American tech giant Microsoft will be changing its famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to a black one in its…
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Back in spring 2017 when Microsoft released the Windows 10 Creators Update, it came with an app called Paint 3D.…
Google has announced that it’s shifting things up a gear by switching Chrome to a four-week release cycle that will…
Leon Wright says, On the whole, the modernisation process should result in businesses experiencing significant benefits that include improved performance,…
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – Feb 19, 2015) – HP ( NYSE : HPQ ) today announced a new line of…
If you’re the type of person who needs to be on the cutting edge, at least where Apple software is concerned, listen up — you could start saving almost $100 per year. Apple yesterday announced its new Beta Seed Program, which allows users to download…
The Russian hacker group known as WZOR claims to have some inside info on Microsoft’s forthcoming updates to Windows 8.1, not to mention Windows 9. The group has leaked that info online, and, if true, Microsoft’s plans for the long-running OS could…
Users of Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 may have noticed a rather large OS update yesterday—that’s Windows 8.1 Update 1, if you were wondering. The update brought a whole bunch of new bits and pieces to the table to make the experience of actually using…
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP—a version of its operating system that’s been around since 2001, making it a twelve-year-old OS—on April 8. That’s next week. The company’s been making a big push to get…
One of the highly touted features of HTC’s new $649 flagship phone, the (terribly named) One M8, was Sense 6, or “Sixth Sense,” the smartphone maker’s newest iteration of its proprietary Android OS ROM. Sense has been a mainstay of all HTC phones…
Earlier this week, Google confirmed the long-running suspicions that it was getting into the smartwatch race. The tech giant announced an ambitious software project that they hope will win the masses over on wearable technology. They’re calling it…
Considering last week’s announcement that two OEMs would be bringing Ubuntu Touch OS handsets to market later this year, you’d think Ubuntu-maker Canonical would make a bigger deal about those handsets’ appearance at the Mobile World Congress…
Apple has today released OS X 10.9.2, fixing the major SSL vulnerability in Apple’s OS X platform that was made public and patched in the company’s mobile iOS platform last week. The new update is highly recommended for everyone with a Mac computer…
Today, Canonical—the maker of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system—announced two companies that will soon be making phones based on its Ubuntu Touch mobile OS. Spain’s second biggest smartphone maker bq and China’s Meizu will be creating…
Much has been made of the approaching cut-off date for Microsoft’s support of the relatively ancient Windows XP operating system. Since so many offices still rely on XP to run their businesses (not to mention specialized software that maintains customer…
The monthly OS market share reports from NetMarketShare offer a helpful insight the rising and falling fortunes of the various operating systems that connect users to the digital world, and the report documenting the month of January provides some interesting…