According to Microsoft insider Paul Thurrott’s blog, Microsoft has decided to do a U-turn and will now remove the “3 app cap” they placed on Windows 7 Starter Edition. Read on…
According to Microsoft insider Paul Thurrott’s blog, Microsoft has decided to do a U-turn and will now remove the “3 app cap” they placed on Windows 7 Starter Edition. Read on…
Ubuntu 9.4 has just been released and is available now for download. For those of you who like their software free of charge, free of virus’s and able to run on older / less powerful hardware; ubuntu 9.4 is worth well a look. Read on…
Ubuntu linux users, using version 7.10 will no longer get security or critical fixes, from today 18th April 2009. Here’s what to do…
Microsoft has confirmed that anyone who buys a PC with Windows 7 pre-installed, will be able to get a free downgrade; to either Vista or XP.
The sad news was announced earlier, that Dave Arneson, the co-creator of the original Dungeons and Dragons game has passed away, aged just 61.
There are multiple reports that the conficker / cornflicker worm is set to strike infected machines on 1st April 2009. This is NOT an April fool joke!
If you are NOT using a Windows-based PC you will be fine. Conficker, like most virus’ is Windows only. However, if you run a Windows based PC and you do not use anti-virus software, (like a lot of people) there’s a simple test you can do, to see if your machine has been infected – READ ON…
There have already been dozens of fixes and improvements made to the Windows 7 beta ; according to Microsoft’s Engineering Windows blog. They list 36 improvements, which will be in the RC (release candidate.) This disproves the often mentioned rumour that the Windows 7 feature-set is ‘frozen.’ Windows 7 fixes & improvements The changes have…
Windows 7 beta testers will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the operating system, by testing the Windows 7 update feature (from 24th February.) This only applies to people running the build 7000 beta and the update will not be automatic; you will need to manually install it – even if you…
Microsoft has announced that it’s offering a reward of $250,000, to help find the creator of the Downadup/Conficker virus. The virus, a worm that’s been infecting systems since last October, has infected as many as 12 million systems; according to Arbor Networks. George Stathakopulos, of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group told BBC news; “People who write…
Last year, the talk was all about how eBay would dump Skype, without losing too much money in the process. However, at the launch of Skype 4.0 in Singapore this week, Skype announced that it now has 405 million users and that it is growing at an amazing rate of 380,000 users a day. Last…
