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A foreigner who lived in Shanghai have recently taken such a photograph, Shanghai Jin Mao Tower was clearly projected by the words “Windows Vista.” no doubt this is the world’s largest area of Vista ads.
It is interesting, in a foreign news agency reported after this photo. external user comments vary, and some say that Microsoft is there’s no money, some say less than a dollar in a place where you can buy a Vista do advertisements purely wasted. one of the most classic, “I wonder how long this building will need to restart.”

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Following the speech recognition software defects upon confirmation by Microsoft, there are security experts claim that found the fatal weaknesses in Windows Vista, they all have the common characteristic is: the vulnerability is not Vista itself, but causes of peripheral devices and software security of defence raised fall. following simple two points.

First vulnerability on the mouse and keyboard subsystem , which may cause the system to be hijacked from the keyboard and mouse on the control of, could trigger a malicious, without permission of the deleted files, folders, and music, seeds and other important documents.

As mysterious sounds and voice control system, but said this flaw because the keyboard and mouse API can break the encryption of Defense with the exhaustive way, gets to the keyboard and mouse cursor information.

The second vulnerability is a development platform , on the Visual Studio, even more incredible is this flaw could allow an attacker to compile any code they want on your machine! this is very dangerous.

查看: More fatal Windows Vista exploits

Lifehacker launched a Gadget converter, you can Web Gadget for Live.com or other sites with easy way to convert Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget. If lucky you, Google and Yahoo Widget,OS x Dashboard can be used to, like prawn Gadget programming can take a look at.

查看: Turn any web widget into a Vista Gadget
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Windows SideShow in Windows Vista is the new way to communicate with a small secondary display device function, the secondary display devices are independent of the computer, you can communicate with the computer, read email, check your calendar, view your digital photos, and view the current date/time, and so on. This is another Microsoft PC an innovation on the mode of operation.
Here and find this device simulator program, you can try this function after you download.

First, Windows SideShow provides an overview
Windows SideShow is used to support Windows Vista with one or more small features of auxiliary display devices to communicate, before the development name is called “secondary display (Auxiliary Display)”. The secondary display devices are independent of the computer, you can be sure are connected with computer communications, own some memory, therefore do not have to completely open computer, excessive consumption of electric energy and space. Their shape and size is unlimited, and can have a variety of functions.
SideShow devices such as laptops in close machine cover and close the computer case, users can still read the email, check your calendar, view your digital photos, and view the current date/time, and so on. Or is a Media Center remote control with this feature, through secondary screen, the user can select songs and play through the Media Center. This device is very cool, because users don’t have to turn on the monitor, you can listen to the song, at the time of the movie, from Mdia Center PC sending program information to a SideShow device, so that you can read this information, without affecting play a movie on the monitor. In addition, you can also use this view TV program guide data, and programming the remote control records.
SideShow can also have other types of devices, such as keyboards, digital photo frame with LCD display and even mobile phones.
Picture (ASUS W5Fe laptop):

In short, I think that this device has the following advantages:
1, the use of some simple application eliminates the need to open the computer or when you don’t have to open the monitor, save host power
2, in the games or movies, through the application of auxiliary equipment do simple, does not affect the games and movie watching.
3, away from the computer you can view the information you need, equivalent to the monitor’s remote control, the user more freedom.
In software, these features are how to implement it? Answer is the gadget (Gadget).
Microsoft gadgets in fact there are three types:
Windows Sidebar gadgets, Vista sidebar displays user information;
Windows Live gadget, available through the Windows Live home page displays the user’s information;
Windows SideShow gadgets, via its SideShow secondary displays on the hardware device user information.
Comparison of two gadgets before you might understand, they are all based on HTML/Javascript/CSS Web technologies, such as written. SideShow gadgets are different, it is written in native code or managed code, can be regarded as the real application.

