Microsoft has announced that it will shut down the online servers for the PC version of Halo 2 on Feb. 15th, due to the current low amount of players on its servers. More...

Vaporware; the products that just keep getting delayed, and then disappears; the tech industry's full of it, and this week's Trivia Tuesday is delving into the anticlimactic world of vaporware. More...

If you're currently running an older version of Windows and want to upgrade to Windows 8 when it's released, you might want to look at Amazon.com's upgrade deal. More...

Adobe announced that Photoshop CS6 is the last version to support Windows XP. The once so popular operating system isn't modern enough, because the next Photoshop will bring more GPU acceleration More...

Windows XP continues to get TLC as evidenced in a recent update for Facebook Messenger for Windows. Where it previously only supported Windows 7, now it can be installed on XP and Vista. Yay? More...

Microsoft has just announced Microsoft Office 2013 and that the new platform will not support Vista or XP. The drop of Vista and XP shows that Microsoft is pushing users towards Windows 7 and 8. More...

It's the weekend again! In this week's poll we want to know whether you were a fan of Microsoft's Windows Vista, despite the many issues that plagued people who were upgrading from Windows XP More...

Microsoft has quietly extended consumer support for Windows Vista to April 2017, adding an extra five years into the Extended Support phase. Previously there was not going to be extended Vista support More...

Online stats has shown that Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP as the worlds most used operating system. The news comes a few weeks after Microsoft confirmed that XP will end-of life in 2014. More...

NVIDIA ForceWare software unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Delivering a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games... More...

Microsoft's official support for its Windows Vista operating system with the first service pack has now officially ended. As noted on the Windows support web site, the official support for that version of the OS... More...

Vista's Service Pack 1 will exit all support on July 12, this month's Patch Tuesday. According to Computer World, that will be last time security updates will be issued for the aging operating system. Microsoft... More...

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the company's latest browser, Internet Explorer 10, will not be available for Vista users. Just a day after announcing the Platform Preview for IE10, Vista users will not be able... More...

Microsoft is set to release a record breaking Patch Tuesday that contains 17 bulletins, fixing 64 vulnerabilities, according to the advanced notification. Microsoft patches security holes and vulnerabilities in all of their software products on... More...

Microsoft has issued an advanced security notification for the month of March 2011. Patch Tuesday, as nicknamed by Microsoft, where the company releases the latest security patches for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft... More...

Someone on Youtube calling himself TheRasteri, with some time on his hands took it upon himself to test the ability to upgrade Windows from 1.0 through to 7. Not all Windows versions were used, and... More...

Windows Vista had a rough start when it first launched. While there were many reasons for the instability of the platform that were fixed with service pack updates, the platform brand image never recovered. If you... More...

It was 4 years ago today that Windows Vista was released to manufacturing. Little did we know then that Vista would soon become a scar on Microsoft's record and would be quickly over shadowed by... More...

Over the last year, IE6 marketshare has fallen by 6% in the US, from 11.47% to 4.74%. Back in March, Neowin reported that a funeral was held for IE6 where Microsoft even sent flowers... More...

It’s not every day that you hear the CEO of a major corporation admit that they wasted time on a product. But Steve Ballmer did just that when talking about Windows Vista. Ballmer stated... More...

Microsoft is releasing "Fix It Center", a tool that allows users to quickly solve their PC problems by letting Windows do everything for them. This tool, currently in beta, will be available to anyone using... More...

If you are waiting for a good opportunity to upgrade to Windows 7, now would be a good time to do so. Support for Windows Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2)... More...

It’s well known now that Windows 7 has made a big splash in the operating system market, surpassing all expectations of consumers and even Microsoft. There is also another interesting surprise, and that is... More...

MinWin strikes back Economic downturn invites enterprises to define their goals anew. In this day and age it's crucial to have a road map and strictly adhere to it. Microsoft is doing some soul-searching, thus... More...

Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is... More...

Sytexis software have released new version of PlayClaw - game video capture tool. This new version have minor improvements and new important feature - Windows Vista CoreAudio capture. It means that PlayClaw can capture audio... More...

Even after the release of Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft won't be quick to ditch Vista according to Computer World. Microsoft plans to continue selling Vista until January 2011. However, they will drop support... More...

According to Silicon Valley Insider, former Microsoft employee and leading light for Windows Vista has turned his hands to matters of a more musical nature. His new record Enigma, released on iTunes this past... More...

NVIDIA nForce Driver Version: 15.26 Release Date: March 16, 2009 Operating Systems: Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Ethernet Driver (v67.89) WHQL Network Management Tools (v67.96) "Sedona" ... More...

Last week we had a rumor that Windows Vista SP2 RC was released to select testers. It turns out that it might be just a notification from Microsoft a week ahead that RC is done... More...

As usual we have something to give away to all our members worldwide, Windows Vista Ultimate (RED) Edition. Vista (RED) is enhanced with (PRODUCT) RED wallpapers, gadgets, and a unique screen saver and DreamScene. For... More...

TechARP predicted last month that RC-Escrow build of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 will be released between the dates Jan 26-30 and the RC build between the dates Feb 16-20. The RC... More...

As Windows 7 gets ready for its next release, it could be already hurting Vista's remaining chances with businesses and organizations. Microsoft has started to push Vista to its corporate customers. Earlier this month Microsoft... More...

If you're an IT professional and currently using Microsoft's Service Pack Blocker, the software giant recently announced that the current blocks for Vista SP1 and XP SP3 are going to expire in a few months.... More...

Ars Technica reports that Microsoft has sent out the RC-Escrow build of SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to testers. An email has been sent to SP2 testers regarding this release. The RC-Escrow... More...

Tech ARP reports that Windows Vista SP2 might be delayed until March. Microsoft will deliver a Release Candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 in March and not in February. Also, Microsoft will send the... More...

As Microsoft diligently prepares to launch Windows 7 it will be working hard to fix all the holes in the OS before its launch; one hole that has yet to be fixed is an exploit... More...

So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric... More...

After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1... More...

After some positive feedback from customers about last month's customer interview with City of Miami, The Windows Blog has come out with another Windows Vista customer insight. The Windows Blog interviews Mike Calabrese, Senior IT... More...

If you install the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) expecting to see visible changes to your version of Vista, you'll be sorely disappointed. At least in this initial beta, all the changes... More...

Microsoft Asia Pacific has responded to researchers' claims that enterprise chief information officers "have not warmed to the Vista operating system over the past year." The northern hemisphere researchers said that the CIOs they recently... More...

Mike Nash announced that this week Microsoft is opening up the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta to a broader audience. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to... More...

Citing a source at Microsoft, Techarp has revealed that Microsoft is targeting a release candidate (RC) version of Windows Vista SP2 for February 2009. Microsoft sent invites to testers in mid October asking them to... More...

Contary to what Product Marketing Manager for Windows, Ben Basaric had to say earlier in the week, it is now confirmed DirectX 11 (the latest API collection) will be built into Windows 7. DirectX 11... More...

Many will remember a few years back before the launch of Vista, Microsoft decided to tout some PC's as Vista capable. This seemed an innocent and easy way to boost sales but what happened... More...

Windows Vista's biggest problem during its release was that most of the devices didn't work due to the lack of driver support from many OEMs/vendors (at that time) . ApcMag reports that Microsoft is... More...

Microsoft have made available build v6002-16497 of Service Pack 2 for both Windows Vista and Server 2008 to testers late last night. The bits show a compile date of October 17th and weigh in on... More...

Microsoft has begun to release some details on the enhancements that they intend to bring with Windows Vista Service Pack 2. As we reported on Neowin last week, Microsoft has released an early beta build... More...