The following appeared on BetaNews this morning. The more adventurous explorers among you might want to get a jump on everyone else and install Windows 8.1 Update 1 before it’s officially released. If you like living on the edge, this is for you: Get the purported Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update 1 NOW Reports about Windows are often… Read More »
Despite the fact that American companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix and others dominate the tech world, America ranks number 31 in the world in Internet download speeds and 42nd in upload speeds. That’s pretty pathetic when you think that America is arguably the richest country in the world. I guess it’s not as shocking as the… Read More »
We don’t want to start a political debate, nor pit Liberals against Conservatives. In light of the Patriot Act, the revelations about the NSA domestic spy program, and a continuing decline in the freedoms we, by the constitution were guaranteed, enjoy, it just seems to me that if we continue to stand by while we allow American schools… Read More »
For the second month in a row, Windows XP shows stronger growth than Windows 8.x It’s a new month and so once again NetMarketShare reports desktop share for all of the major operating systems. What’s interesting this month is all versions of Windows showed fairly minor changes. Whether dropping or gaining, the differences in share were minimal. However,… Read More »
Windows 8.1 Update 1 is due out the day XP dies: April 8, 2014. Coincidental? What do you think. Anyway, those of you who have Windows 8 / 8.1 might be interested to know that Microsoft is working hard to make Windows 8 more like Windows 7 — really. The more they change Windows 8, the more like… Read More »
Lawsuit: Sprint charged US gov’t $21 million too much for spying expenses US files suit against Sprint, says carrier’s surveillance fees too high. The US government today filed suit against Sprint, alleging that the company overcharged government agencies when submitting expense reimbursement requests for wiretap operations that spied on Sprint customers. Sprint “knowingly submitted false claims to federal… Read More »