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BlueStacks App Player hits beta, supports ARM-written Android apps on x86-based Windows (video)
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We've been eagerly anticipating the full-on release of BlueStacks' App Player, so imagine our excitement, now that the software has officially made the leap from its brief alpha stage to "beta-1" status. If you'll recall, the App Player can virtually run over 450k Android apps on Windows XP, Vista...
Windows XP holding on as dominant OS
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XP's share dipped slightly in April, but the decade-old operating system still reigns over Windows 7 as the top desktop platform. [Read more]...
Microsoft starts XP retirement countdown
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Microsoft yesterday kicked off what it called a "two-year countdown" to the death of Windows XP and Office 2003....
Like XP or Vista—how will businesses treat Windows 8
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Setting up the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit. Can Windows 8's new business features justify its jarring UI overhaul? Windows 8 Release Preview Ditching Zune for Xbox: a new look at Windows 8 media apps Hands-on: Windows 8's SkyDrive Windows 8's built-in antivirus will put third-party products first Hands-on:...
Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows Vista today, cutting off all XP patches in 2014
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Five years after its release, the largely forgotten Windows Vista is moving out of the "mainstream" support period. Starting today, consumers will still get security updates for free, but everyone without a commercial support contract will need to pay for bug fixes or other patches. In April 2017, this...
Windows 7 on majority of PCs for the first time
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Figures from StatCounter show Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, is now on the majority of all PCs, overtaking Windows XP after three years [Read more]...
Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99
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We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8. Starting at general availability, if your PC is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 you will qualify to download an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 in 131 markets....
Failed HP Slate 500 behind Microsoft's Surface tablet ambitions
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Last week's Surface launch from Microsoft wasn't the first time the company revealed its interest in tablet PCs. Aside from Bill Gates' Windows XP Tablet Edition in 2002, Microsoft also threw its weight behind a HP Slate project ahead of Apple's iPad launch. Unveiled at CES 2010, Microsoft CEO...
Windows XP won't give up top spot without a fight
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The decade-old OS scored a slight uptick in market share last month, showing that it may not relinquish its dominance so easily or so quickly. [Read more]...
Move Over 1024×768: The Most Popular Screen Resolution On The Web Is Now 1366×768
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1024×768 screens are a bit like Windows XP: there have long been better options, but they still remained the most often used screens on the web. That is, until now. According to the latest data from StatCounter, 1366×768 screens just surpassed 1024×768 as the most popular screen resolution used by...
Two More Years: Microsoft Reminds Windows XP Users That It’s About Time To Upgrade
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Windows XP, the operating system that launched in 2001 and just refuses to die, will still get security updates and hotfixes until April 8, 2014. With “just” two more years to go, though, Microsoft today reminded these users that it’s about time to upgrade their PCs. Microsoft stopped selling retail...
Worldwide Windows XP Eradication Day Only Two Years Away
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Microsoft says now's the time to dump Windows XP. Photo: Stefan/Flickr To the 100 million Windows XP users out there, Microsoft has a message for you: It’s time to move on. Seriously. In fact, the countdown to the end of the Age of XP is on. In just under two...
What Is Windows RT, And Where Did Microsoft Get That Name? (MSFT)
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Earlier today, Microsoft announced the names of its next editions of Windows. One of them is called Windows RT. Windows RT is the official name for what Microsoft had been calling Windows On ARM. It's a new version of Windows designed to run on low-powered ARM processors, which are used...
Microsoft Starts Two-Year XP Retirement Countdown Clock
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Microsoft yesterday kicked off what it called a "two-year countdown" to the death of Windows XP and Office 2003....
Microsoft announces $39.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer for most Windows users
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Microsoft has already detailed the Windows 8 upgrade route for those buying a new PC, and it's now finally confirmed what everyone else will be paying when they upgrade their existing PC. Those running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 will able to download a Windows 8 Pro...
