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

Nick White — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:10:00 GMT

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 Windows, AMD and Rocketplane are hosting a conference call and webcast at 2:30PM CST today to answer your questions on everything from Vanishing Point to space flight. Click here to join and type in meeting id 9XK464. Astronaut and Rocketplane Commander John Herrington will also be joining to answer any questions about space flight.

Will has won a great prize package including the trip to space, along with a Windows Vista-based, AMD-powered Dell desktop PC; a 24-inch widescreen monitor; a Zune™ digital media player; an Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system; three Games for Windows® game titles; a Microsoft® LifeCam VX-6000 webcam; Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007; and $50,000 cash.

Vanishing Point was a global puzzle game that played out online and in the real world to celebrate the launch of Windows Vista. Clues were delivered via spectacular events, such as a custom light show in the fountains of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, skywriting and gorgeous building projections around the world, and a fireworks finale in Seattle. You can check out the conversation tracking it here.

Vanishing Point was one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time, and the Windows Team and I enjoyed meeting some of you at the finale in Seattle. Be sure and check out the webcast, and congratulations to Will!

First set of Windows Vista Ultimate Extras online

Nick White — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:08:00 GMT

Last night we released via Windows Update the first series of Windows Vista Ultimate Extras. To get Ultimate Extras, you must have a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. The following Ultimate Extras were released last evening:

Windows Texas Hold’em Poker
BitLocker and EFS Enhancements

This is just the beginning ...

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

First set of Windows Vista Ultimate Extras online