Windows 7, for the first time, has surpassed Windows Vista in operating system market share according to three popular companies that track OS market share over time. StatCounter, the W3Schools OS platform statistics and NetMarketShare have recorded a steady rise of Windows 7 ever since its introduction in October 2009. Overall numbers differ because of [...]

Categories: Operating Systems

Windows 7 has been gaining market share ever since it has been released in October 2009. The latest operating system market share trends, courtesy of NetMarketshare, has seen another strong month for Microsoft’s latest operating system which managed to gain another percentage mainly at the expense of its predecessor Windows Vista but also the market [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Windows

If you are living in Europe right now and using a computer with a Microsoft operating system chance is that you are now presented with a program upon system startup that states “An Important Choice To Make: Your Browser”. This screen appears after system startup and leads to another screen called Select Your Web Browser. [...]

Categories: Browsing, Windows

Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has made a leap forward in many different areas when compared to Windows XP or Windows Vista. Among those are improvements in Windows 7 personalization and a new definition of themes in the OS. Themes in previous operating systems could alter many visual aspects of the system including the [...]

Categories: Windows

Most Windows users know that Microsoft releases security updates once per month on the so called patch day. Only critical security updates are offered when it is necessary which just happened recently when Microsoft released a patch for the Internet Explorer vulnerability that was uncovered earlier. Non-security related patches are released more commonly and users [...]

Categories: Windows

The last days have not been pleasant for Microsoft. A new Windows vulnerability affecting all 32-bit editions of the operating system from Windows 3.11 to Windows 7 was uncovered shortly after the revelation that an exploit in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 was used in the attack on several US companies that included Google and Adobe [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Windows 7 Professional is the second Windows 7 edition that we take a closer look at (after Windows 7 Home Premium yesterday). This edition is actually the equivalent to Windows Vista Business but Microsoft decided to rename it in this operating system. Some say they did so to make it easier for Windows XP Pro [...]

Categories: Windows

Now that the source code of Chrome OS is in the open the project has entered the second stage of the development phase. I suggest to visit the announcement about Chrome OS that was posted yesterday and take a look at the video posted if you have not followed the news about Google’s operating system [...]

Categories: Google, Operating Systems

Microsoft has released two roadmaps at this years Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC 2009) which both suggest a Windows 8 release in 2012. This confirms earlier rumors that Microsoft’s next desktop operating system after Windows 7 would be released in three year’s time. To be more precise, the roadmaps that Microsoft showcased at the conference show [...]

Categories: Software, Windows