While there has been some worrying, the news is in: If you have any version of Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will be able to get a cheaper upgrade version of Windows Vista.
Firefox To Upgrade XML/RSS Readers
Mozilla’s next incarnation of Firefox, version 2.0, currently in beta, is tentatively due for release on September 26. With that release, expect some nice upgrades to the browser’s RSS and XML reader capabilities, among other functions, that will keep it on par with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.
Yahoo Finance Bets On An Upgrade
Video content, revamped message boards, and the formal debut of badges that can be used to display Yahoo Finance content on blogs and websites should help the site maintain its dominance in online financial news and information.
Vista System Requirements, Upgrade Advisor
Microsoft has announced the base minimum system requirements to run Windows Vista.
Windows Anytime Upgrade
Windows Vista Buzz posts on Windows Anytime Upgrade, a program that will allow users who have purchased one version of Vista upgrade anytime to a more expensive and feature-filled version.
The Firefox Upgrade and Plugins Dance
Mozilla released an update to the Firefox browser earlier this month which, the release notes say, provides improved stability, improved support for Mac OS X, fixes for several memory leaks and several security enhancements among other things.
Microsoft Patent Woes Forcing Office Upgrade
Corporate users of Microsoft’s productivity suites Office XP and Office 2003 will have to upgrade their software, in the wake of Microsoft’s court loss in a patent suit.
Xserve Gets G5 Upgrade From Apple
Apple has released an upgraded version of their Xserve server platform, complete with dual 64-bit G5 processors with speeds of up to 2.3GHz.
Waiting Too Long to Upgrade
had related at Another Raid Failure that an initial attempt to rebuild the raid had failed, and left the story with fresh drives on order and winging their way toward us. The drives did arrive, but unfortunately the rebuild still failed. A Knowledge Base article suggested that there might be unreported problems on other elements of the array, with the suggested solution of blowing it all away and recreating from scratch. As we still had some suspicions about backups at that point, I didn’t want to do that until we had unquestioned good recovery capability.
Linux Data Protection Gets an Upgrade
A major new upgrade to Arkeia Network Backup solution reaffirms its leadership position in the Linux data protection marketplace.