Microsoft announced on Last Friday, July 22, 2005, that Windows Vista will be the official name of the next version of its infamous operating system, and that beta 1 of the OS will arrive by August 3. The announcement actually was made on last Thursday afternoon at a briefing in Atlanta to some 10,000 Microsoft sales and service employees and then revealed this morning via a video posted on Microsoft’s Web site.

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“So there’s no more Longhorn, we’re now officially Windows Vista,” Brian Valentine, senior vice president of Windows Core Operating System told the cheering crowd.

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Attention everyone, Microsoft Corp. announced on July 25, 2005, the launch of the Windows^® Genuine Advantage (WGA) pilot, which will require Windows users to validate their copies of Windows before being allowed to download updates !!

Quoted:
The WGA validation process is designed to be quick and simple. On their first visit to the Microsoft Download Center, Windows Update or Microsoft Update, customers will be asked to participate in WGA. They will be prompted to download an ActiveX^® control that checks the authenticity of their Windows software and, if Windows is validated, stores a special download key on the PC for future verification. The validation process does not collect any information that can be used by Microsoft to identify or contact the user.

This validation process will only occur when Windows user is accessing Windows Update, Microsoft Update for Windows or the Microsoft Download Center. However, Security Updates remain available to all Windows users, with or without WGA validation and via the Download Center or Automatic Updates. I think this is for the sake of public health and Internet Security issues because it will be a very serious incident if there is a lot of unpatched Windows based PC. :D
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Compulsory Windows Piracy Checks !!

Just posted 3 articles about Google Maps last week. Now it’s their bitter rival, MSN Virtual Earth’s, turn. :)

This is rather not a good news, but a weird one, i guess. :D If you have time, take a look of the snapshot from MSN Virtual Earth at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters, then have a look of the snapshot from Google Maps.

Apple HQ In Google Maps

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No Apple HQ In MSN Virtual Earth

What were you doing when you were just 10 years old? Playing sand outside your house? Playing hide and seek with friends in your neighbourhood?

Well, this Pakistan 10-year-old girl, name Arfa Karim Randhawa, passed her Microsoft Certified Professional examinations last year. Hence, she has become the youngest person to be certified as a Microsoft engineer. Oh my goodness, I don’t even have a MCSE cert with me. :D
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10-Year-Old Girl Becomes Microsoft Engineer