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Bye-Bye Windows Phone 8
Published in News
Friday, 14 July 2017 06:00

Bye-Bye Windows Phone 8


Vole sends it to the underworld


Microsoft has killed off its Windows Phone 8 operating system today.

Windows 10 on nearly a quarter of machines
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 January 2017 13:14

Windows 10 on nearly a quarter of machines


But all roads still lead to Chrome

Beancounters for Net Marketshare have added up some numbers and divided by their shoesize and worked out that Windows 10 is installed on 24.5% of devices.

Microsoft to only support Windows 10 on Intel Kaby Lake, AMD Bristol Ridge, Snapdragon 820
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Windows 7, 8, 8.1 updates for Skylake systems to end on July 17, 2017

In a rather authoritarian, sweeping effort to increase its worldwide Windows 10 install base, Microsoft has announced it will end support for operating systems older than Windows 10 on newer chipset platforms, including Intel’s Skylake, in a year and a half from now, and that Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows OS on new chipset platforms going forward in 2016.

Microsoft raises the upgrade pressure
Published in News
Wednesday, 16 December 2015 13:39

Microsoft raises the upgrade pressure


But not on me

I am getting slightly annoyed. Why am I the only person in the world who is not being nagged my Microsoft to upgrade to Windows 10.

Windows 10 will be the biggest OS ever
Published in News
Tuesday, 24 November 2015 11:24

Windows 10 will be the biggest OS ever

Maybe Apple will support it

Beancounters at analyst outfit Gartner have decided that Windows 10 will eventually be the most successful of Redmond's creations.

Windows 10 take-up drops dramatically
Published in News
Thursday, 01 October 2015 15:57

Windows 10 take-up drops dramatically


Too good to be true

Latest figures show that Windows 10's meteoric growth has finally been checked, according to NetmarketShare.

Don't upgrade to Windows 10 warns Sony
Published in AI
Wednesday, 12 August 2015 11:50

Don't upgrade to Windows 10 warns Sony


Still half baked. 

Sony has warned owners of its Vaio systems not to upgrade to Windows 10 yet.

Windows 10 will replace eight soon
Published in News
Tuesday, 11 August 2015 11:17

Windows 10 will replace eight soon


Did in two weeks what eight did in six months

Windows 10 has grown faster in two weeks than its predecessor did in six months and it will probably replace the older OS in a few months.

iOS copies Windows 8
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 13:33

iOS copies Windows 8


Exterminate the desktop

The fruity cargo cult, Apple, which  has never been afraid of taking people's useless ideas and turning them into money, has decided to copy Microsoft's least favourite idea – killing off the desktop in Windows 8.

Apple expels Windows 7 from garden of earthy delights
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Lost the business case 

Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that Microsoft's venerable Windows 7 needs to be expelled from its walled garden of earthly delights.