Gates Goes 64-BIT At WinHEC Bill Gates promises a lot of cool stuff at this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. He shows what Microsoft will be doing and where they are going in the coming years.
Microsoft To Unleash 64-bit Windows At the WinHEC conference in Seattle on Monday Microsoft will be launching its 64-bit versions of its Windows operating systems. The new versions of the operating systems will support both Intel's and AMD's 64-bit processors.
05.05.05
Bloggin' Longhorn? Microsoft Wants You!
By John Stith
Microsoft has put out the word via Robert Scoble that Microsoft is looking for a few good bloggers to help critique there new version of Windows in the coming months before its release. Team 99 as it is being called needs folks who know Windows and know how to blog.
The method to the Microsoft madness will be the bloggers to come up with 20 people in the Microsoft blogging community instead of slogging through bloggers on their own. It will save them quite a bit of time wading through the applicants for the process.
Scobles posted the draft notice in his blog over the weekend, "The problem is, Microsoft can't deal with millions of people all at once. It's impossible to listen to that loud a crowd. So, let's start small. 20 people to start with. Why 20? It's how many can fit into an average conference room at Microsoft. I want some developers there, some "super users".
Regulars to the blog have already responded heavily with hundreds of messages on who they thing should be involved in this process. Members of the blog corp will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The formal process hadn't been decided yet but Scobles insisted that they all be bloggers and be "passionate and authoritative about computer".
Microsoft Advances 64-Bit With Advancement Program
By John Stith
Microsoft announced a program to help move along its current 64-bit offerings in the form of a trade in program of sorts. Current owners of licensed 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows Professional Reduced Media Edition will be able to pick up the Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition.
The one catch is to get the program, one needed to have bought a computer between the dates of March 31, 2003 and July 2005 with 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Professional preinstalled.
Another problem could be support for the new program as the upgrade will end support by the computer company and Microsoft only give you one freebie for installation problems. All other calls to Bill and the Microboys will cost you.
The price for this upgrade is just for shipping: $12 for in the U.S., $22 for out.
Did I mention you have to format your hard drive for this one?
About the Author: John Stith is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.
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