Feb 15, 2013 | Adobe, Microsoft, updates, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Microsoft and Adobe made sure your computer stayed busy this week, with a particularly large crop of patches and security updates. Your computer has probably already restarted at least once and probably could use another restart to make sure everything has settled...
Jan 24, 2013 | computers, Dell, HP, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 was introduced at the end of October. Although Microsoft claims to have sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses since then, it’s generally conceded that sales have been slower than anticipated. There are several reasons for the slow start. Computer manufacturers...
Jan 16, 2013 | bruceb, business, computers, network, remote, security, updates, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Your brush with danger from the weekend Java vulnerability ought to help you appreciate the importance of staying up to date on all the programs targeted by malware: Windows, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Java, Flash, Adobe Acrobat & Reader, and the other...
Nov 20, 2012 | computers, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Should you upgrade to Windows 8? Funny you should ask. I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. Let’s see if we can figure out which question you’re really asking. — Does Windows 8 have enough exciting and interesting new features to be worth the effort to...
Oct 26, 2012 | computers, laptops, Microsoft, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
With a Microsoft press event in New York followed by crowds filling Times Square at midnight, Windows 8 is now available to everyone, sold with new computers as well as appearing for the first time on tablets and hybrid notebooks with detachable keyboards. You’ll hear...
Oct 22, 2012 | IE, Internet, Microsoft, Outlook, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 is a mobile OS that includes a rich desktop environment as one – and only one – of its features. Windows 8 is NOT an updated version of Windows 7 that happens to include some mobile apps. When the Windows 8 Start Screen appears, the desktop is one...
