Time for Windows 7? Maybe not yet
With the release of Windows 7 a mere two months away, the likelihood that this latest version of Windows will allow Microsoft to completely ditch XP is looking shaky. A recent survey found that out of 5000 Windows XP users...
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With all the hype surrounding Windows 7, it’s easy to overlook some of the other members of the Windows family that Microsoft is working on. As well as seeing the release of Windows 7, October is due to see the...
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If you’ve looked at the connection statistics listed in your broadband router you’ve probably noticed that the actual connection speed you are receiving is far below what your ISP advertises. Sometimes what is supposed to be an 8Mbps connection can...
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A recent court case in the United States has thrown up a worrying verdict for Microsoft. It turns out that Word is illegal, and they’ve been ordered to stop selling it to US customers. The case resolves around a patent...
Continue reading full story (read 0 views times) Add a Comment - 0 users commented on this postBeware the Latest Online Scareware Threat
Scareware, in case you haven’t come across the term, is a type of malware that tries to make you believe there is a problem with your PC, and that you need to download expensive software from the scareware creators website...
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You’ve probably come across so-called distributed computing efforts, such as SETI@Home, where people contribute the spare processing power of their PC when they are not using it to solve some large scale problem, such as the search for extra terrestrial...
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You’ve probably heard about the huge growth in social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, that allow people to keep in touch with each other and post details of their most menial daily activities. We’ll well now some enterprising...
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Drive-by download attacks are the latest threat to plague web users. The term is used to describe malware and virus infections whereby your PC is infected simply by visiting a malicious webpage, without you actually having to click on any...
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The latest wacky invention to come out of Google’s research and development labs is called Google Squares, a cross between a normal web search and a spreadsheet. The tool is designed to organise data found through normal web searches in...
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The recession seems to be hitting Microsoft pretty hard, with them already laying off over 4000 staff since January. While this doesn’t seem to be hitting Microsoft’s flagship products, such as Windows and Office, yet, it has led to them...
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