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Article | 28/04/2009 Mozilla might drop Firefox support for Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger'

Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Mac OS X 10.4 after it ships the successor to Firefox 3.5 in 2010, according to ongoing discussions.

Article | 28/04/2009 Windows 7's virtual 'XP mode' could mean support nightmares

Microsoft Corp.'s decision to give some Windows 7 users a tool to run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine may have been necessary to convince...

Article | 27/04/2009 Leaked Windows 7 Release Candidate hits the Web

Pirated copies of the Windows 7 Release Candidate have leaked to file-sharing sites, according to several reports on the Internet and searches of BitT...

Article | 24/04/2009 Dell cuts take-away repairs

Dell has scrapped its return-to-base warranty services for on-premises support.

Article | 24/04/2009 Researchers show how to take control of Windows 7

Security researchers demonstrated how to take control of a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system at the Hack In The Box Sec...

Article | 22/04/2009 Microsoft executive sees rise of tablets, 'room computer'

Technology that changes how people give commands to computers could make touch-based PCs more popular and transform the traditional desktop into a "ro...

Article | 22/04/2009 Microsoft to retire Mac Office 2004 in six months

Microsoft will drop Office 2004 for Mac from its support list in six months, the company confirmed Tuesday.

Article | 21/04/2009 Windows 7 will nag users 29% less often, Microsoft claims

One of the most hated features of Windows Vista will be seen a third less often by users of the upcoming Windows 7, a Microsoft executive promised Mon...

Article | 20/04/2009 Antitrust regulators won't scrutinize post-Windows 7 OS

Federal and state regulators have struck a deal with Microsoft that any version of Windows released after May 2011 will not be subject to the scrutiny...

Article | 20/04/2009 Dell's outlet stores go down in US and UK

Some of Dell's online outlet stores, where it sells refurbished PCs, were unable to process orders Saturday due to an apparent technical error.

Article | 17/04/2009 Microsoft backtracks, says Office 2010 beta will be public

Microsoft Thursday promised that it would provide at least one public beta to Office 2010, saying that its assertion to the contrary Wednesday was "th...

Article | 17/04/2009 Mac U.S. sales fall year-to-year for first time since '03

Apple's Mac sales in the U.S. fell last quarter compared to the same period the year before, the first time the company has posted a year-to-year slid...

Article | 16/04/2009 Businesses wary of Windows 7 after Vista flop

A new survey has found that the majority of IT staff don't plan to upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year, after Vista's failure to win hearts and mind...

Article | 16/04/2009 Can Microsoft count on inertia to spur Office 2010 upgrades

Habits, once ingrained, are hard to break. Just ask any smoker -- or the 250 million people that have bought Microsoft Office.

Article | 16/04/2009 PC shipments fell less than expected in Q1, IDC says

PC shipments declined less than expected in the first quarter, propped up by consumers' continuing interest in low-cost netbooks, IDC said in a report...

Article | 15/04/2009 Mozilla ponders dropping Firefox support for Win2K, early XP

Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Windows 2000 and the earliest versions of XP when it ships the follow-up to Firefox 3.5 in 2010, onl...

Article | 11/04/2009 Analyst: Microsoft's 'Apple Tax' claims are 'stupid'

Microsoft Corp.'s claim that customers pay a US$3,400 "Apple Tax" when they buy Macs rather than Windows-based PCs is "silly" and "stupid," an analyst...

Article | 11/04/2009 Microsoft to update Office 2007 this month

Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday that it will start pushing Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) to customers this month.

Article | 14/04/2009 Microsoft moving XP into reduced-support phase on Tuesday

As planned, Microsoft Corp. will drop Windows XP out of what it calls "mainstream support" Tuesday, the company confirmed Monday.

Article | 9/04/2009 Keyboard blocks typos

A keyboard with tactile error prevention prevents users from making typing errors.