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Vanishing Point Trip-to-Space Winner Announced, Webcast Today at 2:30PM CST

Today Windows Vista and AMD announced that William Temple of California, USA has won the Vanishing Point grand prize, which includes a trip to see the ultimate vista -- the earth from space courtesy of Windows Vista, AMD and Rocketplane . The team at...


Ship-It Awards presented to the Product Team

When we release a product to market at MS, tradition holds that everyone involved in building it is usually given a small gift in recognition of their efforts. These "Ship-It Awards" are usually of more sentimental value than anything else, but everyone...


Retail launch at Midtown Manhattan Best Buy

We had the chance yesterday morning to drop by the Midtown Manhattan Best Buy store to see Steve Ballmer and Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson, along with the Mason family from the Living with Windows Vista program, celebrate the launch of Windows Vista. Here...


It's here

Today is the day. All Editions of Windows Vista are finally available to anyone and everyone in the general public! (Whew.) Thank you to everyone in the community (more than 5M testers) who contributed to making this the best OS we've ever released! And...


Exclusive to Windows Vista users: Complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot access

Check it out -- an offer for Windows Vista users only . Take your mobile PC running Windows Vista to any North American T-Mobile HotSpot between 30th January and 30th April for a complimentary, blazing-fast broadband connection. This offer actually goes...


Exclusive: An invitation to members of our valuable windows community

The following is an exclusive invitation to you, our community, to join us in celebrating the launch of Windows Vista on the 29th and 30th of January. You've heard the buzz, helped customers, drove excitement and news, now it's time to celebrate! Join...


Counting Down to the Consumer Launch of Windows Vista

On 30 January 2007, Microsoft will be making Windows Vista available to the world at large. This event goes by different monikers: "general availability," "GA" and "retail availability" are some of them. But no matter what it's called, lots of people...