Microsoft ditches Windows Live Messenger for Skype
Microsoft has announced it intends to “retire” its instant message chat tool and replace it with Skype’s messaging tool. The news comes 18 months after the software giant announced it was paying $8.5bn...
View ArticleLike? New Firefox adds Facebook integration
Mozilla’s Social API allows participating social-networking sites to create persistent sidebar access to their sites. But Firefox 17 also drops support for older Macs. Facebook has accepted a friend...
View ArticleJava is a mess, disable it on your PCs: Expert
Computer users are being advised by security experts to disable Oracle’s widely used Java software after a security flaw was discovered in the past day that they say hackers are exploiting to attack...
View ArticleHow Samsung is out-innovating Apple
There’s no arguing that Apple set the standard for modern mobile devices with the iPhone and the iPad. It didn’t take long after those two products launched for competitors to rush out their own...
View ArticleGoogle’s Chromebook Pixel Looks Cooler Than an Apple Product
Laptops could use a little sexy back. For the past few years, tech companies have been focused on tablets and smartphones, and in the meantime, a simple clamshell laptop has been relegated to workhorse...
View ArticleMicrosoft targets holidays for next Windows Phone update
Normally tight-lipped about product release plans, the software giant tips its hand in a job posting. Microsoft doesn’t expect to release its next update to Windows Phone 8 before the holiday shopping...
View ArticleO2′s Tu Go aims to challenge Skype and other Voip apps
O2 has launched an app which lets users make and receive phone calls and texts via a tablet, computer or smartphone. Tu Go is available for Android, Apple’s iOS devices and Windows 7 PCs but limited to...
View ArticleUbuntu Mir: Is This the Future of Linux Everywhere?
Ubuntu — possibly the most popular distribution of the open source Linux operating system — is striking out on its own. Canonical, the commercial company that oversees Ubuntu, has made a habit of...
View ArticleRegistry hack enables continued updates for Windows XP
Summary: [UPDATE: Microsoft response] A single registry setting makes Windows Update think your XP system is Windows XP POSReady, which will receive updates for another five years As reported by Wayne...
View ArticleMicrosoft to release seven security updates next week
Two of the seven are for at least one critical vulnerability. One of these affects an unusually broad collection of products. Microsoft has released their advance prenotification for this month’s Patch...
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