Microsoft

Microsoft will continue selling Windows XP through the middle of next year, despite previous announcements that XP sales would cease on January 2008. Notebook manufacturers will have until then to sell XP machines to those who aren't ready to migrate to Windows Vista. Microsoft will continue to sell licenses to its customers until June 2008.

Microsoft showed off several Windows features that are available exclusively to those who pony up the extra bucks for Vista Ultimate. Unfortunately, things have been slow and all Vista Ultimate users have seen so far are language packs (not much good unless you're multilingual), Windows Hold'Em poker and a couple of utilities.

Bill Gates and the Vista developers have been rumored to be taking full advantage of Ghost Recon’s multiplayer missions and that’s eaten away at the dev schedule. I really appreciate that Microsoft worked so hard to get the XBOX out...