Official GNOME Shell Extensions

Official GNOME Shell Extensions Available In The WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA For Ubuntu 11.10

The latest official GNOME Shell Extensions (version 3.2.0) are now available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. This PPA is an attempt to have all the stable GNOME 3.2 packages that aren't available in the official Ubuntu 11.10 repositories in a single place. Please note that I did not package this. I'm only uploading these packages to a single PPA.

GNOME Shell Extensions is an official GNOME package that provides additional functionality for GNOME Shell, like a classic menu, restore the power-off entry in the user menu, the user theme extension which allows you to easily switch between GNOME Shell themes and more.
 

 

Install GNOME Shell Extensions pack in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Important: an user has reported that using the Alternative Status Menu extension without having a profile picture crashes GNOME Shell. So set a picture (under User Accounts) before installing this extension.


Firstly, add the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update

Below you'll find a description on what each extension does and how to install it:


- Alternative tab extension: use the classic ALT + Tab. Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-alternate-tab

- Alternative Status Menu extension : adds "Power off" and "Hibernate" to the status menu, visible at all time (and not just when pressing the ALT key). Install:
 es/THEME_NAME/gnome-shell or /usr/share/THEME_NAME/gnome-shell. This extension is especially useful when used with GNOME Tweak Tool. This way, you can install and switch between GNOME Shell extensions with a click. Install both User Theme extension and GNOME Tweak Tool:

 

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme gnome-tweak-tool

- Workspace Indicator extension: displays the current workspace and lets you switch between workspaces (wither using its menu or by scrolling). Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-workspace-indicator

- Applications Menu extension: adds an regular (old-style) menu to the top GNOME Shell bar. Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-apps-menu

- Removable Drive Menu extension: adds a removable drive menu to the top GNOME Shell bar (on the right). Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-drive-menu

- SystemMonitor extension: adds two graphs to the GNOME Shell message tray, displaying the RAM and CPU usage. Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-system-monitor

- Places Status Indicator: adds a menu to the top bar in the old Places Menu style. Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu

- Dock extension: shows a dock-style task switcher

To customize the dock extension, install dconf-tools (sudo apt-get install dconf-tools), then launch "dconf-editor", navigate to org > gnome > shell > extensions > dock and here you can specify the dock position (left or right), enable or disable autohide, specify the hide effect or set the hide duration.

Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-dock

- Native Window Placement extension: uses a 'natural' (reflects more the position and size of the actual window) algorithm for displaying the thumbnails in the activities overview. Install:
 

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-native-window-placement

- Xrandr Indicator (Monitor Status Indicator) extension: adds a systems status menu for rotating monitors (overrides what is currently provided by gnome-settings-daemon). Install:
 

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-xrandr-indicator

- Auto Move Windows extension: this extension can be used to get some applications to always start on a specific workspace Install: 
 

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-auto-move-windows

- Gajim extension: Gajim integration for GNOME Shell. Install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-gajim

- Windows Navigator extension: Allow keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in overlay mode: when you hold the ALT key, a number is assigned to each window (displayed in the top left corner) and you can then press the number to switch to that window. Install:
 

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-windows-navigator

Or, install them all using the following command (will also install GNOME Tweak Tool) - yeah, there's no meta package yet:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-alternate-tab 

gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu 

gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme 

gnome-tweak-tool 

gnome-shell-extensions-workspace-indicator 

gnome-shell-extensions-apps-menu 

gnome-shell-extensions-drive-menu 

gnome-shell-extensions-system-monitor 

gnome-shell-extensions-places-menu 

gnome-shell-extensions-dock 

gnome-shell-extensions-native-window-placement 

gnome-shell-extensions-gajim 

gnome-shell-extensions-xrandr-indicator 

gnome-shell-extensions-windows-navigator 

gnome-shell-extensions-auto-move-windows

Once installed, reload GNOME Shell (press ALT + F2 and enter "r" or log out and log back in), then use GNOME Tweak Tool to easily enable/disable extensions or switch between GNOME Shell themes on the fly - there's no need to restart GNOME Shell anymore.

Free Online Tool to Convert PDF files to JPG Image

PDF files are good when you want to look up an article or even a chart. I have a few interesting pdf files with helpful and informative diagrams. Sometimes I want to covert these PDF files into an image format.
I found pdf2jpg a useful online tool which converts a PDF file into JPG image file.

