Microsoft plans to automatically push out its Service Pack 1 update to all Windows 7 owners starting today.
Windows 7 users, Internet Explorer 10 is now your very own shiny, new toy.
Microsoft’s latest release brings IE10, its most impressive browser to date, to the desktops of all the PC fans who haven’t made the switch to Windows …
AMD is making a big bet on Android apps, thanks to technology from BlueStacks.
Microsoft will offer an upgrade to its upcoming Windows 8 Pro OS for just $40, the company announced in a blog post today.
“We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8,” …
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Thinking about Windows 8 fills me with a strong sense of unease. Whether it’s the thought of using the OS on my desktop on a daily basis or the coming backlash by consumers when the OS lands, it distresses me …
With the launch of its next operating system looming, Microsoft took to the stage at Computex 2012 to talk about the success of Windows 7.
The company revealed that its sold over 600 million Windows 7 licenses to date, which …
Google has introduced an updated version of its Chrome operating system and two new hardware options from Samsung that run the web-based OS — but it all still looks relatively underwhelming.
The search giant announced Chromebook laptops running the Chrome …
New details have emerged regarding Microsoft’s strategy to get its customers to upgrade their operating systems to the long-anticipated Windows 8.
Details of the company’s strategy first surfaced earlier this month, with Microsoft offering a $15 upgrade option that will …
In its latest bid to convince organizations to upgrade from Windows XP, a Microsoft-sponsored report claims that companies end up paying more than five times in support costs by refusing to upgrade to Windows 7.
The report from IDC points …
Microsoft and Motorola Mobility are locked in a bitter patent suit regarding the use of H.264 video compression and encoding. The ongoing legal battle lead to German courts issuing an injunction that could halt the sales and distribution of the Xbox 360, Windows 7 software, and even Internet Explorer in the country.
Toshiba has a bevy of tablets and laptops ready to launch for the back-to-school season. It’s early to the game, for sure, as school isn’t even out of session yet for this year. But most of the products won’t ship …
The Microsoft team has created a new logo for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and the results aren’t pretty.
You might say this is Microsoft’s Gap moment, that uncomfortable situation in which a company chooses a new logo that …
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Apple is making a big deal about how its newly-announced Mountain Lion operating system comes with built-in iCloud syncing and storage. But if you cut through the deafening hype, iCloud is still a woefully limited solution that most consumers and …
Update: Facebook has made the download link available in the Help Center.
Facebook is busy perfecting a Messenger desktop application for Windows that compacts the best of Facebook — chat, ticker and notifications — into an always-accessible, dock-able miniature …
Apple’s Mac computers have hit the 5 percent mark in worldwide market share for the first time in 15 years, according to an All Things D report.
The Windows OS has been the most pervasive and popular operating system around …
Microsoft on Tuesday showed off more features of its new Windows 8 operating system at the Microsoft BUILD developers conference in Anaheim, Calif.
The OS was first previewed back in early June and is being designed explicitly with the purpose …
Visualplanet is launching a transparent film called “touchfoil” today that can turn any surface into an interactive touchscreen. The foil can turn large regions of wood, plastic, glass, tabletop, and shop window into giant interactive surfaces that behave just like …
With Steve Jobs stepping down from the CEO job at Apple, it’s easy to overlook the computer industry’s other big invention factory: Microsoft.
While it’s not often regarded as a font of innovation, Microsoft actually devotes substantial resources — to …
Great news for college students (and perhaps not so great news for parents): Microsoft announced today that it will offer a free Xbox 360 with 4 gigabytes of storage (a $199 value) to any student who purchases a Windows 7 …
A very early build of Windows 8, dubbed “Milestone 1”, has leaked onto the Internet, giving us our very first glimpse at Microsoft’s next operating system.
Since it’s such an early release, the OS still appears to be just a …
