Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update requirement deadline for consumer security updates from May 12 to June 10 Microsoft today extended the deadline for Windows 8.1 users to keep receiving security updates. The Windows 8.1 Update requirement has been moved up by about a month, from May 12 to June 10. Both days coincide with the day before their… Read More »
Hackers now crave patches, and Microsoft’s giving them just what they want At least one of next Tuesday’s updates looks like an excellent candidate to hackers as they sniff for bugs in the now-retired Windows XP Computerworld – Hackers will have at least one, perhaps as many as four, patches next week to investigate as they search for unfixed… Read More »
A closer look at just how badly Windows 8.x is failing Once a month I report on the desktop operating system market share using data from NetMarketShare. The changes in fortune between the different flavours of Windows is usually fairly minimal – a per centage point gained here, a per centage point lost there. And usually the rise… Read More »
Google, Facebook, And Over 100 Tech Companies Come Together To Defend Net Neutrality This afternoon, a coalition of more than 100 tech companies wrote a joint letter to the FCC standing in favor of net neutrality. Since news of an FCC proposal that could threaten net neutrality broke on April 23, tech companies have remained silent, while open… Read More »
Emails between Google execs, NSA chief show prior relationship Post-NSA secrecy, many big tech companies like Google were outspoken about the practices used by the NSA to gather info. Since that time, they’ve gone on the offensive, trying to both challenge the NSA and distance themselves from it. New emails obtained by news outlet Al Jazeera show a… Read More »
If you’re over 55 you probably remember buying music on cassette. Remember those old dual cassette recorders that let you copy your friend’s Beatles’ albums? Ah! Those were the days! Hang on — it looks like cassettes are coming back in a big way…read on, my friends: Sony able to fit 3,700 Blu-Rays worth of data onto single… Read More »