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• Just upload your PDF file and click convert to get image files.
• Sometimes as JPG images can take some time if the PDF file is large. In this case there is the option of leaving a email alert which sends an email when the conversion is complete.
• Unfortunately the only drawback was that it can only manage pdf files which upto the size of 10 MB. This usually should not be a problem in most cases but PDFs with images usually are quite large-sized files.

This is a great tool to manage PDF files along with some others that allow converting a URL to PDF and also convert PDF files to Doc, HTML and Txt format with free online tools.

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Microsoft Sending a Message with IE 10 Preview!

IE 10 Microsoft has almost always tied up the development of Internet Explorer browser with Windows. Whenever a new version of Windows is shipped out, the IE browser’s version also gets an upgrade.
Windows XP came with IE6, Windows Vista had IE7 and Windows 7 had IE8 pre-installed. The reception to the browser versions also reflected how the OS was received. Just like people are not ready to upgrade from XP to Vista, IE6 users seemed to not bother upgrading to IE7 or even IE8.

Microsoft’s message with IE 10

With IE 9 being released, many felt it was the last chance for Microsoft to save IE browser. With the release being only a month ago, the preview build of IE 10 was a surprise. IE 9 was expected to be shipped as default with the next version (Windows 8?) of Windows.
With IE 10 Microsoft is telling the internet community that they will probably upgrade browser versions without waiting for newer OS to be introduced.

IE 10 Features

• It is really good at making most use of screen space like IE 9 does.
• The graphics support along with CSS rendering is pretty good, as shown by a tests like Fish bowl and Paint Ball.
• IE 9 has a good record when it comes to handling power efficiency. For Laptop users like me, that is a good incentive. I found IE 10 preview not being as light-weight but that might change when IE 10 goes into Beta from Preview version.

What Microsoft needs to do to give IE 10 a boost?

Firstly, IE 10 preview only works with Windows 7. I am not sure if that will happen with IE 10 browser going ahead but if it does, then it would be disappointing. Internet Explorer needs to offer support to Mac OS and Linux-based OS.
This will truly separate IE from Windows as a product and maybe then we might see IE browser building its own independent identity as a browser which does not only revolve around Windows.
I doubt that all this will happen considering how IE finds itself shooting in the foot, what are your view? Do drop in your comments.
Link: IE 10 Preview

Customize Gmail Layout With Your Personal Image in Background

Gmail is ramping up some of its features. It started the last week with having keyboard shortcuts being made available easily. Now a new update allows customizing your Gmail background with your own personal image from either our computer or Picasa web albums. This is quite like adding customized background images to Google search page.

How to add your own image on Gmail Layout

• Sign-in to your Gmail account and look up settings. Settings can be looked up by clicking on the right hand corner icon that looks like a gear wheel.
• Now in Mail Settings look up the Themes tab. You will see the option of many ready to use themes.

• At the end look up Create your own Theme, which will a window that lets your customize colours and fonts.
• On the right hand corner of the window you can see a drop-down option which allows you to add the background image (see image below).

Select your personal photos and customize your Gmail layouts background.
This is a new and nice addition to Gmail, which will allow people to make their email a little more personal. Do try it out and drop in your views through your comments.

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Your +1’s are stored in a new tab on your Google profile. You can show your +1’s tab to the world, or keep it private and just use it to personally manage the ever-expanding record of things you love around the web.

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Cain & Abel v4.9.40

oxid.it has released an updated Cain & Abel version 4.9.40!

“Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.”

- Added Proxy support for Cain's Certificate Collector.
- Added the ability to specify custom proxy authentication credentials for Certificate Collector.
- Added ProxyHTTPS Man-in-the-Middle Sniffer (TCP port 8080).
- HTTP, APR-HTTPS and APR-ProxyHTTPS sniffer filters are now separated.
- Added progress bar indicator in the off-line capture file function.
- Bug fixed in ProxyHTTPS Man-in-the-Middle Sniffer parsing "Connection Established" string.
- Bug fixed in VoIP Sniffer creating MP3 Mono files.
- Bug fixed in RTP Sniffer processing off-line capture files.
- WinRTGen recompiled with OpenSSL library version 0.9.8q.
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Microsoft codename 'Redhawk' lives... in Windows 8

