Microsoft has taken plenty of heat in the Vista “junk PC” lawsuit. If the company is smart, it will take those criticisms to heart, and make sure it doesn’t make the same mistakes when it launches ...

ITworld.com – When last we met, I was relating to you my experience from Seattle, where, on Monday, May 22, I attended the daylong Microsoft Windows Vista Reviewer’s Workshop. The column recounted the ...

Windows Vista is famous for one thing: it wasn't that good of an operating system. Despite being newer and featuring numerous design refinements, it remained in XP's shadow, and when Windows 7 came ...

Windows Vista’s launch in late 2006 and early 2007 was one of the toughest chapters in Microsoft’s history. There’s still a lot to learn from Vista. That thought struck me this weekend as I was ...

In a Monday blog post, Scott Barnes, a former Microsoft product manager for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, and now a user experience specialist with Melbourne, Australia-based ...