Many Windows Vista users feel they were unpaid beta testers and that Microsoft has used their time and their error reporting with Vista, to help them produce Windows 7. I agree! In fact, many people have suggested that Windows 7 should have been rolled out as a Service pack for Vista.
Here’s why…
Wordpress users, who have not already upgraded to the latest version (2.8.4) are vulnerable to a serious, active security threat. Respected Wordpress blogger Lorelle, explains that there are two clues you should look for, to see if your Wordpress blog has already been attacked.
The marketplace has been asking for a single version of Windows for a long time. After all, this approach works fine for other operating systems.
However, even though people have been demanding a single OS since the first beta of Windows 7, it’s not going to happen. That’s right, instead of using the launch of Windows 7 as a chance to give their users what they want, Microsoft decided to create 6 different editions of the same OS, all differently priced too.
Firefox passes the billion download milestone. Since its release in 2004, over 1 billion people have now downloaded a version of the Firefox browser. Well, kind of.
That ‘billion’ figure also includes people who manually update to each news version rather than auto-update – but it’s still a very impressive figure.
Businesspeople are an unforgiving bunch! Just because Microsoft released Windows Vista before it was finished and with limited driver support for their office machines, the majority of corporates have stuck with Windows XP. Vista is on just 12% of business desktops!
Today is the launch our new blog design! However, it’s not just the look of the blog that’s changing! We shall also be bringing you more tech news than ever before and have introduced a new “social media” news section too.
One of our readers sent in the following quote, from the Terms of Use on CNET’s website.
“We do not guarantee the accuracy, the integrity, or the quality of the content on our sites, and you may not rely on any of this content.” You have to love the lawyers…
Google has just announced a list of hardware manufacturers, that it’s working with on the new Chrome OS. Here they are…
The news keeps getting worse and worse for Phorm, the online behaviour tracking firm. After BT, the UK’s former state owned telco dropped plans to use Phorm, now UK ISP TalkTalk have done the same. Shares in Phorm have now dropped by over 50%!
Google has just announced that it is developing a brand new operating system, called Google Chrome OS. This is a separate project from Google Android. Here’s what you can expect – read on…
After 5 long years, the official Google blog has announced that Google Apps is finally out of beta. Google claims that the reason for removing the beta tag, is that businesses have been nervous about installing and relying on beta software.
Understandably, many Mac users are asking when will they finally get the chance to use Google’s Chrome browser. So, what’s going on?
According to Microsoft’s Senior Vice President, Bill Veghte, Windows 7 will be on sale and pre-installed on PC’s on 22nd October this year! Read on…
According to Microsoft insider Paul Thurrott’s blog, Microsoft has decided to do a U-turn and will now remove the “3 app cap” they placed on Windows 7 Starter Edition. Read on…
Ubuntu 9.4 has just been released and is available now for download. For those of you who like their software free of charge, free of virus’s and able to run on older / less powerful hardware; ubuntu 9.4 is worth well a look. Read on…