I couldn’t hold back from mentioning one of the recently discovered tidbits, as it hearkens back to a Microsoft codename about which I wrote years ago.
Way back in 2008 — a year before Windows 7 was released to manufacturing —My tipsters at the time said Redhawk was focused on the creation of a new managed-code execution environment that would be more lightweight and more appealing to developers who have been put off by the perceived overhead of the current Common Language Runtime (CLR) at the heart of the .Net Framework.
Back then, I heard that some of the Redhawk deliverables (specifically around the driver model) potentially could be incorporated into Windows 8. My tipsters said that Microsoft Tech Fellow Patrick Dussud was leading the Redhawk charge — something about which Dussud declined to comment. (Dussud’s bio lists him as the Chief Architect of the .Net Framework team and a member of the Windows Core Architecture team.) Dussud told me when I interviewed him that he was very focused on scalability and multicore support as part of his next big project.
It seems from folks who have unlocked the Milestone 1 (M1) of Windows 8 that leaked to the Web earlier this month that Redhawk somehow plays into Windows 8. There are comments on MyDigitalLife and Microsoft’s Channel 9 site (thanks to Charon at Ma-Config.com for the pointer to Channel 9) discussing Redhawk and speculating as to what it might bring to the next version of Windows. The commentors note that “Rh” and “Rhp” (Redhawk Project?) that refer back to a System Language Runtime (SLR) in the build.
It’s interesting to me that we have heard nothing (so far) about a .Net 5. The M1 leaks don’t include mention of it; instead they mention a .Net 4.0.30215 build. Maybe we’ll hear more about the next .Net Framework later this summer — or maybe even in May at TechEd — when Microsoft might start talking publicly about Visual Studio 2012.
I’m also wondering what the inclusion of Redhawk in Windows 8/.Net Next means, if anything, in terms of “Midori.” When I initially received tips on Redhawk, my sources said Redhawk deliverables might also include a new back-end compiler that somehow paved the way for Midori, an incubation project inside Microsoft headed by Senior Vice President of Technical Strategy Eric Rudder, that is/was slated to be a distributed, concurrent operating system. There’s been no word on Midori and its current status for a while now….

Rumor: iPhone 5 will have A5 processor, Qualcomm baseband

Even though Apple is not expected to reveal the next generation of the iPhone until this fall, the rumor mill is already churning away.
According to Apple Insider, Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note that the iPhone 5 will sport the following “slight modifications”:

• New iOS 5 mobile operating system (set to be unveiled at WWDC 2011)
• A5 processor (as seen in the iPad 2)
• 8-megapixel rear camera
• Qualcomm baseband for both GSM and CDMA models
• Improved antenna design

The last one is unintentionally comedic as its obviously necessary given the catastrophe that was “Antennagate” in summer 2010. However, we shouldn’t expect to see any major exterior design changes until at least the sixth iPhone. (Let’s not even start thinking about that one just yet.) The processor and the camera seem like reasonable upgrades, and given that Kuo has apparently been correct on past Apple rumors, the Qualcomm switch could pan out.
Of course, Apple hasn’t even confirmed an iPhone 5 model (after all, we’re still waiting for the iPhone 4 in white), but we all know its coming. It’s just a matter of when at this point.
[Note: The device in the image above is the iPhone 4 - not a new version of the iPhone that is discussed in this post.]

MSI trots out CX640, CR640 laptops with USB 3.0, Core i3 CPUs

MSI has a pair of new “mainstream” notebooks available for the taking starting today. Both the CX640 and CR640 laptops share a few similarities, including fairly affordable price tags.
Running on Intel Core i3-2310M processors, both notebooks sport 15.6-inch displays, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drives and a pair of USB 3.0 ports each. Those hard drives are supposed to be extra-protected from drops and shocks as the disk is in the middle of the chassis and housed inside a “unique” casing.
MSI also promises that these C Series notebooks will boot up “two times faster than standard notebooks.” Presumably, MSI means notebooks in the same class. With these specs, the CX640 and CR640 are nice, but not that far off from standard.
The major difference between these two portable machines is that the silvery CX640 hosts NVIDIA® GeForce GT 520M graphics with Optimus technology, and the black CR640 uses Intel HD 3000 graphics.
The CR640 runs for a bit cheaper at $629.99, while the CX640 costs $679.99.

