The release of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP was a watershed moment in the evolution of Windows Vista’s predecessor, with the upgrade catapulting the operating system at the top of the OS market, and keeping it there for the next seven years. XP SP2’s 7th anniversary comes just a day after Windows XP tur... |
25 August 2011
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Just as it was the case for Windows Vista, Windows 7’s main rival is not Linux, Mac OS X or any competitor operating system, but the Windows XP platform. Because of Microsoft’s support lifecycle for its products, Windows OSes often overlap. In this context, Microsoft needs to labor continuously to convinc... |
16 July 2010
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On Friday, Microsoft reportedly confirmed that Windows 7 would have an emulation mode, similar to what Apple called Classic, addressing the needs of those still needing to run Windows XP solutions. The mode delivers what can be referred to as a “Windows XP environment” for XP programs. The news comes via... |
27 April 2009
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PC gaming has almost always been tied to a generation of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Whether it was 95, 98 or the more recent XP or Vista, the Redmond giant was responsible for the main platform on which developers brought their video games. Windows XP has been and still is the preferred platform for ... |
28 February 2009
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Some people say that Windows XP doesn't look too great and use all kinds of applications to change the way it does, customizing the window interface, the interface, the start menu or any other element of the operating system. In an article published a few weeks ago, Marius Nestor, our Linux Editor, made Ubuntu l... |
28 May 2008
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A new rogue antispyware application was spotted a few days ago on the web and it may really trick you in case you're not ready for it. Codenamed XP Antivirus, the program pretends to be a security software that cleans your computer of unwanted infections. However, it isn't so well-intended as it may seem be... |
27 March 2008
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The recent avalanche of threats proved us that many, if not the majority of threats attempt to spread themselves by copying their files on clean removable drives connected to an infected computer. Usually, this process is based on Autorun.Inf, a file placed on the targeted removable devices that executes the infectio... |
4 January 2008
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It's a well known fact that Microsoft tries to do anything possible to attract more customers to its Xbox 360 game platform and battle the famous rival Sony and its PlayStation 3 console. Recently, there has been a lot of buzz around the PS3 because Sony kept the product in the spotlights with announced, postpon... |
12 August 2007
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The OLPC laptop project is finally entering mass production and it may very well mark the start of a new trend in the computer industry, as consumers will find out that they can do their normal day activities (sooo sorry, not gaming allowed) using a hardware platform that costs only a tiny fraction of the most advanc... |
9 August 2007
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These are the questions that popped up into my mind from the very moment I had my first encounter with Microsoft's new operating system: 'Why should I use Vista instead of XP?' 'Is there something that makes it better than the previous Microsoft OS?'Until a few days ago, I have never wanted t... |
27 July 2007
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In an interview with GameInformer, Microsoft's Shane Kim has revealed that Alan Wake won't be coming out this year, thus shedding some light on why the game wasn't shown off at this year's E3. However, the interesting part of the interview has less to do with Alan Wake and more to do with the fact... |
23 July 2007
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The Live Earth concerts powered by Microsoft and meant to fight against the global warming managed to make MSN an important part of the history after no less than 8 million people watched live content on Monday. As the Redmond company reports, there were approximately 15 million streams bundled with 237.000 simultane... |
15 July 2007
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Since Windows Vista was released, a lot of users looking to update their operating system avoided to do this because they were aware that their computers' configurations might be incompatible with this product. However, some of them managed to upgrade their systems and proceeded to the next step: the installatio... |
19 May 2007
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There is one word that comes across every player's mind when it comes to games, the DirectX word. We all know about the DirectX update installations which prompt almost once with any serious game set-up. Once with the release of Microsoft Windows Vista a new DirectX release came into our world: the DirectX 10. ... |
26 April 2007
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There are two myths associated with the low market performance of Windows Vista in its first month of commercial availability. The muted reception that Windows Vista got at the retail outlets is related to the fact that the latest operating system from Microsoft "does not offer much more than Windows XP" and that the... |
1 March 2007
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