Microsoft launches beta of Windows 7 XP Mode
Windows 7 RC edition is now available as a free download.
Microsoft has also now made available a beta edition of the XP mode that would be available to customers of top end variants of Windows 7 when it is released.
This XP mode is designed to enable the [...]
Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta launched
Panda Security has announced the launch of beta of their upcoming product Panda Cloud Antivirus.
This new security solution is powered by cloud computing and has been under development for around three years.
The company said that they are going to provide this service for free even after it exits beta testing.
Panda said [...]
Microsoft wants you to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8
If you are running a supported operating system and are still not on the recently launched Internet Explorer 8 edition, Microsoft would soon start bothering you with messages to update.
Microsoft has revealed that they would start sending notifications to such users through the Automate Update service [...]
Windows 7 might not attract corporate sector immediately
Looks like Windows XP is not going to disappear in the near future.
Market analysts have said that a lot of Microsoft corporate customers are unlikely to move to Windows 7 platform in the first year of availability.
A lot of them have already avoided Windows Vista for various [...]
Windows 7 would come with a downgrade option
Microsoft seems to have given up to the market demands.
The company has confirmed that Windows 7 too would ship with a downgrade option for some customers.
Customers would be able to downgrade to either Windows XP or Vista as per their preferences.
This would be applicable to [...]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – April 2009
US based software industry giant Microsoft has given out some information on their upcoming patch release.
Patch Tuesday for the month of April 2009 would include eight patches.
Five of these would be for critical flaws in Microsoft products. One of the patches is for the Microsoft Excel application.
The other [...]
Microsoft told to pay Uniloc in patent infringement case
Microsoft has lost a patent battle and has been asked to pay $388 million in damages to Uniloc Inc.
Uniloc specializes in developing technologies aimed at preventing piracy of software applications.
The company had claimed that Microsoft was infringing on their patents in Windows XP and some Office programs.
Paul [...]
Intel aims to support Windows 7 with Atom processor range
Intel has said that they aim to support Windows 7 operating system with their Atom series of processors which are designed for use on netbooks.
The company said that they are planning to support at least two versions of Windows 7 by the end of [...]
Opera Browser now with Geolocation support!
The developers behind the Opera Browser are on a roll.
They are already working on the Opera 10 release which is going to be a huge update for the Opera users.
They also recently launched an edition that came with support for Opera Turbo technology.
Opera has now released a [...]
Internet Explorer 8 could be released this month
Technology blog Tech ARP has claimed that Microsoft would release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 web browser this month.
The US based software giant has not set any date for the launch of the stable edition of IE8.
Internet Explorer 8 is currently available in a release candidate [...]
