Profile of Scot Finnie

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Articles by Scot Finnie

Vista Visuals: Windows Sidebar, Gadgets, Media Player 11, And More

3/9/2006
Scot Finnie shows you the first feature-complete beta of Windows Vista and analyzes what's new, including Windows Mail, Windows Sidebar, and Media Player 11.
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Microsoft Updates Anti-Spyware Utility, Renames It Windows Defender

2/14/2006
Microsoft Releases Public Beta of Windows Defender Anti-Spyware Utility The new release is a significant upgrade that includes improved detection and removal and a simpler interface
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Commentary: Windows Vista Gets Harder To Multiboot

1/10/2006
If you have more than one operating system on your system, boot.ini lets you tweak your options under Windows 2000/XP. Vista, however, has changed that, and not for the better.
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Visual Tour: Microsoft Windows Vista Begins To Get Real

12/28/2005
The December pre-beta 2 release of Windows Vista offers the first true glimpse of the operating system. But it's still missing key elements.
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Review: ThinkPad Z60m

11/21/2005
Lenovo's wide-screen ThinkPad may be a bit big, but its gorgeous 15.4-inch display and other impressive features could put it at the top of your list.
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Review: Microsoft Windows Vista's Latest Pre-Release

10/31/2005
The October Community Technology Preview adds features for networking and system diagnostics, and hints at new controls for mobile users.
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Review: Microsoft Windows Vista's Next Beta

10/6/2005
The 'Community Technology Preview' of Vista isn't Beta 2 yet, but speed is up, the Sidebar is back, and it has more new features like Live Thumbnails, Flip 3D, and peer-to-peer MeetingSpace.
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Analysis: What's New In Windows Vista Beta? Security, IT Tools, And Tabbed Browsing

7/27/2005
The new beta incorporates beefed-up security, and tools for IT managers, as well as the first public look at Internet Explorer 7. The IE7 beta for Windows XP will be available simultaneously.
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Microsoft Throws RSS Coming-Out Party

6/28/2005
After existing in relative obscurity since 1997, then dancing in the footlights before the Internet cognoscenti for a couple of years, RSS was finally blessed by Microsoft today.
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The Lowdown On Longhorn

5/2/2005
In sessions at last week's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference and in interviews with Microsoft officials, CMP Pipeline Editor Scot Finnie got some deep insight into the technical details of the upcoming Longhorn operating system. Here's his report.
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Review: Open-Source Thunderbird Lays An Egg

2/8/2005
Mozilla's open-source E-mail client looks more like a watered-down version of Outlook Express than the second coming of Firefox, says Scot Finnie.
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Microsoft Lumbers On, Google Learns To Fly

1/27/2005
Microsoft is too busy squeezing nickles out of its own customers--and too sure they'll come back for more--to recognize the key to Google's success: simplicity.
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First Look: Microsoft AntiSpyware 1.0 Beta

1/10/2005
Review: There's a lot to like with Microsoft's new spyware-fighting beta.
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Microsoft Shows Its IBMness

12/31/2004
Firefox could rekindle genuine competition in the desktop software market--if enterprise IT organizations are willing to do their part.
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Norton 2005: To Upgrade Or Not To Upgrade?

12/3/2004
Pipelines/TechWeb Editor Scot Finnie answers the annual question for small businesses and individuals: "Should I upgrade to the latest version of Norton XXX this year?"
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Firefox 1.0: The New World Wide Web Champ?

11/17/2004
Mozilla's new Firefox Web browser can make believers even out of loyal Internet Explorer proponents.
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Linux Needs A Committed Champion

1/29/2004
Nuts to Linus Torvalds. On January 19, Bruce Perens, executive director of the Linux Desktop Consortium extolled the virtues of the latest round of Linux desktops for businesses being
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The Challenges Facing Linux And Open Source

12/17/2003
Where do you think Linux and open-source are headed next year? What breakthroughs might they make? What obstacles will they face? I've been giving that some thought because we're planning a looking-forward sort of story at
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Sun And Linux Are Building Steam

12/11/2003
I don't know about you, but I'm getting more than a little tired of the all-SCO-all-the-time Linux and open-source news we're getting inundated with of late
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