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CES 2011: Microsoft shows Windows running on Arm chips
January 06, 2011The next release of Windows will be able to run on chips usually found in mobile phones. A desktop version of Windows 7 was shown working with three processors built around designs from UK firm Arm. The demonstration is significant because before...
Skype crash: Software bug and server overloads blamed
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December 30, 2010Server overloads and a bug in Skype for Windows caused the two-day outage for the net phone firm. Details of what caused the service to be unusable for millions of users prior to Christmas have been posted on the firm's blog. The two events combined...
Google unveils Chrome OS notebook for test scheme
December 13, 2010Google's head of product for Chrome, Sundar Pichai, demonstrates the new operating system. Google has delayed the launch of its much anticipated laptop, powered by its Chrome operating system, until 2011. Instead, Google announced a pilot programme...
Russian spy caught at Micrsoft
July 15, 2010By Stela Roman Alexey Karetnikov, the 12th alleged member of a Russian spy ring operating in the U.S., was working for Microsoft as a software tester. Supposedly, he might have been looking for vulnerable places in Windows or other Microsoft...
IBM: And the winner is...Firefox!
July 04, 2010By Stela Roman IBM's Vice President of Open Source , Bob Sutor, has recently made a blog post saying that the company will be shifting to Mozilla Firefox as their window to Internet. IBM has about 400,000 employees around the world. Firefox will...
Adobe acknowledges critical security flaw in software
June 07, 2010Adobe has acknowledged a "critical" security flaw in its Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player software. Adobe says the vulnerability potentially enables hackers to take control of affected computer systems. Users running Windows, Macintosh or...
Windows XP to stay on market into summer
October 02, 2007- Microsoft is hedging its bets by keeping Windows XP on the market a little longer rather than shelving it in favor of the new Vista operating system. The software giant said this week that XP would be available to retailers and PC manufacturers...
Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista
July 09, 2007Yes, yes, yes, there is, or at least there will be soon a YM version for Vista. A pre-release version of the Yahoo Messenger for Vista was presented at CES 2007, back in January. The official webpage for Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista states "...
T-Mobile will launch Windows Mobile 6 smartphone
May 28, 2007T-Mobile will present some of Windows Mobile smarthopes in US. The T-Mobie Wing will use a slider design, where the keyboard slides down from behind the horizontal screen. Windows Mobile 6 offers updates and enhancements including things like the...
Microsoft Updates Office 2007 on Windows Vista
May 24, 2007Microsoft announced the introduction of updated detection logic for Office 2007 on Windows Vista. Mark Griesi, Security program manager with the Security Response Communications Team, revealed that all the security and non-security updates for Office...