Category Archives: Software News

Why Windows 7 should have been offered FREE to every Vista user!

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…

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Wordpress blogs under attack!

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.

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Is Microsoft deliberately trying to screw up Windows 7?

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.

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Firefox downloaded a billion times

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.

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“Windows Vista sucks” say business users

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!

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A new look for The Tech News Blog

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.

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This is funny – Cnet.com Terms of Use

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…

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Google Chrome OS hardware partners named

Google has just announced a list of hardware manufacturers, that it’s working with on the new Chrome OS. Here they are…

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Phorm dumped twice in a week – shares drop 50%

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%!

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Google announces new operating system – Google Chrome OS

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…

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Google Apps finally out of beta!

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.

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Google Chrome still not ready for the Mac

Understandably, many Mac users are asking when will they finally get the chance to use Google’s Chrome browser. So, what’s going on?

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Windows 7 to hit the shelves on 22nd October 2009

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…

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Windows 7 Starter Edition – 3 app limit to be removed?

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…

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Ubuntu 9.04 released!

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…

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