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Analysts Say Many Windows XP Users Will Use Past Retirement Date
With 37% of worldwide desktop computers running Windows XP at the last count, what Windows XP users choose to do when the operating system is retired on April 8th 2014 is very important for the PC industry. Computer vendors are hoping renewal of existing Windows XP based machines will drive…
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Windows Plummets In Global Computing Market, Android Takes Over
While we know Windows based operating systems dominates the “desktop market” with around 91% of market share, the world of computing is much more than that. It includes tablets, smartphones, consoles, servers and so on. With the dramatic decline of PC shipments over the past years and rapid growth of other mobile…
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Windows XP’s Death Could Save PC Market Says Analysts
Microsoft’s Windows XP has its support ended on April 14th 2014. As a result of this many business and home users will need to make the shift to a newer operating system. Those operating systems which will outlast XP include Windows 7 , which has mainstream support until January 13th…
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Direct X 11.2 Confirmed As Windows 8.1/Xbox One Exclusive
About a week back we brought you some early information that suggested Microsoft’s Direct X 11.2 would be a Windows 8.1 and Xbox One exclusive. Now a recent update on the Microsoft website has confirmed this earlier prediction and Direct X 11.2 is listed for Windows 8.1 only. Microsoft’s Direct…
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Upgrading Directly From XP or Vista To Windows 8.1 Isn’t Possible
If you’re one of those people still using Windows XP or Vista (which should be about 37.2% and 4.6% of all desktop PC users respectively according to recent figures) then Microsoft has stated that you will not be able to use an upgrade path to Windows 8.1. This means that…
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Nvidia Release GeForce 320.49 WHQL Drivers
For those of you who don’t use Nvidia’s GeForce experience software, but like to keep on top of the latest driver updates, you might want to take note that Nvidia has just released the GeForce 320.49 WHQL certified drivers. These bring “official” support for the new GTX 760 graphics card,…
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Windows Runs On 91% Of World’s Desktop Computers
Despite all the bad press Microsoft has had this year, and the bashing that Windows 8 has faced (rightly or wrongly so), Microsoft still dominates the desktop PC market and this shows absolutely no sign of slowing. According to the latest figures by Market Research firm Net Applications Microsoft still…
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Microsoft Says You Won’t Need A Clean Install To Move To Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 is getting ever closer as Microsoft is expected to unveil the consumer preview at the BUILD developer event on June 26th next week. Microsoft has been releasing some more details on the upcoming OS in an interview with TechTarget. Erwin Visser, general manager of the Windows commercial division, explained…
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PS4 Games At E3 Actually Ran On The Console, Not Like The Xbox One
Microsoft caused outrage when it was revealed that its E3 2013 demonstrations of the Xbox One and its games was done not on the Xbox One console but on Windows 7 based PC systems. Developers have come out to say that Sony did not make the same mistake and all…
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Windows XP Is 21 Times More Vulnerable Than Windows 8 Claims Microsoft
With Windows 8 uptake being much slower than expected Microsoft is looking for ways to drive users over to their new operating system from older operating systems. And what better way to do this than by giving XP users a “friendly” kick up the backside with some security scaremongering statistics.…
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Futuremark Unveils PCMark 8 For Windows 8 and 7
PCMark 7 has been the industry standard benchmark for testing whole systems for a while now. For reviewers like us it is very much the first port of call when measuring the overall performance of Windows based systems. Unlike 3DMark, which is totally gaming orientated, PCMark 7 offered an array…
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Windows 8.1 Is Not A Service Pack, Is This The End Of Service Packs?
Microsoft already confirmed yesterday that Microsoft’s Windows “Blue” will actually be a free update for Windows 8, is called Windows 8.1 and is available free to Windows 8 owners. We only have to wait until June 26th for the preview of Windows 8.1, yet Microsoft is firmly saying that Windows 8.1…
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Analysts Say Only 59 million of 100 million Windows 8 Licenses Used
Microsoft has been praising its Windows 8 operating system lately and using the fact it has sold 100 million licenses to justify this self-praise. However, analysts aren’t so supportive of Microsoft’s evidence. Patrick Moorhead, a principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, suggests that out of those 100 million sold…
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Intel i7 4770K Overclocked to 5GHz On Just 0.9 Volts
Of late it seems like Ocaholic could pull the lost city of Atlantis out of the CPU-Z database if they wanted to. Their latest find concerns the i7 4770K and is another exciting installment for enthusiasts to speculate over. According to this latest CPU-Z validation the Haswell Core i7 4770K is capable…
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Kabini Looks To The Future, Drops Support For Windows XP & Vista
There are still a lot of supports of Windows XP out there, maybe not so many out there for Vista but I’m sure there will be some people on the OS that simply won’t, can’t or don’t want to upgrade for what ever reason and if your one of these…
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