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Internet Explorer 8 security features

I just posted an article about Internet Explorer 8 security features . This is based on a recent briefing I had, but as promised, the IE team has published a number of related blog posts that might be of interest: IE8 Security Part III – SmartScreen Filter For Internet Explorer 8, we’ve built upon the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-02-2008
Randall Stross jumps the shark

So before I rip into this one --and honestly, how could I do otherwise, given how wrongheaded this is?--I would like at least take a moment to note that I generally enjoy Randall Stross. This one, however, took me by surprise and I had to resist the urge to toss aside the Kindle (from which I read it...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-29-2008
An Update on the Windows Roadmap

This happened a few days ago, but I'm on vacation this week and, well, anyway. Here's the full text of the Bill Veghte email to Microsoft customers regarding the extension of Windows XP support (from 2011 to 2014) and the schedule for delivering Windows 7: Today, more than 1 billion personal...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-27-2008
Microsoft VP confirms Windows 7 ship date: January 2010

Seriously. Why is this even a topic of discussion at this point? Microsoft has said repeatedly that Windows 7 will ship about three years after the general availability of Windows Vista, putting the release roughly at January 2010. Apparently, they're saying it yet again : Microsoft will ship Windows...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-24-2008
Dear Windows 7 Programmers, I Have a Few Ideas...

Sadly, very few. The Wall Street Journal’s Lee Gomes says more about his lack of knowledge about Windows than he does about what Microsoft could do better in the next version of Windows. OK, fine, he’s "normal press" so I'll give him a bit of a pass. But as it turns out, I don't agree...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-04-2008
MinWin: Is it or isn’t it part of Windows 7?

If there's one thing Microsoft is doing poorly right now, it's communicating about Windows 7. That's somewhat ironic given the company's announced goal last week of communicating about Windows 7. Mary Jo Foley and I discussed this problem on Windows Weekly this past week (I'll post...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
Windows 7 to feature pervasive multi-touch functionality

After yesterday's bizarre we've-decided-to-communicate-how-we're-going-to-start-communicating-about-Windows-7 silliness, Microsoft finally demonstrates Windows 7 publicly for the first time and shows off a unique new feature: Pervasive multi-touch. Here are a few resources: Microsoft Highlights...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-28-2008
Microsoft reveals nothing about Windows 7 ... Read all about it!!!

Here's a recap of today's Windows 7 stories: Nothing happened. That said, there was enough nothing to generate three different articles. These include: Microsoft Talks Windows 7 ... But Doesn't Say Anything Microsoft has been very cagey about Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista that...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-27-2008
And the Windows 7 information deluge begins, Part 2

In keeping with my Windows 7 information deluge theme, Chris Flores provides an obviously-timed post on the Windows Vista Blog (which I'd image will soon simply be renamed the Windows Blog) discussing Microsoft's plans for communicating information about Windows 7: I thought I would spend a minute...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-27-2008
Windows 7's support of VHD is all about backwards compatibility

I've been writing a lot about this topic lately (for example: Here and here ), so I'm kind of surprised that Long's post about VHD (Virtual PC/Virtual Server/Hyper-V Virtual Hard Drive) support in Windows 7 doesn't mention the all-so-crucial point of why this is happening. Which is that...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008

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