Microsoft escaped with a rap on the knuckles from their anti-trust woes with the United States Justice Department. They are not faring nearly so well with European authorities. Microsoft recently lost a long and hard-fought battle with European antitrust authorities over their mandatory inclusion of...

One of the main problems that users of multi-user Windows XP systems experience is that the default internet browser is set as a system setting that is affecting all user accounts. If one user decided to change the default internet browser it would affect all user accounts of the Windows XP system. ...

My computer is having a hardware issue when booting... I think. Started getting BSODs when booting (Windows XP, SP2). I can't say for certain what the error is since the computer restarts immediately on throwing the error (even with the automatic restart disabled). The error isn't consistent: someti...

Everyone knows that Microsoft is trying to put Windows XP out to pasture to usher in the latest windows operating system, Windows Vista 7, the last date that direct OEM and retail license availability ended on June 30, 2008 and the System Builder license availability ended on January 31, 2009. But d...

There are guided instructions on how to install OSX onto the current crop of netbooks. It breaks my heart because the PowerBook Duo line of notebooks actually defined the executive sub-notebook (they also defined the PDA/PIM with the Newton and dropped that ball, too), Why Apple must do a Netbook no...

After a rocky start that is becoming increasingly common for the company, Dell has now officially made its new Mini 10 netbook available for order. The snazzy little netbook first appeared on the site for pre-order a few days ago, then it became available for order, then the pricing changed a few ti...

After fooling around with Windows 7 on a small sandbox hard drive, I decided to go for it, install it on one of my mains, and try to use it full-time. I’d made switch to full-time Vista over the summer, when I got my MacBook. Looking at the Mac OS and then back at Windows XP I grew tired of ho...

It’s hard to believe that we’re in 2009 and 32 bit Microsoft Windows is still the dominant version of the operating system used in desktops and laptops everywhere. Almost 14 years ago have passed since Microsoft released its first consumer version of a 32 bit operating system in Windows ’95. S...

A hard day's work often means dirty hands, and dirty hands and keyboards have a long history of not getting along together. Rugged tablets tend to be a somewhat better (or at least easier to clean) solution, the latest entry being Glacier Computer's Everest E4000, a fully integrated device available...

If you’ve tried Microsoft’s Windows 7 beta for any period of time, odds are you’re pretty impressed with its performance. Many call it what Vista should have been and we’re not so sure that’s a bad thing - remove the stigma from Vista, make some key (major, at times) tw...