OK, so after eight years and a lot of grumbling -- Vista, anyone? -- Microsoft has finally released a new operating system that people seem excited about.
If consumers like the new Windows 7 operating system, they'll have the much-maligned Windows Vista to thank.
Landing in stores October, Windows 7 is sparking a surprisingly heated debate (in our forums, at least) on whether or not upgrading from XP is a good idea. If you're in the "nay" camp, we're going to lay out seven reasons why you should consider switching your stance to "yay."
At a hacker conference no one is safe.
Windows 7 is coming soon. But having a PC sales rebound come with it seems unlikely.
Just a year ago, this category didn't exist. But after several Atom-powered all-in-one PCs debuted at CES in January, it's officially the hottest grouping of desktops on the market.
Many business owners regularly talk to inanimate objects. Don't believe me? I'm guessing that in the last week alone you've begged your PC not to lose valuable data or implored your notebook to recover lost documents. While we all have one-sided conversations with our tech toys, we generally don't expect them to answer, much less complete tasks simply because we say so. But today's voice-activated software promises to do just that, claiming faster speeds and an impressive 99% accuracy level.
Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone
Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday
Is it time to consider moving your small business to Macs?
OK, so after eight years and a lot of grumbling -- Vista, anyone? -- Microsoft has finally released a new operating system that people seem excited about.
If consumers like the new Windows 7 operating system, they'll have the much-maligned Windows Vista to thank.
Landing in stores October, Windows 7 is sparking a surprisingly heated debate (in our forums, at least) on whether or not upgrading from XP is a good idea. If you're in the "nay" camp, we're going to lay out seven reasons why you should consider switching your stance to "yay."
At a hacker conference no one is safe.
Windows 7 is coming soon. But having a PC sales rebound come with it seems unlikely.
Just a year ago, this category didn't exist. But after several Atom-powered all-in-one PCs debuted at CES in January, it's officially the hottest grouping of desktops on the market.
Many business owners regularly talk to inanimate objects. Don't believe me? I'm guessing that in the last week alone you've begged your PC not to lose valuable data or implored your notebook to recover lost documents. While we all have one-sided conversations with our tech toys, we generally don't expect them to answer, much less complete tasks simply because we say so. But today's voice-activated software promises to do just that, claiming faster speeds and an impressive 99% accuracy level.
Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone
Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday
Is it time to consider moving your small business to Macs?
Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer said customer demand may see the company reconsider a decision to stop selling the company's Windows XP operating system in June
Alexander Graham Bell had it right from the beginning. "Mr. Watson," he called to his assistant through the first working telephone, "come here -- I want to see you."
We recently declared that the HP Compaq 6910p might woo corporate users away from Dell and Lenovo; after spending some time with the $1,049 Acer TravelMate 4720, we think it's a prime candidate to woo users away from HP.
Alexander Graham Bell had it right from the beginning. "Mr. Watson," he called to his assistant through the first working telephone, "come here -- I want to see you."
Nearly six months after it launched, gripes over what doesn't work with Vista continue, eclipsing positive buzz over the program's improved desktop search, graphics and security
Microsoft Corp. published six security fixes -- half of them rated "critical" -- in its regularly scheduled software update Tuesday
The Seagate FreeAgent Go drive is a compact portable hard drive that combines fast data transfer speeds with file sync capability and a portable PC environment.
Alexander Graham Bell had it right from the beginning. "Mr. Watson," he called to his assistant through the first working telephone, "come here?I want to see you." Fifty years later, the first television transmission made his words literal. And now, 130 years later, the pieces are falling into place to finally let us all be seen.
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We're springing forward three weeks early this year and that could cause some computer and gadget headaches. We'll give you the preparation tools you need to navigate through this year's time change.
A disgruntled hacker with a personal grudge against Symantec, which provides anti-virus software to leading Fortune 500 companies, could be behind a new, crippling computer virus that's already hit a division of at least one big U.S. corporation on Thursday.
Creative Labs has a history of turning out great MP3 players, and the Zen V and the Zen V Plus -- available in July and August, respectively -- are no exception.
The ambitious, ground-up rebuild of Microsoft Office Standard 2007 presents drastically different interfaces and new file formats.
Toshiba's first Windows Vista laptop, the Portege R400, is a beautifully crafted convertible tablet that unfortunately is every bit as expensive as it looks.
Six years and $6 billion later, Microsoft's Vista finally hit store shelves Tuesday - the software company's first upgrade to its dominant computer operating system since Windows XP in 2001.
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Toshiba has recently dominated the field of desktop-replacement media machines with its Qosmio line, and the company's first Satellite P105 configuration, the Satellite P105-S921, performed in line with some of the better gaming laptops on the market.
Computer prices are expected to tumble through the holiday season as PC makers try to clear out merchandise ahead of the launch of Microsoft's new operating system Vista, according to a report published Thursday.