Second, the SideShow hardware Simulator
In order to help developers test SideShow gadget code, Windows Vista SDK a SideShow hardware emulator. It emulates a SideShow hardware devices. This program runs only on Windows Vista, of course. To give you a specific experience the SideShow functionality is what I extracted Simulator programs in the Windows SDK.
Download address: http://sc.mythsea.com/wbpluto/WindowsSideShowVirtualDevice.rar
Installation:
After you download two EXE programs which extract to a folder. First have to run from the command prompt:
WindowsSideShowVirtualDevice.exe /regserver
Registering COM components used by an emulator. On a single computer, only need to register the COM components.
Then run:
VirtualSideShow.exe
To start the emulator. Will be prompted to find new hardware and automatically install the driver.
Figure:

Operation:
Due to the SideShow device is a key operation, you can use click interface seven buttons to the right of action or via the keyboard: space, BackSpace BACKSPACE to return, returns for a menu is OK. Right mouse button to click the simulation interface makes the emulator interface the desktop top, or exit the Simulator.
Use:
In Control Panel in the “hardware and sound” there, you can see the “Windows SideShow”, go in to see our facilities. By default there are two small tools: Windows Media Player and Windows Mail Inbox. Right handed the check box corresponding to the device selected, you can see the little tool in hardware.
This emulator firmware only in English, German and Japanese in three languages, so Vista in Chinese, the two small tools because it is the Chinese, running on the device screen does not display Chinese characters correctly. We want to evaluate them, by clicking the device name to the left of the Control Panel, the device display language is set to “Japanese”, this part can display Chinese characters.
In the device settings page, and we can set the device interface themes, screen brightness, automatic turn off the display, device unlock code, and so on.
Figure:

These hardware devices have not yet entered the production phase at the moment, but will be listed soon. Simulator of real hardware than practical, do you want to buy one to play?

Related articles:
Here is an article on MSDN details related to the article started writing Gadgets for Windows SideShow devices from MSDN Magazine:http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/SideShow/default.aspx?loc=zh
By the way, MSDN Magazine since November 2006, with multiple languages, including simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese version, MSDN Magazine home page “Back Issue Archive” section of line to browse to. A developer this is exciting news

A few days ago we wrote about the upgrade version of Windows Vista pendulum Oolong can actually take a clean install, which means that the user can buy low price-35% price-low to Vista, Microsoft has found the problem, but said did not intend to fix the problem. seen from spokesman tone, Microsoft trust to purchase upgraded version of Windows Vista users:

“ Users if there is no genuine XP, but would like to take advantage of this temporary expedient to install the Windows Vista upgrade Edition, they agreed to at the time of purchase against the own use agreement We believe that only a very small number of people will go to the implementation of the alternatives, we encourage all customers under our official guide from the Windows XP upgrade to Windows Vista.".

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Soft yesterday announced adjustment China sales of Vista software price, highest fall up 50%. but then according to NetEase technology of a item investigation display, in participation investigation of more than 7,000 over readers in the only 18% of said see has message will consider purchased, 82% of said also is does not consider purchased. even only has 18% of readers will consider purchased, but relative four days Qian for Vista purchased of same investigation still growth has near 10%, previously on July 26 of investigation results display, Plan to buy Vista only 9.5% and 90.5% readers not buy.

On August 1, Microsoft announced has since founded yilai maximum of once products price downward, Vista Chinese family version retail price dropped to 499 Yuan, other version also has near 50% of fall. many users in message in the said, 50% of fall also enough, also does not too meet China of income expenditures ratio. also some users to out himself of psychological price expected, said if can then drop 50% is considered purchased.

(CNET2006/01/20 West Coast report) while Microsoft still performed this year officially launched Vista worked hard for hard target, but has not stood stop forward. Vista’s successors: Vienna (Vienna) has emerged on the horizon.

Was called "Blackcomb (black comb mountain)(Blackcomb is Canada a ski resort., comb itself in addition to the comb in mind, there are celosia cristata means, and maybe translated " black on the Crown " is better.) &Quot; Vienna is the product code of the operating system from Microsoft after Vista to generation. It is not clear whether Vienna’s specific timetables, without knowing how Vienna will also include new features. Microsoft on Friday confirmed Vista successor product code names have been renamed, but declined to say anything about Vienna development progress.

