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OSLO, Norway (AP) - President Bush's ``Hook 'em, 'horns'' salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan. That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region. View Photo View Photo View Photo More Photos ``Shock greeting from Bush daughter,'' a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign....

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iPod users are music thieves says Ballmer October 04 2004 by Andy McCue 'Vested interest', say cynics... Speaking to an exclusive gathering of press in London on a number of issues, such as security, Steve Ballmer didn't pass up the opportunity to take several digs at his company's arch rival Apple. At the heart of the debate is Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology which will let content providers such as record labels and movie studios keep control of their intellectual property (IP) - or at least ensure all royalties are paid and copyright observed. Billing Microsoft as the good guys...

Hey take a look at Longhorn if your using WinXP or WinXp SP2. Pretty cool. Longhorn Transformation Pack Remember, backup all your files before using this, this is just a look into what Longhorn will look like, just a taste. I found this site from anandtech.com he is a reputable computer geek and would not put something on his site that would harm your system. I have it on my computer and give you some neat themes and even gives you a weird side bar for notes and such.. Pretty cool... Here is one of the MANY wallpapers that comes...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. on Monday previewed the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system code-named called Tiger, which Chief Executive Steve Jobs said was far ahead of rival Microsoft Corp.'s next major update to Windows. Cupertino, California-based Apple also introduced a 30-inch flat panel display in a sleeker and trimmer housing, its largest display yet, which adds to the 20-inch and 23-inch displays it already offers. That puts it up against other PC companies that sell large flat panels, such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Apple, best known for its sleek Macintosh...

Although Microsoft didn't announce general hardware requirements for Longhorn as expected at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2004 trade show this week, company representatives did reveal that the graphics-card requirements for the upcoming system have changed since Microsoft first revealed them at WinHEC 2003. Microsoft also presented details about Longhorn's so-called tiered user experience, which the company calls Aero. "The Aero user experience is a generational leap over what's available today in Windows XP," Kerry Hammil, a program manager on the Avalon team, said during a graphics session at the show Monday afternoon. "There will be two discrete...

greg_barton writes "At first I thought this was a joke, but this article from Microsoft Watch confirms it: 'Microsoft is expected to recommend that the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today.'"

Online Extra: How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn To get the already-delayed follow-up to Windows XP out the door by 2006, it has decided to omit some of the most ambitious features Never in its history has Microsoft (MSFT ) had to wait so long between Windows releases. When Windows XP launched in October, 2001, researcher Gartner Inc. expected the software giant to gin up a new version within two years. But Microsoft's ambitious follow-up to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn, has bogged down in delays. The company rarely discloses timelines for products, lest it miss its targets. But in copies of...

Microsoft is delaying the rollout of the beta of its Longhorn operating system until early next year in order to focus on improving security in... Windows XP... The beta of Longhorn - the successor to Windows XP - was supposed to be distributed before the end of this year, but has now been moved back... The move is likely to delay the commercial rollout of Longhorn, which Microsoft said would only be released once beta trial customer feedback had been incorporated into the product... In 2001, Microsoft spoke about releasing Longhorn in late 2004, but then said it was likely...

Interview: Weighing an interim release to Windows XP product manager Greg Sullivan discusses XP Reloaded Under the project name Windows XP Reloaded, Microsoft is considering how to add functionality to Windows. The discussions could result in an interim release of Windows before Longhorn. Greg Sullivan, lead product manager for Windows XP, recently spoke with InfoWorld Editor at Large Ed Scannell about XP Reloaded. InfoWorld: Will XP Reloaded serve as the basis for an interim release between Service Pack 2 and Longhorn? Sullivan: There has been a lot of speculation about new product plans for an interim release and what...

IDC says next-generation Windows will change development process The official launch of Longhorn might be more than two years away, but developers at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference are saying it's necessary to start preparing their organisations now for the next generation of Windows."It's important for us to know if the direction of Windows 2003 and Longhorn is totally different -- we have to start to set up our own direction," says Canadian developer Sungsoon Kung, of Montreal Microsoft-based independent software vendor (ISV) Nakisa. "We have to start working with our customers.""It's important for ISV's because we are investing a lot...

