Windows’ contribution last quarter to Microsoft’s revenue hit its lowest point since Vista’s swan song more than two years earlier, according to figures released by the company Thursday. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, the Windows division accounted for 22.7% of the company’s total sales, its lowest share since the 20.3% that the group recorded …
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Microsoft says its next OS will only require users to restart their PCs once a month, unless there is a crucial security patch. Windows has a bothersome habit of interrupting users and asking them to shut down their PCs so that an update can be installed. That will occur less frequently in Windows 8 as …
Microsoft today fixed a critical hole in Windows and two less serious holes in Office in one of the lightest Patch Tuesdays in recent history. The critical bulletin, MS11-035, fixes a vulnerability in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) that “could allow remote code execution if a user received specially crafted malware on an affected …
Attack Surface Analyzer, available as a free beta, assesses operating system weaknesses which emerge after an install or an attack. On Wednesday, Microsoft released a free, beta version of Attack Surface Analyzer, together with numerous updates for previously released secure development tools. According to Microsoft, Attack Surface Analyzer — already used by its internal product …
Walmart says it will be offering a 15.6-inch notebook for under $200 in its post-Thanksgiving & Black Friday& sale. The eMachines eME528-2325 includes a 15.6-inch screen, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard disk drive, an HDMI output, and a DVD drive, according to the reseller. Walmart’s Black Friday laptop is one of the best mobile …
