Filed under: Laptops It's been a controversial decision, but it looks like the OLPC XO has completed its transition from revolutionary education project to just another...

The highly talked-about OLPC XO ñ a laptop initially designed for students in developing countries ñ will ship with Windows XP as an option in August or September, with...

Microsoft has officially announced that Windows XP is coming to the OLPC XO with trial runs beginning as early as June. This comes after months of discussion and...

Apro+im points out a NYTimes report which states that Microsoft and the OLPC project have officially agreed to put Windows XP on the XO laptop. While Microsoft has been...

Windows XP has less stringent Windows Product Activation algorithm compared with Windows Vista. For example, PC computers from branded OEM (original equipment...

Microsoft's having a tough year with reboots. First it was a reboot ad infinitum in February, brought on by a flawed update to Windows Vista . Now the same...

hiermit laden wir Sie recht herzlich zu unserem 5. ISV Code Camp ein! Diesmal widmet sich das Code Camp dem Thema Hochverfügbarkeit und Solaris Cluster. Erfahren Sie...

Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP's shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be...

If an iPhone or iPod touch is not recognized in iTunes on Windows XP or Vista, the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) may need to be restarted. If AMDS cannot be...

If you’re running Windows XP and haven’t yet installed Service Pack 3, Microsoft has included a few incentives that might interest networkers. First, XP Service Pack...

Time for a quick poll … Can you see yourself running Windows Vista in 2014? Or will you have moved on to Windows 7 (or whatever follows), Linux, Mac ... ? Oddly enough,...

When the Internet Explorer folks announced that they were going to call their next version of Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and...

del.icio.us recently made a small news flurry when they announced their Firefox extension had been upgraded for compatibility with Firefox 3. But now there’s even...

Microsoft provides easy way to validate genuine status of Windows and Office products via Mozilla Firefox web browser with plugins support. The plugin,...

Windows Live OneCare is a computer security service which integrates anti-virus program, firewall, backup and restore utility to supplement integrated Windows Defender...

Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer...

In researching an upcoming post, I ran across this piece I wrote for TechRepublic in May 2000. Eight years ago this week: So I understand exactly how the TechRepublic...

Windows XP SP3, the final service pack for Windows XP, was released to manufacturing a few weeks ago, and popped up on Windows Update about a week later. Even though the...

Microsoft is launching a program to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs, one effect of which will be to limit the hardware capabilities of this type...

Last week, we reported on a peculiar price difference in Australia between the Linux and Windows versions of the Asus Eee PC 900, the new model in the Eee line. The...