Microsoft delivers public beta of its Office 365 cloud bundle

As rumored last week, Microsoft made available on April 18 a public beta of its Office 365 bundle of Microsoft-hosted applications.
Office 365 will include updated versions of SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Lync Online, Office Web Apps and an optional Office 2010 Professional Plus software package, all available as via subscription. It will bring many, though not all, of the capabilities in the on-premises versions of SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010 and Lync 2010 to cloud users. (Office 365 is Microsoft-hosted, but not yet hosted on Windows Azure, for the record.)
In October 2010, Microsoft introduced an invitation-only, limited beta of Office 365 — the successor to Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), Live@Edu offering and its Office Live Small Business service. Microsoft officials said that more than 100,000 organizations signed up for the beta.
Those interested in kicking the tires of the new public beta, available in 38 markets and 17 languages, can sign up at http://www.Office365.com.
Update: Those who are signing up for new/first-time Office 365 accounts are being told they won’t actually be added to the beta for two weeks, according to  @Karucifer. He’s right. Here’s the official response from a spokesperson: “If the tremendous interest we saw in the private beta is any indication, we expect a tremendous response to the public beta, and we want to ensure our customers have a great experience getting into the beta.” Those already testing Office 365 are being upgraded to the new beta automatically, Microsoft execs said.

Microsoft also announced plans on April 18 to take the wraps off the Office 365 Marketplace. The marketplace will highlight partner apps and services for Office 365. There will be 100 apps and 400 professional services in the marketplace to start. The Office 365 marketplace can be found here.
Microsoft execs are continuing to promise Office 365 will drop its beta tag later this year. I continue to hear that will happen in early June.
Microsoft seems to be leaning away from offering a “dedicated” version of Office 365, instead focusing on the shared/multitenant crowd with the new version of its cloud-hosted business bundle. The BPOS-D offering is aimed at enterprise customers with 5,000 seats and above. Microsoft is planning to sell Office 365 in a variety of flavors and price points, ranging from the entry-level “K” (kiosk worker) plans, to its its small-business-focused “P” plans, to enterprise-targeted “E” plans. There also will be a separate Office 365 for Education offering.
Microsoft officials said last year that the company is planning to add the Dynamics CRM Online offering to Office 365 at some point in 2011, but have offered no additional details.
Update 2: UK VAR software manager RIchard Gibbons has a good summary of some of the “license mobility” changes Microsoft is making to accommodate users who want to run Microsoft applications in a mix-and-match way across the cloud and on-premises servers.

Microsoft launches first preview build of IE 10

Just like it did a year ago, Microsoft is using its Mix designer/developer show in Las Vegas this week to launch the first preview build of the next version of Internet Explorer (IE).
On April 12, Microsoft made available a developer preview of IE 10. It is available on the IE Test Drive site. Microsoft officials said to expect the company to offer new builds every 12 weeks. (With IE 9, it was every eight weeks.)
IE 10 will build on the HTML5 and accelerated hardware graphics capabilities that Microsoft built into IE 9. It also will include support for additional standards, like CSS3 Gradients on background images and CSS3 Flexible Box Layout, officials said.

(click on the image above to enlarge)
IE 10 is expected by many Microsoft watchers to be the IE build that Microsoft will include in Windows 8 when it ships, most likely in 2012.
It took Microsoft about a year to move from the first developer preview to the final release-to-Web build of IE 9.
One more thing: The Professional Developers Conference will be in Anaheim, Calif., from September 13 to 16, officials said today.

