The One Thing Windows Vista Did Right
Vista was bad. Coming five years after XP, it was heavily anticipated by Windows users who were impatiently awaiting…
Apple Says a Security Update Will Kick These Devices Off iTunes in May
Apple’s iTunes service may be 17 years old and in dire need of a redesign, but it’s still hanging in there as one of…
Microsoft: IE10 Will Not Be Supported On Windows Vista
Microsoft has spoken: Internet Explorer 10 will not run on Windows Vista—not in its developer form now, nor when the…
Microsoft COO Knows a Lemon When He Sees One
In his keynote speech at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, company COO Kevin Turner said that Apple's new…
Seagate Confirms 3TB HD Coming Later This Year
Seagate's senior product manager Barbara Craig confirmed rumors that the company will be releasing a monster 3TB drive…
Microsoft's Impartial, Antitrust-Friendly Browser Ballot Screen
You may have forgotten about it, but Microsoft got in to a bit of trouble with the European Commission for…
Windows 7 Murders Vista on Steam
Most of the gamers I knew stuck with XP during the Vista's time because it drained precious CPU cycles, but that's not…
Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
March, 2007: Windows Vista's initial sales are great, "more than doubling" those of its predecessor, Windows XP. Flash…
DirectX 11 Now Available For Windows Vista
We didn't see much of a difference between DirectX 10.1 and 11, but if you're a Windows Vista user who did and has been…
Ballmer Optimistic About Win 7, But Says Vista Is "Very Popular"
As you know, I sat down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to chat about all of his projects this year. Windows 7 was…
Windows Vista Was Awesome, Don't You Remember?
The funny thing about Windows Vista is that the vast majority of launch reviews were really positive, just like the…
Steve Ballmer: There's a Slight Chance Windows 7 Could Be Vista All Over Again
Things I didn't expect to read today, part II: Steve Ballmer saying that the Windows 7 launch could in fact resemble…
Giz Explains: Microsoft, Standards and Damned Standards
The other week, we explained how Apple influences a ton of what goes on in tech by shaping industry-wide standards.…
Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now
Could Windows 7 accomplish everything that's expected of it? Probably not, but it makes a damn good attempt. We've…
Windows 7 Review, Part 2: The Best Features and Tips
You've read our final verdict, but since there's a ton of new stuff in Windows 7, we've rounded it all up here, in one…
Buy Vista PC After June 26, Get Windows 7 Upgrade for Free (or At Least Cheaper)
We already heard about this on the Best Buy front, but it looks like several computer makers will let you upgrade to…
OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown
It's easier than ever to pit Windows 7 and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard head-to-head: They're launching soon, both within a…
Best Buy: Windows 7 Isn't Just "Vista That Works" (Also: Free Upgrades)
Oops! A leaked Best Buy memo manages to both trash-talk Vista as well as give out the details of Best Buy's Windows 7…
Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista, SSD Edition
A lot of the hype around Windows 7 is predicated on how well it'll run on modest hardware, especially SSD-equipped…
Microsoft Squeezing Out Vista SP2 'In the Coming Weeks'
Windows Vista SP2, which was released to manufacturing about a moon ago is finally getting pushed to Windows Update "in…