For more than a year, Microsoft and the press has been calling the next version of Windows by its code-name designation, "Longhorn." Now, Microsoft, after much research and innumerable focus groups has come up with the official name.
The next version of Windows will be called, "Windows Vista."
This was, of course, not to be released to the general public yet, but like many internal secrets, it leaked out yesterday and was on the web by last night. Some enterprising person also discovered that Microsoft registered the WindowsVista.US domain name. This morning, Microsoft made the announcement official.
The advertising tagline for Vista is "Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world," according to a video of the announcement posted by Microsoft.
The company also said that the first beta, or test release, of Vista is slated for release by Aug. 3. That release will be targeted at developers and IT professionals. A second, broader test release aimed at consumers will likely debut ahead of Vista's final release in the second half of next year.
Vista's three design goals include better security, new ways to organize information, and seamless connectivity to external devices, the company said. Microsoft will provide more detail on Vista features Aug. 3.
Among the key features of Vista are a new searching mechanism, lots of new laptop features, parental controls and better home networking. There will also be visual changes ranging from shiny translucent windows to icons that are tiny representations of a document itself.
By the way does anyone remember the original code name of Windows XP?
Actually, it was "Whistler."
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