Speech Recognition: It's never been done before? I beg to differ. That was the first result after googling "Speech Recognition Programs". Not innovative. Next.
Built into the OS? Allowing you to control your OS via speech commands? What else does this? Nothing. Innovative.
Defender: Nothing? I had to build pf into my kernel. You lose. Building something into the kernel is not innovative, especially when it's a security mechanism. It's been done before, Warrior. That is, building security tools into the kernel. Next.
Having them interact into the kernel and work together with the program execution. Regardless of how many times the feature itself has been done, it's never been implemented at this level. Until you provide some sort of link or something it's innovation. Next.
PlayForSure: I *quote* your description now, "Portable music devices that display the PlaysForSure logo will seamlessly connect to your Windows Vista-based PC as soon as you plug them in. There's no need to load any third-party software or drivers." I seamlessly plugged my iPod into my computer and had to install NO drivers. I had to move music onto an MP3 player my mom purchased, and it took no drivers OR software to do it. It seems M$ is just trying to start a new standard, which I guess is a good thing, since I've only found a few things that required no software/drivers.
That's exactly the point, the standard for communication is the innovation. For example, a mouse was innovative when it was released. However the standard unifying all mouses were innovative as well.
XPS: If you say so, I guess I will view the video.
Really you should, it's really nice.
Restart Manager: Haha, I love the personal attack, stating nothing I said is valid anymore. All I said is I don't have to reboot for majority of my updates. This software allows you to not reboot for the majority of your updates.. Thus, it has been done before, and is not innovative. Next.
I said that because you're mixing what you think or need from something with it's innovation. However on this if what you say is true then I'll give this to you.
Power Management: I want to see how it's new. Show me exactly what it does that's new (links, please).
The way it manages the power according the specifications there are on your computer. Everything here was taking
directly off the Vista website. Go to I didn't want to quote their entire article. Every header I quoted there is a more detailed explination.