PC

Microsoft to Plug DirectX And ActiveX Holes

Microsoft is prepping fixes for vulnerabilities in the DirectShow and Video ActiveX Control components as part of July's Patch Tuesday

15 years ago

Bing Grew Fast In June

Microsoft Bing grew to more than five percent of the US online search market during its first month - clocking…

15 years ago

PecoBOO Keeps Eye On Display Power Management

A new face detection software tool aims to save energy by switching off a PC's display if it senses the…

15 years ago

Microsoft Promotes New President Before Windows 7 Launch

Microsoft has named Steven Sinofsky, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, president of the Windows Division, just ahead of the Windows 7…

15 years ago

Google Chrome OS: Five Pros And Five Cons

How will Google's Chrome operating system compete with the likes of Microsoft? Eric Lundquist lists five reasons why the Chrome…

15 years ago

Analysts Mixed On Chrome OS Impact On Windows

Analysts say they need to see more of the Linux-based Chrome OS before they believe it will eventually prove disruptive…

15 years ago

Asian Developers Catch Cloud Computing Bug

Developers in the Asia Pacific region are increasingly moving to cloud computing, according to a recent survey

15 years ago

Microsoft Aiming to Settle EU Antitrust Cases

Microsoft is reportedly in talks to resolve two separate antitrust cases with EU regulators before the EU commissioner for competition…

15 years ago

Google Launches its Chrome OS

Google has introduced its new Google Chrome OS, an operating system project separate from Android and targeted at PCs

15 years ago

Zero Day Attack Targets Internet Explorer Users

A previously unknown vulnerability exploiting an ActiveX component in Internet Explorer targeting XP and Windows 2003 users is spreading across…

15 years ago

Microsoft Keeps C# and CLI Community Promise

Microsoft is keeping its Community Promise to open up its C# language and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) to developers

15 years ago

Reputation Technology Debuts In Symantec’s Norton Beta

Symantec unveils reputation-based technology codenamed ‘Quorum' in the latest versions of Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus

15 years ago

Microsoft Prepares For Summer IE8 Enterprise Push

Microsoft will push Internet Explorer 8 out to the enterprise in August as part of its Windows Server Update Services

15 years ago

Report: Enterprise PC Lifecycle Should Last Three Years

The cost of keeping an old PC instead of upgrading to a new one is impacting businesses around the world,…

15 years ago

Hacker Releases iPhone 3GS Unlocking Tool For Windows

The same hacker to unlock Apple's first iPhone has struck again with an iPhone 3GS tool currently available for Windows…

15 years ago

Unifying Communications to Weather The Economic Storm

While the focus during this recession may have turned to green IT and virtualisation for IT savings, Michael Bayer of…

15 years ago

Keeping Up With The Demand For Flexible Working

The modern flexible worker is more demanding than ever, says Mark Dixon. He's just overhauled the technology in his chain…

15 years ago

Windows 7 Pricing Confuses, While Apple Keeps It Simple

Microsoft has announced a confusing pricing scheme for its new Windows 7 OS while, Apple is keeping it simple with…

15 years ago

Northumbria University Gets Wyse to Sustainable IT

A major new deployment of energy efficient thin client computers complements campus green-building design features as part of an environmental…

15 years ago

Firefox 3.5 Armed with Privacy Controls

Mozilla adds new privacy features to the latest version of Firefox in response to features in Internet Explorer 8, Apple…

15 years ago

Cisco Pushes Beyond Traditional Roots To Challenge HP, IBM

Cisco chief John Chambers has pointed to new sectors it will either enter or grow in, bringing it into even…

15 years ago

Researcher Discovers Theft Of 88,000 FTP Credentials

A Trojan which stole 88,000 FTP credentials may have been in action for more than two years, say researchers

15 years ago

Microsoft To Open Green Cloud Dublin, Chicago Data Centres

Microsoft plans to roll out two new data centres in Dublin and Chicago in July, preparing for increased demand for…

15 years ago

SMBs Will Be The Dominant Market In The Cloud, Says Parallels

Head of automation and virtualisation software company, Parallels is betting big on the cloud. But Serguei Beloussov says operating system…

15 years ago

Microsoft Moves Into Energy Metering

New online application beta aims to help US consumers track, understand and reduce home energy usage.

15 years ago

Gartner Predicts PC Shipment Growth Upturn in Fourth Quarter

Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and…

15 years ago

Europeans And Businesses Will Pay A High Price For Windows 7

Windows 7 will cost up to twice as much in Europe - partly because it does not include a browser.…

15 years ago

Microsoft Taking No Chances, Cuts Price Of Windows 7

Microsoft plans price cuts, free upgrades and other incentives to spread Windows 7 to as many users as possible once…

16 years ago

Bing Generates Bling For Microsoft

Microsoft's paid clicks increased by around 15 percent in the first two weeks of Bing's release, Efficient Frontier says

16 years ago

Windows Security Essentials – Why Morro Might Shame Microsoft

Morro - now known as Windows Security Essentials - is a security update, and yet another admission from Microsoft that…

16 years ago