It doesn’t take a genius to solve most tech issues. But it does require answers from people who know what they’re talking about. Therefore Microsoft’s Answer Desk trumps Apple’s Genius Bar.
In a blast from the past, the ongoing anti-trust suit against Microsoft by Novell is crawling along with Bill Gates recently testifying in court. It appears that things are getting a bit heated as both sides mince words publically.
The HP TouchPad is enjoying significant demand after the company dropped the price of the device to $99.99. With HP discontinuing the unit, there is a growing concern from the webOS development community.
Hackers recently targeted Microsoft by turning one of its sites into a “hot bed of porn” and malware. This attack came after Microsoft criticized Sony and RSA for making “rookie mistakes.”
Windows Live Spaces is the past. WordPress is the future. At least according to Microsoft. Which strikes me as rather strange.
Microsoft is warning users of Windows Home Server to take care when buying new hard drives. Those using the 4k sector format, which will be the standard from next year, may cause significant performance problems with the system.
It’s no secret that many businesses are still running Windows XP, largely due to skepticism over Vista. But figures release this week suggest a sixth of corporate PCs are still on Service Pack 2, which dropped out of support this week.
Although flowers, candy and clothing are favorites for most grown children to buy their mothers, for most mothers simply visiting with her is the best present of all &151 besides taking your mother out to eat (I’m not kidding! Don’t make her cook!). Here are some little things that you can do to make her online life easier.
You may well have heard of the latest twist in the long-running battle between Apple and Adobe about Flash, the latter’s format for video, games, and multimedia websites. But did you know Microsoft is essentially on the same side as Apple on this particular issue?
Microsoft has rolled out its latest Fix It initiative, all of which are designed to prevent, or detect and repair, basic PC problems. The Fix It Center is an online and PC-based tool which could help Windows users prolong the life of their system.
Windows 7 is a solid and dependable operating system, and one of the best Microsoft has ever released. And yet, like every other Microsoft OS, it needs constant updating and patching. Which leads to an inevitable Service Pack. And it now appears SP1 could be with us before the end of 2010.
Microsoft has released a series of patches for Windows 7. They cover performance rather than security, but may be worth seeking out now if you’ve experienced some specific problems.
Microsoft has reported that the number of support requests about Windows 7 made to call centers is around half what it expected. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Windows 7 is causing less trouble for people installing or upgrading it, but that customers with problems are seeking solutions in other ways.
Microsoft has warned users of Google Apps that a new tool for syncing the system to Outlook is faulty. Using the tool unintentionally stops Windows Desktop Search from accessing Outlook messages.
Windows 7 is just months away from release, but Windows Vista is currently the OS that most of us are using. Having already improved massively since its release, the newly-available SP2 improves Vista even more. Get it while it’s hot.
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