Will update drive Vista use?

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CNET News published a news story that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 remains an important signal for some businesses that the operating system has reached a level of maturity.

Gabe Newell: DirectX 10 for Vista was a mistake

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Heise Online reports that Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software, said in an interview that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista only and excluding Windows XP.

Vista SP1 brings small UI tweaks

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istartedsomething reports that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 brings a few small user-interface enhancements

Researcher: Vista prevents users playing high-def content

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InfoWorld reports that computer researcher Peter Gutmann argued at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston that content protection features in Windows Vista are preventing customers from playing high-def content

Woman sues Microsoft over Vista marketing

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Microsoft has been sued on grounds of deceptive marketing practices with its "Windows Vista Capable" campaign, according to a report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The plaintiff, a certain Dianne L. Kelley, alleges that a large number of computers sold last year with a "Windows Vista Capable" sticker are only able to run Windows Vista Home Basic, which lacks many of the "signature" Vista features. TechReport has more.

Vista: Deleting files can take forever

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Windows Vista suffers from a bug that causes many machines to stall while deleting, copying and moving files, a flaw that has provoked consternation in online forums. "I've seen this bug in action, and trust me, it's as if you're copying over a 64k link using only 256mb of RAM," one Reg reader complained. "To add to the problem, you can't cancel or anything." Reg has more.