Sony has advised Vaio laptop owners not to update to Windows 10 until their machines have been optimized for Microsoft's latest operating system. The Japanese company is preparing driver updates, but some users could be waiting until next year to receive them. Sony no longer owns the Vaio business — it was sold to another Japanese company in 2014 — but it is obligated to continue...
Windows Phone has enjoyed marginal success in 2011 – especially compared to Android and iOS. However, recent signs have suggested the mobile phone platform is slowly gaining a wider audience, and even becoming a favorite among developers thanks to its slick design and quick, user friendly experience. Now, with its upcoming Windows 8 desktop software, Microsoft is hoping to capture the...
Pre-release versions of Windows 8 have leaked to the web. Here’s what they tell us about the upcoming OS. Recently leaked builds show that Windows 8 will be a very different OS from its forebears, from the kernel to the cloud. ARM processor support, mobile-device optimization, and system-wide menu tweaks abound. There are still a lot of things we don’t know about the next OS from...
Using a pen and paper is so yesterday. The same goes for typing. Come on people: We’ve been hunting and pecking for more than 100 years! Where’s the progress? Our thoroughly modern civilization deserves a progressive method for data input. If you haven’t already embraced the speech-recognition features baked into Windows 7, it’s about time that you did. The future is now. Let us...
Internet Explorer 9 is finally available in final form to the general public, and we’re pleased to say that it represents a big leap forward for Microsoft’s web browser. We know that many of you readers have gotten turned off to IE in recent years (and understandably so) but Internet Explorer is suddenly a lot more competitive, and worth a look. We recommend you try it for...
Original Post by Alex Castle – Reposted thanks to Maximum PC Most of Windows 7's accessibility options are, at best, of dubious usefulness to the average PC user. And that's fine, as they're generally designed for people with special needs, and can be easily deactivated. There's one accessibility option, however, that can be a big help to anyone: Mouse Keys. If the name didn't tip you...
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the release of Windows 7, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence Apple announced their new operating system OSX Lion around the time of the Birthday party. Being in the IT industry these two events really got me thinking about the adoption rate, or lack thereof, of new operating systems after their public release (not counting the Beta...
The first time you boot up your computer you always go, “Wow, I can’t believe how fast this system is!” … and then a month later its just as slow as the system you replaced. Many times people will suggest you add more RAM (Random Access Memory) or go totally over the top and suggest you get a faster processor. Well, before you go whipping out that credit card, why not try your hand at...