IE9 FAQ: how to install, uninstall, and tweak the final release

Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 9 four weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been using it steadily, and I’ve also been fielding a steady stream of questions from readers. Here are the answers to the questions I hear most often.
Which Windows versions does IE9 work with?
Internet Explorer 9 runs on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
I’m running Windows XP. Can I install IE9?
No. XP is officially out of the mainstream support phase and is not eligible for updates like this. Plus, many of the features are specifically tied to Windows features found only in later versions. IE boss Dean Hachamovich laid out the official explanation in his keynote address at MIX11: “Building a new browser for a 10-year-old OS doesn’t make sense. Building for the future of the web does make sense.”
Is IE9 really being “pushed” via Windows Update?
Not exactly. As I noted earlier this week, Microsoft has a consistent, well-defined policy for handling the release of a new Internet Explorer version. Two weeks after the final code is released to the web (RTW), it first appears on Windows Update. This is a staged rollout that goes first to Internet Explorer users who previously installed a pre-release version. Over the course of the next few weeks, it’s rolled out to a larger number of Windows users, and it should be generally available within two or three months of that RTW date.
Even then, though, the new browser is not automatically installed without your explicit consent. Although it is listed as an Important update, it is not selected for download. You have to visit Windows Update manually and click a check box to download it and start the installation process manually and accept a license agreement. That’s a far cry from Microsoft “pushing” IE9 onto your PC.
Where can I download the final IE9 version?
You can get it from Microsoft’s official download site. Choose your language, specify which Windows version you’re running (32-bit or 64-bit), and click Download.
I’m confused about the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Internet Explorer. Which one do I need?
If you’re confused, join the club. Here’s the short explanation:
You should choose the installer that matches your version of Windows. For all Windows versions, regardless of whether they’re 32-bit or 64-bit, the setup program installs a 32-bit version of IE9 and makes that the default choice when you launch Internet Explorer. If you’re running 64-bit Windows, use the 64-bit installer. It installs the 32-bit IE code and also installs a 64-bit browser.
Even on 64-bit Windows, the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer is the default. For most users, that’s the correct configuration. Using the 32-bit browser is preferable, primarily because most add-ins aren’t available in 64-bit versions yet. (Adobe’s Flash Player, for example, is available as a beta release, code-named “Square.” It has not been updated since last November, whereas the shipping 32-bit version was updated in March 2011 to address critical security issues.)
Can I install over the IE9 beta or Release Candidate?
Yes, that is a fully supported installation scenario. You don’t have to uninstall pre-release builds. If you were running any interim builds, however, I strongly recommend uninstalling those builds first.
I’m running IE9, but I’m not sure whether it’s the Release Candidate or the final version. How can I tell the difference?
To check the version, click the Tools button (the “gear” icon) in the top right of the browser window, and then click About Internet Explorer.
The final version should say RTM.

How do I uninstall IE9? It’s not in the list of installed programs.
That’s because it’s considered an update to Windows, not a program. To find the uninstall link, open Control Panel, go to Programs and Features, and click View Installed Updates. (You can also type Installed Updates in the Start menu search box to find a direct link.) Scroll down to the Microsoft Windows section to locate the update. Or, to skip the scrolling, click in the search box and type Internet; that should filter the list to show the Windows Internet Explorer 9 link. Click that link and then click Uninstall. You’ll need to restart your system to complete the uninstall process, after which your previous version of Internet Explorer (IE8, if you use Windows 7) will be available.

Toshiba unloads Tecra, Portege ultra-slim laptops with Sandy Bridge CPUs

Toshiba has rolled out several new notebooks under the Tecra and Portégé brands, which happen to be “the thinnest Toshiba business laptops ever made.”
Besides the slim exteriors, all of the new Toshiba laptops mentioned here share a number of other similar specs, including:

• Second-generation Intel Core processor options
• High-speed 7200 RPM hard drives or a 128GB solid state drive
• Optional AMD Radeon discrete graphics with 1GB of dedicated graphics memory
• Intel AMT 7.0
• 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth v3.0 + EDR
• Connectivity: USB 3.0, eSATA/USB combo, DisplayPort *or* HDMI, ExpressCard, Gigabit Ethernet and docking connectors.
• Support Intel Wireless Display

For businesspeople on-the-go, the Portégé R830 is dubbed as the “ultraportable” choice. Built with a magnesium alloy casing with a honeycomb structure, the R830 weighs 3.1 pounds and measures about one inch thin. Toshiba boasts that this model is the “world’s lightest 13.3-inch full-performance ultraportable laptop” with an integrated DVD drive.
Continuing on, the Tecra notebooks are a bit larger but still ready for the road with a fiberglass‐reinforced casing with a honeycomb rib structure. The 14-inch Tecra R840 (pictured above) is 25% thinner and 20% lighter than its predecessor, and users can squeeze up to 11 hours of battery life after each charge with this machine. The 15.6-inch Tecra R850 (pictured right, below) also measures about an inch thin and weighs 5.3 pounds. However, this one only manages seven hours of battery time on a single charge. Both Tecra models sport HD LED-Backlit widescreen displays.
Available immediately, pricing ranges based on the configuration selected by the customer, but here’s a scale for reference:

