The end of Windows XP has begun
In 96 days after this writing, Microsoft will end all support for Windows XP. The company has made the April 8 deadline abundantly clear, and it seems people are getting the message. The latest figures...
View ArticleWhy April 9th might be IT's worst day of 2014
Microsoft officially ends support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 on April 8. April 9 might be the worst day of the year for you, if not your life. Here's why.
View ArticleWhy can't Microsoft find a CEO?
It's been more than four months since Steve Ballmer announced his plans to retire and we still don't have any white smoke coming from the chimney, figuratively speaking. Now, we weren’t promised a fast...
View ArticleReport claims Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked
WZOR, the Russian gossip source with a lengthy, accurate track record Windows scoops, recently leaked a purported summer update to Windows 8.1 that at this point shows very little change. Many were...
View ArticleNew Windows 9 rumors confirm the old Windows 9 rumors
The Windows blogosphere lit up like a Christmas tree yesterday at the report from Paul Thurrott, one of the top Microsoft watchers out there, that Windows 9 was looking to be a clean break from the...
View ArticleSecurity nightmare worsens for Windows XP's end of days
UPDATE: Microsoft has since extended the deadline for end of support for Security Essentials through July 14, 2015, giving XP users an extra year an extra 15 months of security protection. ---
View ArticlePrediction: Windows 9 will hit the market in 2014
So the conventional wisdom now is that Threshold, the codenamed next major update to Windows, will be branded Windows 9 to lose the taint of unlucky 8 (ironic, since 8 is considered a lucky number by...
View ArticleATMs could be compromised when Windows XP support ends
If you think getting your father or elder family member to upgrade their old XP PC is tough ("Why?” they ask. "It works just fine," they say.), imagine what the banks face. They will be hit hard by the...
View ArticleDid Microsoft reach into your PC to stomp a botnet?
Microsoft took down yet another botnet, but its method for doing so many not sit well with a lot of people, as the company removed software from their computers without their knowledge.
View ArticleMicrosoft's long, messy, occasionally clumsy CEO search is about to end
Credit: REUTERS/Marcus R. Donner Microsoft could be ready to announce a new CEO within the next week, and it looks to be an insider, after the lengthy outsider search failed to produce results.
View ArticleWhat Satya Nadella should do as CEO
Microsoft ended its long, tortured CEO search yesterday by choosing an insider after looking at a half dozen or more outsiders. Satya Nadella, the 20-year veteran who came to Microsoft from Sun...
View ArticleA once-great app for iTunes bites the dust
UPDATED: Late last year I slapped around TuneUp Media for completely botching the 3.0 release of its excellent TuneUp software, which helped clean up and organize your music library in iTunes, fixing...
View ArticleEven as a top target, Microsoft's security is impressive
Despite having four PC operating systems to support (which will be reduced to three in two months), three server operating systems, and a smartphone OS, not to mention a lot of popular apps, Microsoft...
View ArticleLeaked release dates shed light on Microsoft's Windows 9 plans
The Russian super sleuth continues his stream of updates on a nearing 8.1 update and the release of Windows 9. Maybe it's a good thing Microsoft is in a bit of chaos right now, because it's leakier...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Sony team up to kill GameStop
We live in a world of transition from solid media to digital distribution. There's no mistaking that. From Netflix to Steam to iTunes, physical media is rapidly falling out of favor, at least among the...
View ArticleBreaking down Microsoft's Mobile World Congress announcements (so far)
The smartphone world is gathering in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Conference show, and while Microsoft and Nokia will be there, there won't be any new hardware shown. However, that...
View ArticleNo hard feelings, Alan? Ford reportedly will dump Microsoft's Sync
Ford Motor, the company whose CEO was the discussion of furious speculation as a potential CEO for Microsoft, is set to dump Microsoft's Sync software used to control the in-car system due to poor...
View ArticleA graphics library war is a win for everybody
For a while, it was looking like the graphics libraries for Windows were being left behind. Microsoft had not updated DirectX in a major way since DirectX 11 came out in 2008, while the Khronos Group,...
View ArticleNearly all apps are vulnerable in some way, report says
Cenzic, a developer of application security assessment tools, has published a report (PDF) that claims 96% of all apps tested showed at least one security issue, ranging from poor programming practices...
View ArticleA wish list for Windows 9
I have to give Reddit some credit for becoming the place where people make amazing admissions. The Ask Me Anything (AMA) threads are always interesting, fascinating and sometimes shocking. A few weeks...
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