Microsoft said in a statement in response to CNET News.com: " code named ‘ Blackcomb ‘ products have been renamed the ‘ Vienna ‘, is unable to provide further details about it. For us, this does not mean any big changes. in the past we used for their own products with the name of the city, the name Vista it is from those well-known cities or regions around the world evolution derived from. for a better State, everyone is full of hope and longing, Vista, captivating. Portrayal of Vienna also is in line with this. "

Windows XP product code once to Canada of a ski resort ‘ Whistler ‘ name. Coincidence is that the Blackcomb is also a ski resort locations, and Longhorn (horns, Vista product code) is a salon with the same name signs, geographically located between Whisteler and the two ski Blackcomb.
The message was originally the product was renamed loyal followers and promotion by Microsoft, Robert Scoble at Microsoft called Channel 9 site of the first disclosure.

‘ Microsoft research ‘ (Directions on Microsoft, an independent Microsoft research institutions) analyst Michael cherry points out that Microsoft will speed up the pace of the introduction of Windows products in the future, but for product renaming this sort of thing will be carefully.
Cherry said: " this spirit. In fact, there are many other names brewing for a long time. All this really is the Microsoft on the future path of development, to attract more public attention and bake out an exciting atmosphere. "

Looking back at Vista, Microsoft is expected to be officially on sale in the second half of this year, at which time distances Windows XP available for almost 5 years of sightseeing. Vista said it would include optimized search features, a new graphics engine and improved compared to the other systems in the past and improve the function and feature.

However Vista was too busy and left behind some of the new features that may be incorporated into the Vienna, one of the most worthy of attention is WinFS ( Microsoft WinFS brewing has a long history, dating back to 1992, Microsoft Windows NT 4, code-named Cario at that time when the design is made, raises the OFS (object file system, which is the predecessor of WinFS), Programming into its successor in the development of multiple OS multiple times, but was stalled for several reasons, WinFS is the fate of several ups and downs.) -This new file system.

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Microsoft has just officially launched the first video Vista partner website, Microsoft on the Web site provides Windows Vista On-Demand training course, designed for Microsoft partners set, detailed Windows Vista deployment details. Microsoft depending on theme the video contents are divided into 11 sections, respectively, by the various development sectors detail explaining the features of Vista, head of innovation, and business characteristics.

Video content through video + slides presentation mode, you can select a video in the select bar to the left of the content of the different chapters, each video for 1 hour in length.

Access VISTA video site
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Windows Vista is about to release to the end. compared with the previous Windows operating system, Windows Vista in terms of ease of use, security, and system attractive, there were a number of innovative performance. The launch of Windows Vista, is bound to bring to our work, life and entertainment more exciting experience!
In order to display large Windows Vista technology new features bring great value to us to help businesses and IT professionals to complete Windows Vista experience, understanding, and learning technology, for the coming of mass IT deployment, prepare, Microsoft (China) company limited and the Chinese version of Windows IT Pro international joint cooperation, launch Windows Vista technology challenge!
Challenge Windows Vista technology online, multiple rounds, it Windows IT Pro international Chinese version for organizations. each round award 1, second third 2 and 6.

Contest site: http://www.Winmag.com.CN/Vista/

We know that starting from Windows NT, Microsoft put the device driver to an important position, for driving policy began grading processes, such as the XP system, on the use of three-layer driven strategies:
1. the original package drive, the highest priority.
2. the Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification-driven priority levels.
3. the unsigned drivers, need to install even after a user has authorized the direct prohibition.
Windows Vista it? it further subdivided driving, seven levels.

Windows Vista grading policy is as follows:

1. Microsoft WHQL-certified driver
2. the original package of Microsoft certified driver (NT Build Lab Certified).
3. Microsoft Windows Sustained Engineering certification signed by driver
4. after signature drive (Enterprise CA).
5. signed driver (Class 3 CA Certified).
6. after signature drive (MAKECERT. EXE Certified).
7. after Microsoft WHQL-certified version of the operating system drive.
8. the unsigned driver.