MSI Z77A-GD80 laboratory tested by Anandtech Following Apple’s introduction of Thunderbolt on commercial systems with the Macbook Pro 2011 line in February of 2011, it was expected that Thunderbolt would soon be supported on Windows. The first motherboards with integrated Thunderbolt are starting to see the light of day just now, more than a year [...]
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HP to Reenter Tablet Market with Windows 8
Posted by Gary on May 12, 2012
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Among Apple’s early competitors in the tablet market, HP gained a significant amount of attention as it initially sought to build its niche around webOS, which it acquired along with Palm in early 2010. HP introduced its webOS-based TouchPad in early 2011, launching the device on July 1 of that year only to exit the [...]
Wozniak: Windows Phone trumps Android, carries Apple spirit
Posted by Gary on April 29, 2012
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Steve Wozniak compliments WP7 and Lumia 900 Habitual smartphone experimenter Steve Wozniak in a podcast (embedded below) gave strong compliments to Windows Phone. Having picked up a Lumia 900 weeks earlier, the Apple co-founder still picked the iPhone as his favorite but argued to aNewDomain that Windows Phone was better than any Android phone. It [...]
20 percent of Macs harbor Windows malware
Posted by Gary on April 26, 2012
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Here’s some shocking information for you: nearly 20% of Macs have malware hiding out somewhere in the deep, dark recesses of their filesystems. The twist: it’s actually Windows malware. While that means it’s probably never going to do any harm to the Macs in question, it’s still pretty amazing to think that Sophos Labs found [...]
One in five Macs are harboring Windows malware – report
Posted by Gary on April 25, 2012
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By Neil Hughes Published: 10:44 AM EST (07:44 AM PST) Windows malware is so prevalent that a new study has found it quietly present on 20 percent of Macs, dwarfing the number of Apple machines infected with actual OS X malware. The details come from a sampling of users who downloaded the free Mac antivirus [...]
Mostly complete ‘release preview’ of Windows 8 coming in June
Posted by Gary on April 24, 2012
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By Josh Ong Published: 01:06 AM EST (10:06 PM PST) Microsoft has said it will issue a “release preview” of Windows 8 in the first week of June as it prepares to launch the desktop operating system update later this year. Windows boss Steven Sinofsky revealed the plans at a developers at an event in [...]
SkyDrive gets Mac, Windows, iPad apps, drops to 7GB for some
Posted by Gary on April 24, 2012
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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Microsoft quickly confirmed rumors and has posted preview versions of both Windows Vista/7/8 and OS X Lion desktop apps while curbing the reach of its cloud service. The software now lets users more directly organize their cloud storage, automatically syncing anything loaded into a SkyDrive folder and sorting its contents [...]
Microsoft reveals ‘Windows RT’ as name of ARM-based version of Windows 8
Posted by Gary on April 17, 2012
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By Josh Ong Published: 10:30 PM EST (07:30 PM PST) Microsoft on Monday revealed that there will be three editions of its next-generation desktop operating system: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. The Redmond, Wash., company announced the naming scheme in an official blog post. Communications manager Brandon LeBlanc indicated that all three [...]