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Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

Ten ways to speed up a slow PC

...are introduced frequently.One tip: don't use the drivers provided by Windows update. These are often cut down, or sometimes don't even work... Read more

21 April, 2012 by Craig Simms

Come in Internet Explorer 6, your time is up

...be pushed to any Windows users that have Automatic Updates enabled in Windows Update. Windows XP users on Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7... Read more

16 December, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Microsoft gets tough on IE6 retirement

...versions of Internet Explorer. For people who have Automatic Updates enabled in Windows Update, Microsoft says the update will occur in a seamless, Chrome-like... Read more

16 December, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

GlobalSign stops SSL certificates after hack claim

The company has halted issuing certificates after Comodohacker, the person thought to be behind the DigiNotar breach, said they had also compromised GlobalSign's systems Read more

7 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Windows Update Never Stops Sucking

...minutes or so of "Initial Setup and Configuration". Then I go to Windows Update, which says there are 25 "Important" updates, of which 24 have... Read more

6 November, 2011

Microsoft aims to reduce Windows Update restarts

Microsoft is tweaking its Windows Update service with Windows 8, and is trying to limit the number... Read more

15 November, 2011

How Linux saved my computer from Windows Update

If it wasn't for Linux, a Windows Update crash would have forced me to format my drive and reinstall... Read more

18 July, 2011

Windows Update - Endless Buffoonery

...would install the patches while I had the chance. I went to Windows Update, Check for Updates, and after a huge amount of thrashing about... Read more

18 March, 2012

Windows Update - Sick on Toast. Without the Toast

...Microsoft Windows Idiotic Update process? Well, basically the answer is every time Windows Update finds some new and different way to prove that it is... Read more

23 September, 2011

Windows Update - The FUN Never Stops! Literally. ever

...any hope that Microsoft will ever fix the bottomless pit that is Windows Update? Perhaps, if enough people complain about it, publicly, enough times. But... Read more

8 July, 2011

Windows Update Problems, Again

...Pavillion dv2-1010ez with Vista. That turned out to be caused by Windows Update not liking the fact that I had replaced the Windows bootloader... Read more

10 November, 2010

Upgrading the Samsung Series 7 Slate to Windows 8

How to get past the 'oops, upgrade failed' message but still be stumped by rotation. UPDATE: Samsung released a... Read more

8 March, 2012

Nvidia: Windows on ARM a 'genius' idea from Microsoft

...he was initially sceptical when Microsoft announced it would develop its upcoming Windows update for both Intel x86 and ARM chip architectures. Huang noted that... Read more

18 May, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing

Netbook Upgrade - SSD IN, Windows OUT

...from scratch again, and fight for a day and a half with Windows Update again, so I ditched Windows and made this a Linux-only... Read more

17 May, 2012

Windows 7 Declares War on GRUB

...install. I let it do the installation, then rebooted "to finish the Windows update installation". Except, it wouldn't boot. Something that Windows Update had... Read more

6 May, 2011

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

4 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

5 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

6 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

10 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

10 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

11 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

13 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

14 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

14 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

17 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

20 hours ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

1 day ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux