Microsoft will announce its rebranding of its "Windows Azure" cloud operating system to "Microsoft Azure," this weekThe announcement is expected to happen today, March 25, and to take effect on April 3, the second day of Microsoft's Build conference in San Francisco, said a couple of individuals who asked not to be identified, but who…
Microsoft's crusade against pirated software was bolstered on Tuesday with the release of a study that found stolen programs are going to cause issues this year for both consumers and enterprise customers.The study, conducted by research firm IDC and the National University of Singapore, found that consumers worldwide will spend $25 billion and collectively waste…
CNN was hacked again by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). This is not the first time that SEA has attacked CNN successfully. CNN said that the group has targeted their main Facebook profile, the Politic's Facebook profile, and the Twitter Pages for CNN, CNN Security, Clearance, and the blogs for the Political Ticker.CNN reported: “Some…
Since Snowden released the information on government spying there are not many tech companies out there that are deemed trustworthy. There has been a study that Microsoft is more trustworthy than Apple. The study was done by Forrester and is available for $499, this is because the research is valid and did cost a decent…
If you're still rocking Windows XP, we admire your dedication and ability to squeeze over a decade of use out of an operating system you presumably purchased long ago (nobody pirates XP, right?), but the end is nigh if you care at all about security. Come April 2014, Microsoft will cease supporting the legacy OS, thereby leaving your system…
Top reasons to upgrade to Windows 8.11. It takes up less space
Even though Windows 8.1 introduces many new features, it actually takes up less space than its predecessor, Windows 8. It takes about 8-15% less space.2. Searching
Windows 8 made it convenient to search for settings, content, apps and web searching. Windows 8.1 takes this to…
Every Windows user knows about the Ctrl+Alt+Del keyboard combination. It was originally designed to trigger a reboot of a system. It's used for a wide variety of tasks such as logging into Windows or accessing the Task Manager and even the quick Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) remedy.During a fundraising event at Harvard, Bill Gates…
After six years of providing a useful not-needed alternative to barcodes Microsoft is discontinuing the Microsoft Tag. On August 19th, 2015 Microsoft will no longer support this tag. It would seem that it will not go unused however. Scanbuy is planning on using this tag starting no later than September 18th of this year.These tags were invented…
Microsoft had an 8.1 preview last month but in not likely to release the service pack until around October. Microsoft announced that they will have the updates available for device in August. This will make the consumers endure with their current Windows 8 devices.Windows 8.1 will add features that many consumers have been complaining about. There will be the…
Consider the following: Internet Explorer 11 is available as a preview for Windows 7 or as part of the Windows 8.1 preview, but not for Windows 8. Similarly, PowerShell 4 will run on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, but not Windows 8 — even though it will be available for Windows Server 2012, which is…
Microsoft's had a lot of issues with its new operating system from compatibility issues with various software and hardware not working as designed when it interacts with Windows 8. Due to all of the issues Microsoft is releasing Windows 8.1 which is being designed to clean up some of the major issues users have had.One…
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple have joined forces in a civil liberties group to attempt to get the government to be more transparent. They have submitted a letter to President Barrack Obama and Congress to allow ISP's and other telecommunication companies to offer more details about requests from the governmental branches.The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has barred…