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Article | 14/07/2009 Microsoft aims Windows Embedded at smartbooks
Microsoft plans to use Windows Embedded to combat rival operating systems in smartbooks and a number of other devices meant to always be connected to ...
Article | 14/07/2009 Survey says most companies won't deploy Windows 7
Nearly six in 10 companies have no current plans to deploy Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, due for release in October, according to a ...
Article | 10/07/2009 VirtualBox 3.0: An easy way to mix and match operating systems
Whether you prefer Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X, you can probably get almost everything you need done with your chosen OS. However, sometimes a task de...
Article | 25/06/2009 Windows installs updates without permission, researchers say
Windows is installing "surprise updates" against the wishes of some users, who have expressly set up the operating system not to deploy patches withou...
Article | 23/06/2009 Exploits of unpatched Windows bug will jump, says Symantec
An exploit of a still-unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 has been added to a multi-strike attack toolkit, Symantec said l...
Article | 16/06/2009 Android an alternative to Windows in netbooks, says Gartner
Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand...
Article | 12/06/2009 Microsoft to sell Windows 7 in Europe without a browser
Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer in Europe, in an effort by Microsoft to offer the product on time and without running afoul of competiti...
Article | 10/06/2009 Microsoft sets record with huge Windows, IE, Office update
Microsoft today issued 10 security updates that patched a record 31 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Excel, Word, Windows Search an...
Article | 22/05/2009 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more)
Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript?
Article | 22/05/2009 Survey: Even Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees
Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obstacle...
Article | 20/05/2009 New Windows netbooks may harbor malware
After discovering attack code on a brand new Windows XP netbook, antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs warned users yesterday that they should scan virgin s...
Article | 18/05/2009 Microsoft, analysts tell companies to kill Vista plans
The Microsoft executive in charge of Windows urged some companies this week to dump Vista deployment plans and shift to Windows 7, the operating syste...
Article | 1/05/2009 Netbook pioneer to stick with Windows in 2009
Asustek Computer (Asus) plans to continue using Microsoft Windows OSs in its popular Eee PC netbooks this year despite widespread interest in alternat...
Article | 14/04/2009 1 in 5 Windows PCs still hackable by Conficker
Although the media blitz about the Conficker worm prompted a significant number of enterprise users to finally fix a six-month-old Windows bug, about ...
Article | 7/03/2009 Microsoft confirms IE8 kill switch in Windows 7
Microsoft Friday confirmed that users will be able to remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), as well as several other integrated applications, from Windows...