Windows XP’s disappearance and Windows 8’s march toward some form of success were both put on hold in January, Web analytics firm Net Applications said Saturday.
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Windows XP’s disappearance and Windows 8’s march toward some form of success were both put on hold in January, Web analytics firm Net Applications said Saturday.
Rockwell Automation has announced the release of a new FactoryTalk VantagePoint Mobile App made to work natively for Windows 8.1.
Bing has barely any market share in China, but Microsoft hopes to change that in the next year or two by investing more resources into the local version of the search engine.
With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push.
MacBook users are now able to access their Windows virtual desktops when they’re offline, after American software firm Citrix launched its DesktopPlayer for Mac yesterday.
PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button.
Miniature tablets are becoming more and more popular, with devices like Google’s Nexus 7 and Apple’s iPad mini in the vanguard. Acer tried to bring Windows to the mini form with its Iconia W3 earlier this year, but that tablet was hampered by an awful screen, a bulky chassis, and a slow processor.
Windows tablets will gain market share in the coming years, but not fast enough to challenge the dominance of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, IDC said on Tuesday.
Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that allows them to execute code with higher privileges than they have access to.
Microsoft has admitted that it has too many operating systems and will no longer offer either Windows Phone, Windows 8 or Windows RT.
Steve Ballmer’s audacious vision of “One Microsoft, all the time,” delivering a single, seamless user experience across a wide range of devices, will not be achieved without digital bloodshed.
Google’s policy of discontinuing support for aging versions of Internet Explorer will nearly cut out businesses and consumers who run …
Microsoft might stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software on systems running Windows XP after next April’s support cut-off, the company has suggested.
Windows 8’s user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the …
The PC market remained weak in the third quarter, but the expiration of Microsoft’s support for Windows XP in April next year may have prompted users to look at upgrades, which eased the slump.
Windows developers are feeling the demand for mobile apps, but they say their current tools and skills are preventing them from delivering those apps.
While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers.
Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8’s user share in August is now larger than Vista’s at the same point in the latter’s post-launch timeline.
Windows 8 may be seeing sluggish demand, but Dell believes its the best OS for business tablets and plans to roll out more products built with the operating system later this year, a senior executive said Tuesday.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but he wasn’t able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.