Bill Gates on Monday offered the first public look at Longhorn, the next generation of the Windows PC operating system that he said would be Microsoft's "biggest release of this decade and the biggest since Windows 95." However, the Microsoft chairman gave no timetable for the launch of the software, which has already slipped to a later timetable than originally thought. With Longhorn now not expected before 2006, Microsoft faces a gap in its new product cycle that has left a question over its growth rate in the meantime. Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, has called Longhorn a "bet the...

Microsoft's first public unveiling of its next generation of Windows, code-named Longhorn, and WinFX programming model received a tepid response from thousands of developers gathered to see the future of Windows. At Microsoft's annual Professional Developers Conference, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said the Longhorn technical preview being released to software developers on Monday represents the first cut of the next generation of Windows. Microsoft also debuted a new WinFX programming model and a new markup language for Windows, code-named XAML, which CRN first reported last May. The two are designed to make Longhorn development faster and easier...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) on Monday gave its most detailed look yet at the next-version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," which features new methods of storing files, a complete revamping of the graphics, tighter links to the Internet and greater security. At the company's Professional Developers Conference here, Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) previewed Longhorn and the world's largest software maker's long-term development goals to the people who will build the applications that work on the new operating system. Such applications have long been crucial to the success of Microsoft's flagship...

<p>Microsoft Corp. has once again shifted the schedule for the release of "Longhorn," the company's next major version of Windows, leaving some users up in the air about an upgrade path.</p> <p>Microsoft executives from Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on down have long described Longhorn as the Redmond, Wash., company's most revolutionary operating system to date. The product was originally expected to ship next year. Then in May of this year, officials pushed back the release date to 2005. But now executives are declining to say when they expect the software to ship.</p>

Microsoft has laid plans for a server version of Longhorn, the next release of Windows. But it remains unclear what the software will include and when it will debut. The software giant has said relatively little about Longhorn--the next desktop version of the Windows operating system--and even less about the server version. All Microsoft will confirm is that a server version is indeed back in the company's product plans. The desktop version of Longhorn has been described by company executives as revolutionary and even as a "bet-the-company" proposition. Microsoft will also link the shipment of new versions of Office, server...

The PC Industry The PC industry was once thriving, driven by rapid innovation. It's now down and it's not coming back. Microsoft's monopoly enforces the "Uniform Windows Experience" to the extent innovation and product differentiation to attract new computer purchases are simply impossible, even compared to nameless "white box" products. IBM wisely withdrew from the general desktop PC market, while Hewlett Packard and Compaq merged out of desperation. Dell alone thrives by being just an assembler, well tuned to commodity markets. The other majors are weighted down with design engineers and manufacturing facilities. The few remaining second tier vendors like...

Reading an interview with Neil Trevett from 3D Labs, in Maximum PC (August 2002). He is talking about the technology of the new 3D Labs graphics proccessors and its uses, when this question comes up: MPC: What about in a 2D application? Will virtual memory Make your desktop faster? NT: Yes, it'll definitly make your desktop faster, particularly as we go to the new generation of Windows. Longhorn [the code-name for Microsoft's proposed 3D operating system] proposes a really intractable problem when you think about it. If you have a high-resolution screen that's double-buffered, you can absorb 64 megabytes of...

It's got a get out of jail free card By Arron Rouse: Thursday 18 July 2002, 11:17 THE NEWS that Microsoft intends to ditch backwards compatibility (here), with its Windows XP replacement, Longhorn, has come as a surprise to many. Some industry pundits have expressed serious doubts about the idea. Doubts and surprise are the last thing you need -- this is a textbook Microsoft move. To get a better idea of why Microsoft would consider a course change as bold as this you need to consider the problems it is facing at the moment. There are several major issues...