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Vista Capable Sticker Lawsuit Becomes Class Action [Windows Vista]

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2008-02-26 23:45:31 by posted by Pantha in
...Capable" stickers weren't actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista "Capable" PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little bit of cash back The US District Court Judge says the suit can "pursue a 'price inflation' line of reasoning,"...
 
Tags: vista capable, capable, windows vista capable, vista, vista-capable, district court judge, lawsuit filed, price inflation, sticker
 
 
 
 
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Vista Capable Sticker Lawsuit Becomes Class Action [Windows Vista]

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2008-02-26 18:45:31 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...Capable" stickers weren't actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista "Capable" PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little bit of cash back The US District Court Judge says the suit can "pursue a 'price inflation' line of reasoning,"...
 
Tags: vista capable, capable, windows vista capable, vista, vista-capable, district court judge, lawsuit filed, price inflation, sticker
 
 
 
 
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Vista Capable Laptops Sucked So Intel Could Dump Crappy Graphics Chips [Vista]

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2008-02-29 01:00:17 by posted by Pantha in
...capable stickers unsealed a bunch of super-juicy internal emails exchanged between Microsoft higher-ups (including Ballmer) on Vista's suckiness. They weren't oblivious to the fact that "Vista capable" machines were horriblebut they let it slide, according to exec John Kalkman: "To help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could...
 
Tags: vista, intel, vista premium, vista capable, vista handi-capable stickers, intel happy, vista experience, graphics, super-juicy internal emails
 
 
 
 
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Vista Capable Laptops Sucked So Intel Could Dump Crappy Graphics Chips [Vista]

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2008-02-28 20:00:17 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...capable stickers unsealed a bunch of super-juicy internal emails exchanged between Microsoft higher-ups (including Ballmer) on Vista's suckiness. They weren't oblivious to the fact that "Vista capable" machines were horriblebut they let it slide, according to exec John Kalkman: "To help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could...
 
Tags: vista, intel, vista premium, vista capable, vista handi-capable stickers, intel happy, vista experience, graphics, super-juicy internal emails
 
 
 
 
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Steve Ballmer Says That Vista Capable Debacle Totally Not His Fault [Vista]

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2008-10-07 10:30:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...Capable" computers were utter pieces of crap packed with sucky chips that were "capable" of running Vista in only the thinnest, most literal interpretation of term, Steve Ballmer delivered a written deposition that excused himself of all responsibility I was not involved in any of the operational decisions about the Windows Vista Capable...
 
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Microsoft VP: "I personally got burnt" by Vista Capable stickers

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2008-02-12 16:04:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Capable " stickers certainly caused consumers a lot of confusion, and it looks like they even tripped up some senior Microsoft execs. According to internal MS emails introduced as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit over the program, several MS managers expressed concern that they were misleading people, with the VP of Windows product management...
 
Tags: vista, vista capable, vista capable program, microsoft, senior microsoft execs, program, email, email machine, microsoft employee
 
 
 
 
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Is Your PC Windows Vista Capable?

2007-03-20 04:26:42 by SapiensBryan in Latest Hi Tech News ยป Hardware
 
...capable. I bought a Dell laptop end of 2006 and it is labeled Windows Vista capable. Hence, I have a chance to upgrade to Windows Vista for a minimal cost (some systems are entitled to free upgrade though). So, I headed over to Dells Vista Upgrade website to check for the cost of upgrading. This is what I got The cost is reasonable, but what...
 
Tags: windows vista capable, windows vista, minimal cost, cost, laptop, window vista capable, free upgrade, upgrade, dell laptop
 
 
 
 
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Vista Capable sticker lawsuit gets class-action status

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2008-02-27 11:49:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...Capable" stickers on PCs could now be about to get quite a bit bigger, as a federal judge has now bestowed class-action status on the suit, which accuses Microsoft of misleading marketing. More specifically, as the AP reports, the suit alleges that the "Vista Capable" stickers slapped on PCs during the 2006 holiday season created an...
 
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DARPA sets sights on aircraft capable of five-year flight

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2008-03-05 15:26:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...capable of a non-stop five-year flight. As if that feat wasn't enough, the aircraft will also have to be able to carry a 1,000 pound payload, pump out 5kW of onboard power, and keep up enough speed to withstand the winds it'll encounter at 60,000 to 90,000 feet. Needless to say, that's a long ways from becoming a reality, although it seems...
 
Tags: aircraft, aircraft capable, initial phase, phase, months, subscale demonstrator capable, non-stop five-year flight, twelve months, underway nonetheless