Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year, Microsoft said today. But even with that dramatic increase, Windows 7 remained two to three times less likely to fall to hacker attack than the aged Windows XP. ...
Tags: Windows 7, Malware Infection, US, Microsoft
Mozilla last week released the first public preview of a Firefox browser that runs in Windows 8's touch-first"Modern"or"Metro"user interface(UI). The Firefox app for Modern--the UI dubbed"Metro"until Microsoft ditched the term over ...
With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8,users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point in its countdown,an analytics firm said today. The newest numbers from ...
Computerworld-The two best-known virtualization products for the Mac,Parallels Desktop for Mac and Fusion,have both now produced updates optimized for the upcoming Windows 8. Parallels released Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac today as an ...
Tags: Mac users, virtualization products, Windows 8, Parallels Desktop
Computerworld - As promised, Microsoft today released the final version of Windows 8 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. But it also posted a 90-day evaluation copy of Windows 8 RTM (release to manufacturing) that anyone can download. At ...
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Computerworld - A final copy of Windows 8 leaked to the Internet on Thursday, just a day after Microsoft stamped the new operating system as finished. Identified as Windows 8 Enterprise N -- the "N" marks it as aimed at European users -- ...
IDG News Service - Microsoft has released Attack Surface Analyzer 1.0, a free tool that can help system administrators, IT security professionals or software developers understand how newly installed applications can affect the security of ...
Computerworld - Microsoft today announced that it's wrapped up Windows 8 and declared that the operating system has met the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone. "A short while ago we started releasing Windows 8 to PC OEM and ...
Microsoft today said it will officially launch Windows 8 in late October when it starts selling upgrades and its hardware partners begin selling PCs,tablets and hybrid devices powered by the new operating system. Windows 8 is also on ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Tami Reller, RTM
Computerworld - Microsoft on Monday announced a promotion that later this year will let users of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 PCs upgrade to the new Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. Even though he declined to label the price as "aggressive," ...
Tags: Microsoft, upgrade, Windows XP
Microsoft will support full upgrades to Windows 8 only from the three-year old Windows 7,according to a report Thursday. Yesterday,ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley,citing unnamed sources,said that Microsoft has informed select partners of ...