Microsoft: billions of dollars of the compensation for Vista Capable?

The American federal court revealed the next batch of the documents associated with the collective lawsuit against the Microsoft of misinforming customers with marketing campaign of the Windows Vista system. It results from them that the concern from Redmond to settlements with reasons would have to issue the considerable amount to 8.5 billion of dollars.

Still new news reports are coming in from the process about Vista Capable - this time they concern the estimated amount the Windows producer would have to allocate which to settlements with persons who felt misled by the marketing Visty campaign.
An economist made these estimates from the university of the state Washington, Keith Leffler who in the recalled process was called as a witness at the request of reasons.

Leffler thinks, that selling of computers to the PC marked logo "Vista Capable" in the run-up market premiere of the Windows Vista system, that is in the period from April 2006 till January 2007 r. interleaved to the income of the Microsoft of the amount herself with 1.5 bn. of dollars. In his view at that time they sold to 19.4 m. of PCs with the sticker "Vista Capable" who didn't meet requirements of the system (13.75 m. from this number portable computers, but 5.65 m determined - stationary). The economist thinks, that total cost of the update of sub-assemblies of these computers so that successfully they deal advanced Vista versions with, he is located in a period 3.92 - 8.52 of billions of dollars.

Windows 7 Experience Index in details

On the official blog of programmers, dealing with the development for the Visty successor, published fast, in whom novelties and changes of the Windows Experience Index function were described - productivity being responsible for an evaluation of the computer.



For the example in order to obtain the evaluation of the processor higher than, to have 6 points need the minimum quad CPU . similarly the thing is with cards of the graphics. Only owners of accelerators in accordance with DirectX 10 libraries can count on over 6 points (who in fact aren't needed for showing the Aero interface - of Microsoft being based on the ninth API version) and being able to show about 40 - 50 cages for a second in high resolutions.

A fact that Experience Index in Windows 7 was updated is a next lead, so you can expect lower evaluations, than you got in Vista. It is caused among others with implementing a few new tests who in more depth are still checking the productivity of the computer. This issue concerns hard disks mainly (checkouts were added speed cache'owania and of time of the access to data).

Microsoft: PlayStation 3 won't catch up Xbox 360

Some time ago representatives of the company criticised the Sony Microsoft for creating consoles about unusually short stretch of the vitality ". It was supposed to be a main reason for whom with time more customers will buy PlayStation 3 than Xbox 360. Now the giant is examined on Redmond in a few harsh language. Conclusion? For of the war continuation.

Recently representatives accused the company of the Sony Microsoft is creating consoles who after relatively short time are becoming outdated. What behind it is going, would be supposed in the future to sell out to PlayStation 3 in the larger number of copies than Xbox 360.


Representative of the giant from Redmond, Aaron Greenberg, however is matching briefly: "I cannot for myself imagine the situation in whom the Xbox 360 console is starting not keeping up with PlayStation 3. Let us establish very much optimistic for the Sony variant, that sale PS 3 is doubling. At the current sale of our console they wouldn't catch up with us till 2014. "

Microsoft: next critical patch for Windows

The Corporation Microsoft announced that next week only one updating securities improving the effect of all Windows versions at present backed up would appear. In older versions of system the amendment was classified as "critical". Next updating securities of the Windows system will appear on 13 January. The amendment is supposed to be made available to all versions backed up at present OS. For older from them (Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003) the "patch" was classified as "critical". In latest versions of the Windows (Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008) updating will have the status of the average weight ("moderate").


He didn't inform the Microsoft at the moment of what to concern a new amendment has. Andrew Storms, the nCircle Network Security director is sentences, that to repair the patch perhaps so-called "token kidnapping bug". This mistake, in the huge shortcut, he consists in getting around safety barriers of the Windows system this way, that raising one's entitlements and taking over the total control over the attacked computer are becoming possible. A hacker Cesar Cerrudo in the March of the previous year known detected this gap .

How to capture Windows 7 for free?

Premiere of new windows most probably already at the end of this year. Of course at the moment we don't know Windows 7 prices, however we know that you will be able to receive the Visty successor for free. It's no joke! All users who will purchase Vistę after 1 July br., will be able to, as part of the program of the update free of charge, to exchange the older version of system on Windows 7.

Information about recalled a TechARP.com service got the promotion of the update. The program of updating to Windows 7 is supposed allegedly to come into force since 1 br July., at least are it is an unofficial information. The promotion will most probably end in a few months after the premiere of new windows of the Microsoft (in case of Vista it was till 15 March 2007, where the premiere in Poland took place on 30 January 2007). The program won't concern the update from Windows XP, who still today it is already hard to purchase.

According to rumours, it will be possible to exchange the following Vista versions for right Windows 7 editions:

* Windows Vista Home Premium on Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows Vista Business on Windows 7 Professional
* on Windows 7 Ultimate the Program will be applying to Windows Vista Ultimate only for the version Original Equipment Manufacturer of systems, acquired with the high technology equipment.