Microsoft Slashes Windows 8 Upgrade Pricing - Because It Can’t Afford Not To
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Once again demonstrating the importance of Windows 8 to its future, Microsoft has cut the upgrade price by some 90% compared to previous versions of Windows. Rather than charge Windows 7 upgrade prices of up to $220, Microsoft plans to sell the upgrade for Windows 8 Pro for less than...
Microsoft announces Windows 8 Pro upgrade promotion for $39.99 online, $69.99 in stores
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We've known for a while that Microsoft is offering a promotion to new PC buyers who upgrade to Windows 8 OS Pro, but the company has now said that it will be selling Windows 8 Pro upgrades online for $39.99. In stores, the price will be quite a bit...
DICE to require 64-bit OS for some 2013 games, that Windows ME box in the den isn't cutting it
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We're entering a world of mainstream 64-bit computing -- whether we like it or not. Just weeks after Adobe started requiring 64-bit Macs for CS6, DICE's Rendering Architect Johan Andersson has warned that some of his company's 2013 games using the Frostbite engine will need the extra bits as...
Get Laplink PCmover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant for free
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Today only, you can get this $30 utility free of charge. It can help smooth your move from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7. [Read more]...
BlueStacks' Android-on-Windows App Hits Beta
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With many of the most popular apps running on smartphones and tablets these days, it’s not surprising that folks are looking to bring the top hits over to the PC and Mac. Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds, for example, have made their way from the small screen to the computer...
Windows XP just won't die: Remains most used OS in April
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Windows XP’s market share is falling, while Windows 7 is slowly rising. But it may not be until 2013 where the latest operating system overtakes the decade-old software....
Two years left of Windows XP support, Windows Vista ending Mainstream Support imminently
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All support for Windows XP and Office 2003 will end in two years as of this past Sunday. Mainstream support for two other entities ends this week however. This level of support for Windows Vista will end on Tuesday, April 10, and Office 2007 Mainstream support ends today. Microsoft...
Clock Is Ticking on XP--Time to Start OS Migration
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Windows XP is an awesome operating system that has served businesses well for a decade, but its time is coming to an end. Businesses have less than two years to migrate off of XP to a newer OS....
How to wipe a hard drive
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If you didn’t know, when you delete a file or empty your trash can, it isn’t actually wiped from your hard drive. Using special tools, deleted files can be recovered by the authorities. That sensitive love letter — or photo, or video — that you think has been safely deleted,...
This file-management app gives you Windows ‘My Computer’ on your Android smartphone
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Despite all the new-fangled tech heralded in by the mobile revolution, it seems some people may always hanker for a little old-school familiarity in their smartphone devices. The imaginatively-titled Computer is a file explorer/management app for Android, designed with Windows users in mind, as it replicates the ‘My Computer’ component...
Windows Now Welcome to the GitHub Hacker Party
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GitHub's Mascot: the Octocat Image: GitHub The cool and popular GitHub source-code sharing site just got a little easier to use. On Monday, GitHub released its first client for Windows, giving users an easier way to set up a Git source code repository on their PC that can then be...
Mozilla sets end of Firefox for Win2K, early XP
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Next month's Firefox 12 will be the last version of Mozilla's browser to run on early editions of Windows XP and the 12-year-old Windows 2000....
Microsoft to pull plug on XP in 2 years
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Microsoft has kicked off what it calls a 'two-year countdown' to the death of Windows XP and its Office 2003 productivity suite....
Microsoft’s $40 Windows 8 upgrade shows how bad it wants the OS to succeed
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Microsoft will offer an upgrade to its upcoming Windows 8 Pro OS for just $40 a pop, the company announced in a blog post today. “We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8,” Microsoft communications manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote. “Starting...
Attacks actively exploit code-execution bug in Windows
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Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system that allows them to remotely execute malicious code when victims visit a booby-trapped website. "These attacks are being distributed both via malicious web pages intended for Internet Explorer users and through Office documents," Andrew Lyons, a Google security...
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