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Microsoft Celebrates 10 Years of Trustworthy Computing

Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative is now 10 years old, and the Redmond-based company is proud of this achievement. The Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Initiative was aimed at ensuring that all users were able to have a secure, private, and reliable experience when on their computers. The move was an...

13 January 2012
08:01 GMT

Verizon Talks 4G LTE Network Issues

Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network has been affected by a series of issues lately, and the carrier took its time to offer a statement on the matter, so as to explain why they occurred. The carrier’s network is the largest in the United States, covering a number of no less than 190 markets and 200 million...

30 December 2011
06:21 GMT

Apple Drops Two Spots in Rescuecom’s Computer Reliability Report for 2010

Apple has dropped to the third spot in Rescuecom’s first quarter Computer Reliability Report for 2010. IBM/Lenovo ranks first, with Asus following in on its footsteps taking spot #2. Rescuecom makes its measurements based on two fundamentals, the company said - the quality of the components and software used in...

4 June 2010
08:26 GMT

Download Windows 7 RTM Stability and Reliability Updates

With Service Pack 1 still in the distance, customers need to turn to Windows Update for refreshes designed to improve their experience with the latest Windows client and server platforms. Although Microsoft is not emphasizing the relevancy of WU over that of major service pack upgrades for Windows 7 to the same level...

9 March 2010
11:25 GMT

BusinessWeek Awards Apple A+ for Quality of Staff and Efficiency of Service

Apple has been chosen as one of the world’s most reliable companies, as far as customer support is concerned, in BusinessWeek’s annual customer service awards. Apple received an A+ in both the quality of the staff at its retail stores, and the efficiency of the stores’ service, with a total score of...

23 February 2010
04:59 GMT

Finding Reliable Data in the 'Information Jungle'

We can safely say now that the world of today is a lot different than it was a century ago. This is especially true when it comes to information sources, and also the amount of data available to all people. In the past, publications such as the New York Times and the Encyclopedia Britannica were setting the norm when...

18 February 2010
03:23 GMT

Windows 7 Stability and Reliability Update Releases Available for Download

While customers are waiting for the first service pack release for Microsoft’s fastest selling operating system in history, the company is already hard at work pushing the platform forward. Customers no longer have to wait for the first major upgrade for Windows 7 in order to boost the OS on the next stage in i...

4 February 2010
03:11 GMT

Download Windows 7 RTM Stability and Reliability Update

Following the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft started downplaying the relevancy of major upgrades via service packs, in favor of minor refreshes delivered via Windows Update. The stability and reliability updates became a way of making sure that the evolution of Vista inched forward ahead of the delivery of Servi...

27 January 2010
10:54 GMT

The Most Reliable Computer Vendor, by Rescuecom Standards, Is Apple

The Rescuecom Computer Reliability Report, described as “an unbiased analysis that compares computer vendors' market share with consumer service calls from Rescuecom's 1-800-RESCUE-PC call center,” has again crowned Apple as the most reliable computer vendor. Results for Q3 2009 saw Apple and IB...

7 December 2009
08:56 GMT

PC World Names Sprint the Most Reliable Network

PC World recently conducted a 3G comparison on the network market in the US, and found that Sprint's network was the most reliable compared to AT&T and Verizon's in 6 cities in the country. As many of you might already know, the carrier claims that its network is the “most dependable 3G network”...

16 July 2009
04:32 GMT

T-Mobile Intros the First Embedded SIM

T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced on Thursday the first-of-its-kind embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions. The new durable embedded SIM is not larger than the head of a pin, yet it is able to withstand harsh environmental factors like temperature, humidity and motion while providing reliable wireless connect...

24 April 2009
02:32 GMT

Apple Falls in Computer Reliability Report

Apple has dropped a spot in the latest Rescuecom Computer Reliability Report, which has increased the frequency of releasing its data from once a year to once every quarter (four times a year). Taking the lead was ASUS, which made a surprise leap into the top spot joined by IBM/LENOVO with a score of 348. Apple is ju...

26 March 2009
10:28 GMT

Apple Tops Reliability Report Again

Apple and Panasonic are top performers in Rescuecom's third annual Computer Reliability Report, the company that has been assisting both businesses and home users with on-site and remote technical support since 1997 says. Announcing the results of its reliability report, Rescuecom revealed that Apple scored the...

18 December 2008
03:05 GMT

Vista SP1 Evolves with New Reliability and Performance Boost

Microsoft is indeed starting to deliver an increasing volume of details related to the upcoming Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server releases, but the end of 2009/ the debut of 2010 is still not even on the horizon, and neither are the next iterations of the Windows platforms. And with Windows XP available only on u...

19 August 2008
12:16 GMT

Internet Explorer 8 Reliability - It Should Have Been in IE7

One aspect of Windows Vista that is indisputable is the operating system's stability. But the consistent level of reliability in Vista failed to rub off on the Internet Explorer 7 default component. Having to deal with faulty add-ons and plug-ins (the most problematic of which is Adobe Flash), IE7, in turn, mana...

30 July 2008
09:41 GMT

New Performance and Reliability Update for Vista SP1 - Download Here

A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated. The update comes with the promise of improving the performance and reliability of the gold version of Vi...

25 June 2008
03:17 GMT

Vista Compatibility and Reliability Update Available, Adjacent to SP1

Even though SP1 for Windows Vista was released to manufacturing in February 2008, and the gold bits of the service pack began being available to the general public in March, Microsoft is still issuing updates for the RTM version of its latest Windows client. It is the case of a compatibility and reliability update fo...

22 May 2008
12:49 GMT

Boost Vista's Performance, Responsiveness, and Reliability ahead of Vista SP1

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM is without a doubt in sight. But the fact that the service pack's availability is contouring on the immediate horizon, and is now but a month away, provides little comfort for the users of Windows Vista RTM. With the general release of Vista SP1 RTM pushed back to mid-March, Micr...

14 February 2008
10:57 GMT

Have a Taste of Vista SP1 Reliability and Performance Today

Want a taste of the new level of reliability and performance that Service Pack 1 will deliver to Windows Vista in the first quarter of 2008? Well, thanks to the Windows Update infrastructure Vista, users are able to access in advance a slice of Vista SP1. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft is delivering a previ...

17 December 2007
12:05 GMT

Take Windows Vista Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability Up a Notch

Microsoft is offering Windows Vista users the means to take Windows Vista compatibility, reliability and stability up a notch ahead of the release of the first service pack for the operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has been hammering away at Vista, since the client hot the shelves in January 2007...

1 November 2007
07:14 GMT

Windows Vista Gone Wild

Windows Vista gone wild is both a reality and an everyday occurrence. In fact, Windows Vista gone wild translates to aberrant behavior of the inline processes of the operating system. Windows Vista deals with troubled processes in its own way, and an insight on the way the operating system manages dying, hung or aber...

19 March 2007
12:00 GMT


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