TiVo will stop providing the free version of its Windows Desktop PC software, which lets users transfer recordings from their TiVo DVR to their PCs, on June 5th, although the $15.99 version will stay. More...
Net Applications's newly updated worldwide operating system market share data for April 2013 shows that Windows 8 went up slightly to 3.84 percent while the share held by Windows XP keeps going down. More...
Microsoft has filed for a patent application that offers a new way to browse through open windows on the Windows desktop that's similar to the now abandoned Flip 3D feature in Windows Vista and 7. More...
There are still a lot of people who play games that user Unity's web player software that have Windows XP installed, according to the recently updated hardware statistics from the company. More...
The use of Windows 8 by people who use Valve's Steam service increased again in March and is now being used by over 10 percent of the people who participate in the hardware survey for the service. More...
Net Applications's newly updated world wide operating system market share data for March 2013 shows that Windows 8 went up slightly to 3.31 percent. More...
In our latest From The Forums feature, many of Neowin's members talk about Windows Vista and if the operating system is as bad as history has led many to believe. More...
The number of Windows 8 users on Steam is now more than the number of Windows XP user, according to the newly updated Steam hardware survey report for Feburary 2013. More...
Net Applications's newly updated operating system market share data for February shows that Windows 8 went up slightly to 2.79 percent, as it moves ahead of all non Windows operating systems. More...
Microsoft will now extend the online multiplayer support for its PC port of Halo 2 from February 15th to sometime in June with the company stating that it is looking into "further support options". More...
The latest hardware stats from Valve's Steam service show the percentage of its Windows 8 users are now close to overtaking Windows XP owners, while the Ubuntu version of Linux made tiny gains. More...
The latest hardware stats from Valve's Steam service show the percentage of its Windows 8 users are close to overtaking Windows Vista owners, while the Ubuntu version of Linux makes its survey debut. More...
Microsoft has announced it has launched an update for the Certificate Trust list for all supported versions of Windows to remove one false digital certificate that has been used in hacker attacks. More...
Prelimiary data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 was installed on a total of 1.64 percent of all PCs in December, with Windows 8 and RT Touch adding another .06 percent. More...
Microsoft has released a new version, 1.1, of its Bing Desktop PC application, adding support for Windows 8, Windows XP and Windows Vista, along with some new features. More...
New data from Net Applications shows that Windows 7 increased its PC OS market share in October, while Windows 8 went up slightly due to its launch in later October. More...
Microsoft has offered some advice to businesses who might be thinking about updating their PCs to Windows 8 ahead of the official launch of the OS on Friday, October 26th. More...
Sometimes no matter how much you love a company you just can't keep up with them. It's times like that when you should think to yourself: do I really want a Microsoft logo on my arm forever? More...
The newest operating system market share results from Net Applications shows Windows 7 gaining even more ground even as the launch of Windows 8 nears later in October. More...
NVIDIA has released a new set of beta drivers for its GeForce family of PC graphics chips, with support for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems. More...
The latest data from Net Applications shows that Windows XP is still the world's most used PC operating system but that Windows 7 is getting close to surpassing it. More...
A possible software security issue may have been the reason why support for the desktop gadget feature has been removed in current but unreleased builds of Windows 8. More...
A website claims that there is less interest with Windows 8 that there is of Windows 7 in the same time frame before their release. But is that claim telling the whole story? More...
New data from StatCounter claims that Windows 7 is now installed on 50.2 percent of all PCs worldwide, but Net Applications still shows Windows XP with a slight lead. More...
More plans for how users can upgrade from their version of Windows 7 to Windows 8 have been leaked, along with details of how people can upgrade from Windows XP and Windows Vista. More...
Futuremark has released the first trailer showing off what users of the upcoming Windows 8-based version of the 3DMark benchmarking software can expect to see when it is released. More...
A recent update to Adobe's Flash plug-in has resulted in crashes on Mozilla's Firefox browser in Windows Vista and Windows 7. So far, there's no direct fix yet for the issue. More...
According to new stats from Net Applications, Windows XP took a big dip in the market share for PC operating systems in May, while Windows 7 took a similar jump upward. More...
The Avira antivirus company has now fixed an issue with an update this week that caused millions of PCs to be crippled. The update falsely detected malware in a number of familiar Windows programs. More...
New data suggests that Microsoft's plan to offer a silent update for older Internet Explorer versions to IE 9 has helped to boost its market share in areas of the world where it is enabled. More...
Windows XP is still the number one most used PC operating system in the world with 46.08 percent of the market share worldwide, while Windows 7 continues to gain users. 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...
The mainstream support for Windows Vista will end on Tuesday, April 10th as planned. Microsoft still plans to end its extended support for the OS five years from now on April 11, 2017. More...
Chinese hackers have released the road map to creating an exploit code designed to go after a Windows remote desktop protocol flaw that Microsoft issued a patch for this week. More...
Microsoft is urging users to make sure to update Windows XP, Vista and 7 with the latest security update right away, as it patches an exploit that could be discovered by hackers soon. More...
A new report claims that the market share for Microsoft's Windows XP actually went up among other PC operating systems worldwide in January 2012 while Windows 7's share went down. More...
Microsoft has filed legal papers against UK retailer Comet for the pirating and reselling of Windows XP and Vista recovery media across its chain of stores in the UK. More...
Almost a decade after its launch, Microsoft's Windows XP operating system is now used by less than half of all Internet users. 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...
Windows XP is still used by a large number of consumer and business PCs but now the operating system's creator is urging people who still have the operating system to start thinking at least about... More...
Windows 7 is Microsoft's fastest selling operating system to date. It is now one and a half years old, yet it reached several key milestones quickly. Last August, its marketshare surpassed that of its older... More...
Microsoft has issued an advanced notification for their last Patch Tuesday of the year, with a whopping 17 bulletins and 40 vulnerabilities. Out of the 17 bulletins, two are marked as "critical", Microsoft's highest security... More...
If you have been following the success of Windows 7, including when it took 10% market share after three months, and when Windows 7 finally surpassed Windows Vista in August, you'll see it's having a... More...
Microsoft announced today on their Windows Team Blog that the Windows 7 Family Pack will be making a return to the market, just in time for the one-year anniversary of Windows 7's retail debut. Windows 7... More...
In just over a year since its release to manufacturer (RTM), Windows 7 has managed to surpass Windows Vista in total market share worldwide. According to Statscounter.com, Windows 7 managed to take 20.09% total market share,... More...
Microsoft issued a security bulletin on Friday to warn customers of a 0-day exploit involving the Windows Shell. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Windows Shell when parsing shortcuts (.lnk). The flaw can... 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...
Neowin earlier reported that the RTM Escrow build of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 had been released to a group of internal testers. Microsoft today released Windows Vista and Windows Server... More...
Sources say that the RTM Escrow build of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 has been released to a group of internal testers. The build number of this pre RTM build is... More...