• Tecra R840: $899.00 to $1,479.00
• Tecra R850: $879.00 to $1,399.00
• Portégé R830: $1,049.00 to $1,649.00

These notebooks are intended for business purposes, but there is a consumer edition of the Portégé R830 that starts at $888.99 with a 640GB hard drive. Most of the same specs are still onboard (including USB 3.0), but it lacks an ExpressCard slot and docking capabilities.

Acer introduces two new 3D desktop LCD monitors, including 27-inch LED-backlit display with HDMI 3D support

While there haven’t been as many PC monitors that have made the leap to 3D as there have been sets in the HDTV realm, the future of computer displays is probably in three dimensions as well. Acer is doing its part to bring about that transition by launching two new LCDs that offer 3D capabilities.
If you want a monitor that can substitute for a full-fledged 3D HDTV, the HN274H (pictured above) not only supports Nvidia 3D Vision for computer gaming, but also HDMI 3D, which means you can hook up a 3D-compatible Blu-ray player or a TV set-top box to watch movies or programming in 3D. The 27-inch LED-backlit display comes with three HDMI ports in total, along with a pair of Nvidia active-shutter 3D glasses.
A step-down version is the 23.6-inch HS244HQ, which lacks Nvidia 3D vision support and LED backlighting, but still is HDMI 3D compatible and includes a pair of Acer 3D glasses. Like the HN274H, this LCD offers 1,920×1,080 “full HD” resolution, 120Hz refresh rates, and 2ms response time.
Both monitors are available now, with the HN274H priced at $689 and the HS2344HQ costing $449.

Why won't Internet Explorer 10 run on Windows Vista?

It might seem impossible to believe, but Windows Vista is drawing to the end of its short, unhappy life. Under Microsoft’s official product lifecycle, the mainstream support phase for Windows Vista will end in less than one year, on April 10, 2012—five years, two months, and 16 days after it became generally available on January 25, 2007. (For business editions, there’s an extended support period that lasts another five years, guaranteeing security updates until 2017.)
I don’t expect there to be any great outcry when Vista fades away. But knowing that end-of-life date helps answer one mystery that puzzled some Microsoft watchers this week. Why does the platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 throw up an error message if you try to run it on Windows Vista? Maybe it’s because, if the newly announced browser follows the same development schedule as IE9, its scheduled ship date will be a year from now—after Windows Vista is retired.
Decoding Microsoft’s cryptic product support lifecycle isn’t easy. Even experienced Microsoft watchers sometimes get tripped up by the many conditions that apply. Service packs and browsers complicate the issue even more.  Here’s why.
As the Microsoft Support Lifecycle blog helpfully explained in a 2009 post, Internet Explorer is a “component.” That distinction is important in terms of support dates:

Under the Support Lifecycle policy, we support components with the product or service pack that it shipped for. … Internet Explorer is considered as a component of the operating system (OS) for which it was released. The support timelines for IE are inherited from the OS and its associated service packs. Basically, this means that the versions of Internet Explorer that shipped for a specific OS or service pack will be supported with the support lifecycle of the OS or service pack.

As per the policy, we will not end support [for] previous versions of Internet Explorer on supported operating system versions.

When Windows Vista shifts into its extended support phase next year, that also means the end of the line for any version of Internet Explorer that was released for it. Because the extended support phase lasts another five years, you don’t have to worry about security updates for Windows Vista and its supported browsers—even Internet Explorer 7. But you won’t get anything new.
It’s possible, of course, that Microsoft will allow the final version of IE 10 to install on Windows Vista. But it’s also reasonable for them to push web developers to test its platform previews on the latest and greatest Windows, which will be around until January, 2015.
I’m assuming (reasonably, I think) that Windows 8 will still be several months away from its official release when April 2012 rolls around, If that’s true, it means that Microsoft will, at least briefly, have only one version of Windows that it’s actively supporting.