News tagged ‘windows’
Monday, 12 Mar 2012
Work on Metro Mozilla for Windows 8 Begins
A Mozilla developer has announced on his blog that they have started work on porting Firefox for the Windows 8 Metro interface.
Monday, 20 Feb 2012
Microsoft Unveils New Logo for Windows
Windows 8 has already marked a change in direction for Microsoft and now the software giants have unveiled a new logo to go with the upcoming operating system.
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012
Firefox for Windows 8 Goes Metro
Seeing that Microsoft will be introducing their new interface for Windows 8, Mozilla has come out to state they will be building a completely different version of Firefox to suit Metro.
Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012
Microsoft Puts a Stop to the Start Menu for Windows 8
One of the most commonly recognizable features of the Windows OS over more than a decade has been the Start Button and Menu. Microsoft has made the radical decision to ditch both for the upcoming Windows 8.
Wednesday, 7 Dec 2011
Windows Store Beta Launching in February 2012
Microsoft has given the community a taste of what the Windows Store will be like with a little preview at a recent event in San Francisco. According to them, equal thought has been given to how users and developers will access the platform.
Monday, 5 Dec 2011
Ultrabooks to Stimulate Stalled Windows-Intel "Framework"
Acer's chairman, J.T Wang, feels that Ultrabooks could be the magic bullet that jolts the "Wintel" (Windows-Intel) slump on touch-centric devices. He also mentioned price as a major deciding factor that will make or break the Ultrabook.
Tuesday, 8 Nov 2011
Microsoft Releases Duqu Workaround, Keeps Mum on Patch Release Timeline
A temporary fix has been released by Microsoft for the Duqu Trojan, however, the company didn't comment on the timeline for the release of its official patch for this vulnerability.
Thursday, 3 Nov 2011
Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows Exploited by Duqu Trojan
Symantec has issued a warning of Duqu virus infection via compromised Microsoft Word email attachments from which the Duqu installer executes itself by exploiting a Windows kernel vulnerability.
Monday, 3 Oct 2011
HP Unveils the Ultimate Ultraportable
HP today introduced the updated HP Pavilion dm1, a consumer notebook PC featuring Beats Audio and HP Premier Experience - an exclusive set of innovations designed to improve on the Microsoft Windows experience.
Friday, 23 Sep 2011
Windows 8 Security Feature Could Prevent Systems from Dual-Booting with Linux
Too much of a good thing may be a hindrance as Windows 8's secure-boot functionality could prevent some users from running both Windows and Linux.