Judging by the grief that Microsoft is getting over delays in the release of Windows Vista, and the buzz surrounding the price it plans to charge for the next generation operating system, you'd think we were all hankering to get our hands on this hot new piece of software.
IT'S PRETTY incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally getting close to what I call the digital workstyle.
First Apple announced a partnership with Intel. Now it's running Windows. Talk about a 30th birthday surprise.
Apple on Wednesday unveiled its new Boot Camp software, which will enable Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP.
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"There are a lot of people who are going to be very unhappy on the third of February," said Professor Merrick Furst from the Georgia Tech College of Computing.
Apple surprised everyone recently by delivering Intel-based Mac computers six months ahead of schedule. The shift, after a decade of Macs based on IBM and Freescale (ne Motorola) processors, raises the possibility of Macintoshes running the Microsoft Windows operating system, either instead of or along with Apple's Mac OS X. Despite increased risks of security holes, viruses, and other familiar Windows vulnerabilities, some Mac users want to run Windows programs from time to time (there are more games available for Windows, for example). But because of the way Apple implemented the Intel chips, you can't just boot up the Mac with Windows XP. Furthermore, the current version of Virtual PC for Mac, a Microsoft program that allows Windows to run in a window inside Mac OS X, does not work with the initial batch of Intel-based machines. Microsoft says it is working with Apple to find a solution, but stopped short of promising an Intel-based version of Virtual PC. Meanwhile, Apple says it will not stand in the ...
"THERE'S JUST ONE MORE THING," SAYS Steve Jobs, as he does near the end of most Apple product launches. The phrase delights the Mac faithful in the audience in San Jose because they have come to be...
Microsoft announced Friday that it will call its next-generation operating system "Windows Vista."
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Nokia Wednesday introduced a hand-sized portable device for browsing the Web and checking e-mail over wireless Internet connections.
Microsoft is developing a new version of Windows for companies that want to better secure their older machines, allowing them to upgrade without buying new ones, according to an industry source.
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PHOENIX (Komando.com) - Although Apple's iPod and iPod mini has a huge fan base, using it is not an entirely glitch-free Windows experience.
PHOENIX (Komando.com) - Even the fastest computers get bogged down over time. Unnecessary files, never-used programs and programs running in the background consume valuable resources. But it takes just five easy steps to reclaim your once zippy Windows machine.
Anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc. is warning about a new version of the Mydoom worm that infects computers of people who click on a link in e-mail they receive.
PHOENIX (Komando.com) - It only takes 20 minutes on the Internet for an unprotected computer running Microsoft Windows to be taken over by a hacker. Any personal or financial information stored on that computer is ripe for the taking -- passwords, bank accounts, credit card numbers, and more. A firewall is your first line of defense and it works, so long as it is used properly.
Melissa, PoizonBox, Code Red, Slammer, MyDoom--it's nasty and brutish out there in cyberspace. Viruses and worms are every- where. How can you make sure you have the proper defense? Here are steps ...
NOBODY IN CHARGE AT MICROSOFT IS LIKELY to forget the dog days of August 2003. That month viruses and worms aimed at flaws in Windows software brought the Internet to its knees. Hard drives flooded...
DON'T YOU HATE IT when a band covers your favorite song with a new version that's inferior to the original? Microsoft's new music service, MSN Music, which makes its debut in mid-October, is not ne...
Some colleges are fretting the release of Microsoft's upgrade to its XP operating system -- whose release coincides with the opening of campuses around the country -- saying that multiple downloads of the patch could significantly jam their systems, according to a report published Tuesday.
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The Justice Department is already monitoring the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, still years from introduction, to make sure it complies with an antitrust settlement between the software provider and regulators, according to a published report.
When Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard ventures into hostile territory, does he wait for aliens to pound the Enterprise with plasma torpedoes and then patch it up with Galactic Fix-It Goo? Hell, ...
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Is it necessary to turn off System Restore when removing a computer virus? I hear conflicting answers.
The fast-spreading computer worm Sasser has wreaked more havoc on computer users worldwide, affecting several businesses, banks and government offices, including Britain's Coastguard.
Technology recovered a bit from last week's sharp selloff that ended in the Nasdaq's biggest weekly drop in two years, but stocks weakened midday as investors remained cautious ahead of Tuesday's Federal Reserve policy setting meeting.
Computer security experts are dealing with at least four variants of a worm that is spreading quickly through Windows operating systems.
When Windows or another program crashes, I get a message asking me to send information about the error to Microsoft. Is this safe?
The home video that made grown-ups weep on two continents began as a way for me to stay sane. Todd, my college roommate from long ago, was in town for three days of business but had his nights free...
Desktop computing is getting a supercharge. With the introduction of Apple's G5 (which runs an IBM PowerPC 970 chip) and AMD's Athlon 64 processor, the era of 64-bit computing has arrived. The new ...
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Only recently, it seemed as if the personal-computer industry was set on boring PC users to death. The Internet, once a blast, has been swamped by porn and pop-up ads. Games have moved to stand-alo...
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