Windows already has fairly effective controls that analyze applications and decide which ones should be allowed to run and which might be a threat. The problem is that Windows itself can be compromised, which means attackers can potentially hijack or […]
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If you give away something to someone who was never going to buy it anyway you haven’t really lost anything. That is especially true when the something is digital–like the Windows operating system–so there aren’t any additional material costs or overhead
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Windows 10 is ramping up to possibly be the most iconic operating system Microsoft has released in two decades. Microsoft provided another sneak peek into a new biometric authentication feature called Windows Hello that will provide instant access to users
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Most people have jobs. Some have jobs with benefits. Most people have friends. Some have friends with benefits. Most people use Microsoft Windows. Soon some may choose to use Windows with benefits. I predict that Windows 365 will be unveiled as a
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The Windows 10 Technical Preview has been available since October of last year. More than 1.5 million people have joined the Windows Insider program and are ostensibly looking under the hood to see what Windows 10 has to offer. Microsoft
Testing the Windows 10 waters Read More »
The rate at which businesses and consumers replace or upgrade their PCs seems to have slowed dramatically in recent years. Analysts and tech media like to pin the blame on Windows 8. If only Microsoft would have developed a more
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Decisions, decisions. They say variety is the spice of life, and if that axiom is true then the selection of innovative Windows PCs is pretty spicy. Microsoft works closely with OEM partners like HP, Dell, and Lenovo to ensure the
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Good news: Nearly nine out of ten Windows PCs have Automatic Updates enabled. Bad news: Less than three in ten Windows PCs are actually current with the latest patches and updates. You might ask yourself, “How is that possible?” Well,
Automatic updates don’t work if you never restart the PC Read More »
Microsoft announced to the world yesterday that “Windows 9” will actually be called Windows 10. The name caught most of the tech media and Windows users by surprise. As with all things Microsoft there will be naysayers and bashers no
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The iPad is, well…it’s the iPad, but Android has a dominant chunk of tablet market share. The primary reason is that Android owns the market for cheap, virtually disposable tablets at the low end. But, what if you could get
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