The service pack for Windows 7 has been out for a bit and most users have downloaded it either from Microsoft’s Download Center or Windows Update. Windows Update user without doubt have the most comfortable update process ahead of them, as they just need to watch and wait until the update is downloaded and installed. [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Windows

The web is moving towards HTML5 with all new browsers supporting the standard including Chrome, Firefox and the forthcoming Internet Explorer 9.  This new scripting language.  It adds new tags including <AUDIO><VIDEO> and the <CANVAS> tag that can be used for creating effective animation and text effects.  The language now allows you to embed all [...]

Categories: ghacks, Microsoft, The Web

The first service pack for Microsoft’s operating system Windows 7, known as Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 7 Service Pack 1, is just around the corner for all users of the operating system. Microsoft shipped the service pack first to its OEM partners before making it available to subscribers of its MSDN or Technet service [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Microsoft has sent out invites to a press event in the US on February 10th.  The “Internet Explorer” event in San Francisco will enable Microsoft to “share some important news” about the browser. The world is now seeing this as a launch event for the final version of the browser which will be crucial to [...]

Categories: Internet Explorer

I’ve been conducting my own investigation and tests into the “rogue app” which is leaking data on Windows Phones.  I want to stress at this point that my evidence was not collected in a scientific way and I’ve been wrong before.  While I’m pointing the finger in a particular direction I still could be wrong, [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Mobiles

Microsoft have now completed their investigation into Windows Phones that have been leaking data.  It was first reported at the beginning of January that some handsets were transmitting between 30 and 50Mb of data every day.  This was even happening when the phones weren’t being used at night. Most complaints about the data leaks were [...]

Categories: Microsoft

One of these days, and I’ll try this eventually, I’m going to write an article called “Apple” which will contain just a single word, that word will again be “Apple”.  What will the reason be for doing this?  Simply because I know full well that some Apple fans will be up in arms and probably accuse [...]

Categories: ask the readers, ghacks

Sony have announced that they’re suing the hackers who uncovered the security codes for the PlayStation 3, that the console uses to determine that software is genuine.  This means that anybody who has access to this code can use it in non-approved (and even pirated), software to get that to run happily on the console. Microsoft are [...]

Categories: Apple, Hacking, Microsoft, Security

Firstly, a big thank you to everybody who sent me such nice messages after I was given a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award by Microsoft last week, for “Windows Expert (Consumer)”, you’re all brilliant. But being an MVP isn’t just about being recognised as an expert and community-centred professional, you get goodies too! There’s free TechNet and [...]

Categories: Microsoft