Now that Windows 8 is out in full force, a flood of tablets sporting the touch-friendly operating system has hit …
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HP issues worldwide recall of 50,000 laptop batteries over fire risk
The company said it had received eight reports of those batteries "overheating, melting, or charring." Those reports included property damage and burns.1 2947
Microsoft to drop support for Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft last week reminded customers that the first edition of Windows 7, which was launched more than three years ago, …
Review: Qnap TS-469L
Qnap‘s newly launched X69 Series of network attached storage is targeted at power consumers and business users. Powered by Intel’s …
Phishing threats worse at home – survey
According to a survey from security training firm PhishMe, employees working from home could be an easy back door allowing …
Ransom malware head arrested in Dubai
A Russian man accused of being a key figure behind the notorious and hugely successful Reveton “police ransom” malware, which …
Dell buyout faces shareholder backlash
Michael Dell might be celebrating having agreed a buyout for his company, but $24.4 billion leveraged deal has seen a …
Customers to keep a close eye on Dell
Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they …
Windows Store app releases all but halt
A picture is worth a thousand words; the grey line in a graph from MetroStore Scanner, a site that keeps unofficial …
Windows 8 to create tablet shift – analyst
A research firm on Friday said that more than a third of surveyed consumers who once used personal computers to …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …