Windows XP SP3 upgrade spells trouble for Internet Explorer The imminently due Service Pack 3 for Windows XP apparently doesn't permit rolling back to a prior version of the Microsoft web browser once a new version is installed. Writing on the MSDN website, Jane Maliouta said people who are trying out Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and want to roll back to IE6 would need to complete that downgrade before installing ... Read full entry

Microsoft top brass "burned" by Vista problems Are you a frustrated Windows Vista user? The news that even senior Microsoft executives encountered hassles with the new operating system, just might make your day then. Private Microsoft emails unearthed during a US court case have revealed that even the software giant's own executives struggled to get Windows Vista running smoothly. Early adopters of the operating system, which launched last year, battled with ... Read full entry

One Windows Per Child Here we go. The One Laptop per Child Foundation plans to start producing [] notebooks next month running a version of the Linux open source operating system. It hopes to eventually manufacture millions a year for school children in developing countries. But Microsoft isn't happy about the Linux Operating System part of the plan. The thought of all those children growing up without Windows is obviously ... Read full entry