“TechWeb has posted an article regarding Vista’s new license and how it allows you to only move it to another device once. How will this work for people who build their PCs? I have no intention of purchasing a new license every time I swap out motherboards. ‘The first user of the software may reassign the license to another device one time. If you reassign the license, that other device becomes the “licensed device,” reads the license for Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, and Business. In other words, once a retail copy of Vista is installed on a PC, it can be moved to another system only once. … Elsewhere in the license, Microsoft forbids users from installing Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium in a virtual machine. “You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system,” the legal language reads. Vista Ultimate and Vista Business, however, can be installed within a VM. … Home Basic users can’t copy ISOs to their hard drives, can’t run in a virtualized environment, and can only share files and printers to a maximum of 5 network devices.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Gadgets and Widgets @ ExtremeTech
- iNetWord Advances Online Word Processing, Sort Of… @ ExtremeTech
- Computers and Cat Litter @ The Tech Lounge
- Enabling Aero & Flip 3D on VISTA RC2 @ ExtremeMHz
- Google, YouTube, and Apple @ Digital Trends
- Windows Vista RC2 Preview — From installation to benchmarking @ Tweaktown
- Windows kernel protection expected to break soon @ CNET
- CyberLink MagicSports 3 @ Elite Bastards
- YLE suing YouTube for Illegal Programme use? Editorial @ MetkuMods
- Olympus Camera Made from Wood @ DailyCE
- LG: “Motorola Copied Us!” @ DailyCE
- Google Online Office: Not a Microsoft Killer @ CoolTechZone
- Operating Systems or a Popularity Contest @ OSWeekly
- Bluefish Review: A Linux HTML Editor @ MadPenguin
- Evil Microsoft vs. Poor Security Firms @ OSWeekly
- Globalsat Tr-101 @ Rbmods
- Ewido Anti-Spyware @ PC Mechanic
- Select the Right Hosting Service @ PC Mechanic
- Introduction to Excel @ PC Mechanic
- Thirty Day Trials @ PC Mechanic
- Getting more battery time from your digital camera @ DV Hardware
New features revealed in Windows Vista

These new features, according to a link on Slashdot, will really help you out when you are using your computer. The home versions won’t let you install via virtual machines, the migration policies are even tighter than XP’s and an equivalent to WGA comes pre-installed. Read the full article to get a better idea what this will mean, apart from higher sales of Ultimate Edition.