The launch party confetti and the champagne glasses have been barely cleaned after Microsoft’s launch of Windows 8 and the software giant is reportedly already working on a follow up for the OS. Considering the high stakes involved, this is not surprising. After all, Microsoft views Windows 8 as its biggest chance at staying relevant [...]
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Recently launched Firefox 17 offers greater social integration
Yes, Firefox is still around and it is still kicking butt and taking names. It is definitely encouraging for old school Firefox fans to know that their beloved browser has a new version out, Firefox 17. Why am I writing as if Firefox is on the way out? Well, if you have been paying attention [...]
Wall Street Not Sold on The New Windows 8
Microsoft has been a publicly traded company going on three decades now. For much of that time, it wasn’t a smart move to bet against the software giant from Redmond, Washington. Indeed, betting against the company that manufactured the operating software most of the world’s computers ran on was a sure way to lose money. [...]
Windows 8 Boots 50% Faster Than Windows 7
One of the most annoying features of any computing device is the amount of time you have to wait until the device boots up. This is an especially annoying hassle when you are dealing with mobile devices. That is why if you have not noticed, many smart phones boot up relatively quickly. It is because [...]
Google takes a page off Microsoft’s Game Plan with Metro-style Chrome for Windows 8
You are probably too young to remember Apple’s lawsuit against Microsoft where the Cupertino-based hardware maker accused the software behemoth of stealing the ‘look and feel’ of Windows from Apple’s GUI. Fast forward several decades and it is deja vu all over again. This time, there are no lawsuits (so far) and this time it [...]
Microsoft’s Ballmer predicts half a billion Windows 8 users in 2013
Amid a chorus of analysts predicting weak Windows 8 adoption in 2012, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, has a rosier forecast. Despite analyst’s projections that Windows 8 will flop and lower PC sales, Microsoft’s head honcho boldly predicts that the new OS will rack up sales of, at a minimum, 500 million units by the close [...]
Microsoft says infection rates for Vista have risen
It is not like nobody has seen this coming. Microsoft has withdrawn support for Service Pack 1 of its ill-fated Windows Vista and as a result, the much complained about OS has registered a 17% increased risk of malware infection. The risk factor is a comparative percentage measured against the much beloved Windows XP (SP3). [...]
Simple Windows 8 system improves parental monitoring
Previous parental monitoring systems can be quite complicated-specially for adults who aren’t very technical-oriented. Hilarious as it may be, it would not be surprising to imagine a parent asking his kid to install a complicated parental monitoring system so he can supervise the kid’s computer activities. If Microsoft is right, with Windows 8, parents will [...]
Microsoft plays Whack A Mole with 20 bug patch release
Microsoft’s been quite busy lately. You would be too if you had to release 23 security fixes in May and the month is not even halfway over. Moreover, the security patches covered a wide range of the Redmond WA software giant’s portfolio of operating systems and applications. All told, the 23 security patches were covered [...]
Microsoft gets ready to patch up MAPP leak exploits
Last March, Microsoft suffered an information leak with its Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) which led to a few threats that exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) functionality. Microsoft blames its Chinese technology partner Hangzhou DPTech Technologies for the leak. According to its post on the TechNet blog, Microsoft’s director of Trustworthy [...]