A month after a record-setting batch of updates, the November ‘Patch Tuesday’ package will contain just six updates. Of those, at least three appear to be revisions or repetition of updates from the October release.
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Two weeks after the launch of Windows 7 and I think we can safely say [...]
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Microsoft has announced another 800 job cuts. The cuts appear to be across the board rather than through specific departments being axed.
The new job losses appear to be a knock-on effect of previous cuts, rather than a new piece of axe-wielding. TechFlash, which broke the news, reports that the latest [...] Related posts:
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Just a fortnight after announcing the deal, Microsoft got its knickers in a twist and pulled out of sponsoring Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show. [...]
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Worms are the quickest growing security problem for Windows PCs this year according to Microsoft. It comes as “drive-by downloads” and adware become less of a problem.
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The Windows taskbar has always been where you found your open programs. You could easily move from one to [...]
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When Microsoft announced Microsoft Security Essentials, its new free antivirus software designed to replace Windows Live OneCare, it was treated with contempt by the vendors of both other free antivirus software [...]
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Microsoft has found a solution to a problem which caused some Windows 7 upgrades to freeze up before completion. But the firm has yet to solve a separate problem where machines are caught in a reboot cycle.
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It took Microsoft a long time to decide to enter the retail sector and open stores of its own. But it’s finally doing so, and [...]
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One of the leading players in the Linux world has described Windows 7 as “excellent”. But some of Mark Shuttleworth’s other comments are a perfect example of the phrase “damning with faint praise.”
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