A new piece of malware has been found which spreads through an innocent looking link on Skype. The malware is spreading at around 2,000 clicks per hour and uses the host computer to mine for Bitcoins. 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...
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...
Many people are familiar with the default Windows XP background. The rolling hills have almost become synonymous with computing. But who took it, and where did Microsoft find it? More...
We take a look at how Microsoft saw the future of tablets way back in 2002, as it readies a preview of Windows 8 running on a new Samsung built tablet at the upcoming BUILD conference. 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 XP, the stalwart OS that kept Microsoft chugging through the rollercoaster days of Windows Vista, will be officially taking versions of XP running SP2 off the patch schedule tomorrow. This comes as no surprise,... 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...
Microsoft will be extending the Windows XP downgrade option until 2011. While Microsoft has threatened to halt the option on numerous occasions, it has yet to set a date, write it in stone and... More...
Contrary to all the blog buzz, Microsoft hasn't extended OEM Windows XP "downgrade" licensing by another six months. What Microsoft has done is agree to provide OEMs with Windows XP media until June 30. Surely,... More...
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.... More...
Microsoft yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) under some circumstances. The warning was reminiscent of... More...
Microsoft has updated software that verifies whether a copy of Windows is genuine in its Windows XP Professional edition, making it similar to the notification in Windows Vista and thus more persistently visible to users.... More...
After much negotiations, and countless rumors, it is now official: OLPC's XO Laptop, will now be offered with Windows XP. Sales of the laptop will be offered to some countries in... More...
Microsoft has made a final decision to offer an edition of Windows Server 2003 for high performance computing (HPC). This edition will be specifically designed for customers running scalable, parallel computing workloads in vertical market... More...
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 15, 2003 -- It is only weeks since Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates outlined a vision for "seamless computing" at COMDEX Las Vegas 2003. But the technology breakthroughs behind... More...
Microsoft will pull the plugs on MSDN downloads of a range of products, including Windows 98, Office 2000, SQL Server 7 and NT Workstation, next Monday. These contain the polluted Java which, according to the... More...
Although job losses continue to hit the U.S. technology sector, the rate of the employment decline is slowing, the American Electronics Association (AEA) said Wednesday. Cyberstates 2003, an annual study by the AEA,... More...
Security issues identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) could allow an attacker to compromise systems with IE installed (even if IE is not used as the Web browser). For example, an attacker could run programs... More...
This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all previously released patches for Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0. In addition, it eliminates two newly discovered vulnerabilities: A buffer overrun vulnerability that... More...
With all the rumors, cover pics, etc pass along, the only official word on Half-Life 2 has been received by the guys at Shacknews. Although incredibly brief this is probably deserving... More...
Overview An identified security issue could enable an attacker to read files or run programs on a computer that visited his or her Web site. By installing this update, you can help protect your... More...
Last night in Las Vegas Bill Gates announced the release of .NET 2003 is scheduled to be commercially available in April 2003. RC2 to be delivered to customers in the next few weeks. ... More...
Thanks nextyxp...Well what a surprise The Reg finally agreed with the article Neobond made here a month and a half ago. The Grand Old Duke of York is clearly in charge of... More...
Down at the bottom of Bill Gates' keynote to the Professional Developers Conference yesterday lies confirmation that the wheels have come off the Windows rollout wagon. Again. Actually, we all already knew that the Big... More...