Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky takes shot at Mozilla, talks up IE 9
Los Angeles – Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting ahead of the process.
With the move to targeted attacks, Microsoft users have security problems ahead
Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7.
PCs running bogus Windows more likely to be infected because pirates won't use Windows Update
Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches.
Windows turned drive F: into drive G:. Can it be changed back?
Windows turned drive F: into drive G:, so the PC's owner asked the
Answer Line forum how to change it back.
Will efforts from Apple, IBM & Canonical impact Windows 7 sales? Some research suggests strong adoption on the business side
Apple and Linux advocate IBM both tried hard to cramp Microsoft's style this week before the Windows 7 rollout even got under way. On Tuesday, Apple launched a new iMac, MacBook, and Mac Mini line, while IBM joined with Linux distributor Canonical to introduce a new "cloud-and-Linux-based" offering called IBM Client for Smart Work.
If you put your money behind OS X, you're out of luck
If you were a betting man (or woman), who do you think would win in a social media face-off between the two most widely used desktop/laptop operating systems?
This checklist can help ensure a smooth transition to Windows 7.
Confirm that you have all of the following at hand before you start the upgrade.
Vista may be gone without tears, but it had a few features you may want.
As an environment to work and play in, Windows 7 beats Vista, hands down. But it isn't perfect, and you may find yourself missing a few features that have disappeared. Here's how to get them back.
Upgrading from XP will be harder than upgrading from Vista.
You had good reason to stick with XP and skip the Vista experience entirely. But now that the folks at Microsoft have created a new operating system that's worth moving to, they haven't made the upgrade easy, because you have to perform a clean install of the OS. Here are the issues you need to be aware of, and how to handle them. Then read the main article, "
How to Upgrade to Windows 7" for more information on the process.
Microsoft's CEO acknowledged the tough environment but said its new OS can help businesses save money
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer put on his sales hat Tuesday and made a case for why businesses should upgrade to Windows 7, despite an economy in which many IT budgets have been frozen or are lower than in years past.
Intel's Moblin OS for desktops could compete with Microsoft's Windows 7 OS
Intel has expanded the scope of Linux-based Moblin by porting the OS from netbooks to mobile devices and desktops, where it could compete with Microsoft's Windows OS.
Google's updated Chrome 3.0 over twice as fast as Firefox, 30% faster than Safari
Google's new Chrome 3.0 is the fastest of the top five Windows browsers, and beats every rival, including Apple's Safari, by comfortable margins, benchmark tests show.
Few clues in advance warning make Sept. 8 updates a mystery, says researcher
Microsoft today said it will deliver five security updates on Tuesday, all affecting Windows and all ranked "critical," the company's highest threat rating.
A report will outline how the OS fixes problems businesses had with Vista
Windows 7 could inspire businesses to begin spending money on PC upgrades again because it repairs major problems enterprise users had with Vista when it was released nearly three years ago, analysts said this week.
It will backport controversial ribbon app interface to older OS in October
Microsoft will offer Windows 7's ribbon-style application interface to Windows Vista users in an update this October, according to the company.