Goodbye Metro, hello desktop: Windows 9 could fix Windows 8
Hate, hate, hate Windows 8? The signs afoot that Microsoft may be taking on board criticism of its much maligned new operating system with reports that Windows 9 will undo many of the unpopular changes...
View ArticleWindows 9 might be here as early as April 2015
The next version of Windows has a tentative release date of April, 2015. This is according to Paul Thurrot, owner and operator of Winsupersite.com, one of the biggest and most reliable online...
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SPONSORED: Hands on with Acer’s new #TouchMore campaign
We were out and about yesterday at the launch of Acer’s latest #TouchMore campaign and got to spend some time getting up close and personal with the latest Windows 8 touch screen notebook and tablets...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Project Spark beta goes live, lets you make your own games
Think all modern games are boring and repetitive? Well, with Microsoft’s Project Spark you can now have your own hand – quite literally – at making games. Users can sign up for the Windows 8 beta of...
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MWC2014: Microsoft takes the hint & aims to fix Windows 8
We’re at the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the first stop on a whirlwind day preceding the main show was Microsoft’s press conference. First on stage was Joe Belfiore, the man in charge...
View Article2013 was a disaster for Microsoft tablets
Market analysis outfit Gartner has released its annual sales figures report for tablet computers in 2013, and the results make for really happy reading… if you’re Google or Apple. Both firms saw big...
View ArticleNew update essential for Windows 8.1 users
If you’re using Windows 8.1, you simply must upgrade your version of Windows to Windows 8.1 Update, or else face losing future updates from Microsoft. That’s the word from Mary Joe Foley over at ZDNet...
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WINDOWS WEEK: 5 Windows 8 games to play right now
The Windows Store has many games to download and play, both paid and free. But you don’t need a pile of cash to play the best ones, as many of the paid games also come with “trials” that let you play...
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WINDOWS WEEK: Get social with these 5 Windows 8.1 apps
The internet opens you up to a host of fantastic tools and services that allows you to communicate with friends, family and even strangers from around the world. As part of our Windows Week celebrating...
View ArticleAmazon buys digital comics store comiXology
Amazon has just taken another major step in sewing up the entire spectrum of the digital media distribution market with the announcement that it has acquired digital comics book store comiXology. The...
View Article33% of small businesses had no idea Windows XP support was stopping
To be fair, Microsoft didn’t make a secret of the fact that it was ending support for Windows XP earlier this year. But the message that there will be no new security patches or assistance doesn’t seem...
View ArticleSouth Africa gets its own Xbox app
Good news for Xbox gamers in South Africa. Microsoft announced today that it has launched a dedicated South African Xbox application, so you can find out which games are and (by omission, aren’t) from...
View ArticleWindows Threshold will work differently based on your hardware
Even though Microsoft has discontinued support their support for their widely-used Windows XP OS, it is probably still one of the favourite operating systems to come from Microsoft. So when it was time...
View ArticleVAIO notebooks rise from the ashes
Fans of Sony’s VAIO range of Windows laptops can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that the VAIO brand has survived the breakup with Sony which happened earlier this year. The VAIO Corporation, which...
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Digital budgets and debt trackers – 5 finance apps for Windows 8.1
Times being as tough as they are, we need every bit of help we can get to make sense of our finances and tighten the purse strings a bit. Luckily, Microsoft has included a number of useful applications...
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Windows 9 will bring back a real Start menu
One of the biggest criticisms levelled against Windows 8 has been the absence of the traditional Start menu, a staple of Microsoft’s OS since Windows 95. A pair of leaked pictures from a new build of...
View ArticleWindows 9 may copy OS X’s multiple desktop ‘Spaces’
For users of Linux or Mac OS X the concept of separate, individual desktops is nothing new. But for Windows users the next version of the operating system Windows 9, currently codenamed Threshold,...
View Article16% of PC users are still on Windows XP
Support for Windows XP may have ended in April this year, but some users are still hanging on firmly to the Microsoft operating system. Kaspersky Lab conducted its “Windows Usage and Vulnerabilities...
View ArticleMicrosoft wants to kill fake Windows apps
Microsoft is dead set on making its Windows Phone operating system a legitimate alternative to the incumbents, Android and iOS. And while it wasn’t very well received at first, the company’s Windows 8...
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Microsoft in talks to buy Minecraft developer
The New York Times (NYT) has reported that Microsoft is in talks to buy the studio behind Minecraft, Mojang, for around $2 billion. This is a bit of a surprise as the studio’s owner, Markus “Notch”...
View ArticlePirates will get Windows 10 for free
Microsoft continues to show what a different an organisation it is under Satya Nadella; according to a report by Reuters, people using pirated copies of Windows 7 and 8 will be allowed to upgrade to...
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Rail lines deliver high speed internet & elearning at Durban school for the...
The Durban School for the Hearing Impaired (DSHI) has taught thousands of deaf and hearing impaired children from grades one to 12 since it was opened in 1969, and has produced alumni who have become a...
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