Vista: Two Years Later

VISTA  •  SECURITY  •  DESKTOP & MOBILE  •  BUSINESS APPLICATIONS GOT A TIP? Processing Complex Events In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Dr. John Bates, the managing director of the Apama division of Progress Software, talks about how the rise of complex event processing is changing the way corporations go about application development in the enterprise. ADVERTISEMENT Brought to you by Ziff Davis Enterprise Breaking Tech News On-the-Go! For the most up to date technology news from our knowledgeable and trusted editors, visit eWEEK mobile from your handheld device. Go to mobile.eweek.com. Windows Mobile Phone Has Evil Android Twin Chinese firms TechFaith Wireless and Qigi Future Technology announced a smartphone that will be offered in both Windows Mobile 6.1 and Google Android versions. Known as the i6-Win and i6-Goal, respectively, the devices reportedly include 2.8-inch touchscreens, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, GPS, and two megapixel cameras. Moonlight 1.0 Coming Very Soon Microsoft's "Silverlight" alternative to Adobe Flash may be just about ready for the Linux desktop. A developer blog says the first beta release of the open source Moonlight 1.0 for Linux will arrive "very, very soon," while a new Moonlight 2.0 development effort is welcoming new contributors. • Vista: Two Years Later • Microsoft, Give Thanks! • I Believe in a Microsoft Phone • Students Give Bill and Jerry the Big Fail • Did You Spend Less Green on Black Friday? Vista: Two Years Later Windows Vista's second birthday passed, and nobody noticed. Some kids sleep anxiously for fear parents will forget the big birthday. Two years ago on Nov. 30, Microsoft launched Windows Vista for businesses. But yesterday there was no fanfare, no obligatory look-back posts in commemorationÑnot even from Microsoft employee bloggers. Oh, my, what has Vista become? READ MORE>> Microsoft, Give Thanks! Like the last two Thanksgivings, I offer 10 things for which Microsoft should be grateful. READ MORE>> I Believe in a Microsoft Phone The time has come. It's inevitable: Either Microsoft has a secret phone project or its mobile strategy is collapsed. READ MORE>> Students Give Bill and Jerry the Big Fail Students could choose top picks for "good" and "bad" commercials. Microsoft's Bill and Jerry commercials ranked No. 1 on the bad list, while Apple snatched the top spot for the good ones. Hey, it's better to be best at something than nothing, right? READ MORE>> Did You Spend Less Green on Black Friday? Online sales eked up 2 percent for the first two selling days of holiday 2008. But to get there, retailers offered deep, but not steep, discounts. READ MORE>> eWEEK Microsoft Watch Newsletter Management You are currently subscribed to the Microsoft Watch newsletter as: ignoble.experiment@arconati.us If you no longer wish to receive the Microsoft Watch newsletter, unsubscribe here Ziff Davis Enterprise 28 East 28th Street New York, New York 10016 Privacy Policy