PC

HP Widget Nags You To Switch Your PC Off

Power To Change initiative aims to encourage users to turn off PCs at night

15 years ago

Microsoft: Windows 2008 RC2 Will Improve Virtualisation

Microsoft is betting that Windows 7 and Windows 2008 RC2 server will be the substantial hits it needs to reverse…

15 years ago

Microsoft Sets Ship Date For Windows 7

Rumors abound that Windows 7 will also be ported onto mininotebooks, aka netbooks

15 years ago

XP Mode Could Make Windows 7 A Must-Have

Windows XP mode will be a major selling point for Windows 7- and it's the single feature that will make…

15 years ago

What Windows 7 Means … For Apple

With the annoying stuff from Vista removed and the ability to run a virtual instance of XP within Windows 7,…

15 years ago

Microsoft Allies Rally Against EU

An industry body partly funded by Microsoft has come to its defence

15 years ago

Bing! – A New Microsoft Search Engine

Despite Google's lead in search-engine market share, Microsoft hopes that a new and improved search experience will translate into a…

15 years ago

Romania Issues €100 Million To Microsoft Without Bids

Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists

15 years ago

Free Software To Become A Euro Election Issue

Free software pact gives supporters something better to vote on than disgust over MP's expenses

16 years ago

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open…

16 years ago

Microsoft Turns Down EC Antitrust Meeting

Microsoft has declined the European Commission's offer to hold a hearing on antitrust matters concerning its browser bundling

16 years ago

Opera Browser Doesn’t Need The iPhone, Says Von Tetzchner

The iPhone's effect on the mobile Internet is over-rated, says Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. What the whole world needs…

16 years ago

Windows 7’s XP Mode Could Boost Linux and The Mac

Window 7's XP Mode will get users used to the idea of desktop virtualisation - and make it easier for…

16 years ago

Windows 7: An End To the Anti-Virus Nightmare?

Anti-virus software is all rubbish, says Andrew Garcia. He's hoping that Windows 7's baked-in security could finally set him free…

16 years ago

Twitter Sparks Zune Phone Rumours

Microsoft has denied having a Zune-specific phone in the works, but attention-grabbing Tweets from a Microsoft account are saying otherwise

16 years ago

Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff

That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store

16 years ago

Windows Server 2008 R2: Better For Virtualisation

The new 64-bit-only Windows Server hosts a number of virtualisation improvements but migration may be problematic

16 years ago

Windows 7’s Costly Compatibility Issues

Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7

16 years ago

Office 2007 Service Pack 2: A Major Update

Tighter server integration keeps Office ahead of Linux/OpenOffice, but SP2 could create headaches for IT organisations.

16 years ago

Windows 7 Is More Secure Than XP

Companies can expect the next Windows to improve authentication, data protection, privilege levels, and more

16 years ago

Microsoft Bets on Premium Laptops, Not Netbooks, for Windows

Windows revenue may be down, but it will take more than that to make Microsoft embrace the netbook

16 years ago

Microsoft Feels the Heat with First Ever Revenue Decline

The global recession has brought Microsoft to a new first: a year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue.

16 years ago

Microsoft Developing Parallel Programming Language

Formerly known as “Maestro,” Axum is an incubation project that Microsoft is working on to help programmers tackle the issue…

16 years ago

Is It The End of the Road For Windows 2000?

With Windows XP entering Extended Support mode this week and Windows 2000 due to leave extended support on July 13…

16 years ago

Mac Share Goes Down – Again

We asked - could the recession help the Mac against the PC? The answer is no. Price pressure and the…

16 years ago

Whether OOXML Wins Or Not, Older MS Docs Aren’t Safe

Microsoft's OOXML formats are controversial - but the older Office formats will be a danger as security holes go unpatched,…

16 years ago

IBM, Red Hat and others Join EC Microsoft Case

A group of tech companies has joined the likes of Google, Opera and Mozzilla in the latest EC case against…

16 years ago

Stealthy Mebroot Rootkit Drills Into Windows

The new variant hooks itself deep within Windows to thwart efforts at spotting it

16 years ago

Microsoft Tries To Patch Hacker Holes

The latest security bulletins address issues being targeted by hackers in the wild, including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel and…

16 years ago

Windows 7 May Have XP Downgrade Option

Reports claim users will still have the option of downgrading to Windows XP from Windows 7 after the latter is…

16 years ago