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Latest Windows 8.1 beta silently updates Windows Store apps

Latest Windows 8.1 beta silently updates Windows Store apps
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 1:45 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • Users of Microsoft's latest Windows 8.1 beta (build 9385) have reported that Windows Store apps now silently update themselves without need for user intervention. If you value up-to-dateness but couldn't care less about developer release notes, then this upcoming change…

Windows 8 adoption cracks 3% in March, 10% among Steam users

Windows 8 adoption cracks 3% in March, 10% among Steam users
  • Posted April 1, 2013, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Windows 8 has continued its leisurely stroll upward in Net Applications' operating system rankings, with the web traffic analyst recording Microsoft's latest platform holding a share of 3.17% in March. If only by a couple points, that's an increase from…

Weekend tech reading: Firefox OS backed by phone makers, carriers

Weekend tech reading: Firefox OS backed by phone makers, carriers
  • Posted February 24, 2013, 11:46 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Laying the groundwork for its nascent Firefox OS, Mozilla has won over a sizeable list of allies including LG Electronics and China Unicom, and the first phones with the browser-based operating system should arrive in the second quarter of the year. Mozilla announced today...

Paul Thurott: Windows 8 sales "well below" Microsoft's projections

Paul Thurott: Windows 8 sales "well below" Microsoft
  • Posted November 19, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • Despite Microsoft's excitement at selling four million Windows 8 upgrades in four days, well-known industry blogger Paul Thurott says sales of the OS are "well below" Microsoft's internal projections. Get your salt shakers ready, but Thurott cites ones of his…

Microsoft's secret OS project Midori is still alive and moving forward

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  • Posted November 8, 2012, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Microsoft is most commonly associated with developing Windows although few people know that Redmond has also been working on another operating in secrecy for several years. It’s been more than four years since we last heard about project Midori but…

Jolla gives new life to MeeGo mobile OS, reborn at Sailfish

Jolla gives new life to MeeGo mobile OS, reborn at Sailfish
  • Posted October 4, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Finnish mobile developer Jolla has announced plans to showcase its upcoming MeeGo-based mobile operating system at the two-day Slush startup conference in Helsinki, Finland starting November 21. The company, comprised of several former Nokia employees, has managed to raise €200…

Windows 8 contacts Microsoft every time software is installed

Windows 8 contacts Microsoft every time software is installed
  • Posted August 24, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Observant software hacker Nadim Kobeissi stumbled upon an interesting observation today while running a network packet analyzer under Windows 8. It appears, by default, Microsoft's latest operating system is sending information to Redmond servers each time a user installs an…

Mountain Lion becomes most successful OS X release to date

Mountain Lion becomes most successful OS X release to date
  • Posted July 30, 2012, 9:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Software
  • Apple’s latest operating system was released to the public last Wednesday and has already set a new sales record. Cupertino published a statement today pointing out that downloads for Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in just four days, making…

Firmware update enables Power Nap for Macbook Air, Retina MBP

Firmware update enables Power Nap for Macbook Air, Retina MBP
  • Posted July 26, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Software
  • To the dismay of some users, Power Nap -- Apple's whimsically named, sleep-like power state which quietly polls for updates -- was curiously absent from Mountain Lion's official release yesterday. Today though, the company rolled out an SMC update which adds…

Mountain Lion available now, free upgrade codes not working for some

Mountain Lion available now, free upgrade codes not working for some
  • Posted July 25, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Software
  • It's here -- Mac OS X 10.8 has officially launched. Many Mac owners will be able to snap up the Mountain Lion upgrade from the Mac App Store for a cool $19.99 -- that's actually $10 less than last year's…

Windows 8 Preview users can upgrade to final version for $39.99

Windows 8 Preview users can upgrade to final version for $39.99
  • Posted July 6, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Earlier this week, we mentioned that Microsoft would be coughing up Windows 8 upgrades for the bargain price of $39.99. That's a fine deal, but it looks like Windows 8 Release Preview testers will get the same offer. That's right…

Windows 8 upgrade paths 'leaked', XP, Vista and 7 supported

Windows 8 upgrade paths
  • Posted June 28, 2012, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Although Microsoft announced last month that Windows 7 users will be able to perform an upgrade installation of Windows 8, the company hasn't offered a detailed upgrade path for all Windows 7 editions, nor older versions. However, sources privy to such information have reportedly...

Mountain Lion update reveals automatic Mac App Store downloads

Mountain Lion update reveals automatic Mac App Store downloads
  • Posted May 22, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Software
  • Mac OS X 10.8, otherwise known as Mountain Lion, isn't ready for prime time just yey. However, as often is the case, developers have been enjoying preview builds for some time now. As it turns out though, the latest update…

Rumor: RIM to release first BlackBerry 10 OS smartphone in October

Rumor: RIM to release first BlackBerry 10 OS smartphone in October
  • Posted April 26, 2012, 12:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • According to an exclusive by BlackBerry news site N4BB, Research in Motion looks set to debut BlackBerry 10 OS in August, with handsets to follow a couple of months later, in what many in the industry regard as quite possibly…

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