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• Apple Finally Adds Windows 7 Support to Boot Camp

  Almost three weeks later than originally promised , Apple has finally added support for Windows 7 to its Boot Camp technologies in Mac OS X, which let Mac computers dual boot between the two OSes. The support comes via Boot Camp 3.1 (where Snow Leopard... Posted Jan 19 2010, 09:01 PM by pthurrott with | with 33 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Mac, Windows 7, Vista

• Tinker Now Available on Games for Windows Games On Demand

  Not sure when this went live, but Microsoft has made the free version of Tinker available for all Windows XP, Vista, and 7 users. (You may recall that this game was previously exclusive to Windows Ultimate Extras in Windows Vista.) He's little, he's... Posted Dec 18 2009, 03:56 PM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Video games, Vista

• Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 Now Available

  From Panda: After 7 months in beta testing, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 FREE Edition is finally available. You can download it from http://www.cloudantivirus.com . In version 1.0 we have improved most of the issues submitted during the testing period. Some... Posted Dec 17 2009, 11:10 AM by pthurrott with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Security, Vista

• Microsoft Responds to Windows BitLocker Claims

  In a posting at the Windows Security Blog , Microsoft's Paul Cooke addresses recent claims by Fraunhofer SIT about the supposed ineffectiveness of BitLocker, the full disk encryption technology that's available in Windows Vista, 7, and Server... Posted Dec 09 2009, 10:40 AM by pthurrott with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Security, Vista

• Researchers Break into BitLocker

  ZDNet UK has an interesting post about security researchers from Fraunhofer SIT that have managed to bypass the BitLocker disk encryption technology in Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008. According to the firm, there's nothing wrong with BitLocker... Posted Dec 07 2009, 08:22 PM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Security, Vista

• Windows 7 Battery Life Worse on Netbooks

  Laptop Magazine has some surprising news for Windows 7 battery life, at least on three netbooks: It's not as good as it was on XP. Here's what they found: Back in August when we started testing the final version of Windows 7, we noticed that several... Posted Nov 12 2009, 04:59 PM by pthurrott with | with 34 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Vista

• Get Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em ... For Free

  Microsoft will soon make the Vista-era Ultimate Extras games Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em available for one and all, for free, via Games for Windows Live: Tinker and Hold 'Em are coming to Games for Windows! Need a break? If you like classic platform... Posted Nov 05 2009, 05:00 PM by pthurrott with | with 29 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Video games, Vista

• Microsoft Security Essentials Update

  Microsoft previously reported that its new Security Essentials anti-malware solution ( see my review ) had garnered 1.5 million downloads in its first week of availability. Well, the numbers keep going up: After two weeks, the download total stood at... Posted Oct 19 2009, 09:03 PM by pthurrott with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Vista

• Now available: Microsoft Security Essentials

  The public version of Microsoft Security Essentials is now available from the Microsoft web site : Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Microsoft... Posted Sep 29 2009, 12:57 PM by pthurrott with | with 56 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Security, Vista

• Microsoft Security Essentials Beta updated

  If you're using the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, you'll notice an update in Windows Update this morning. It's unclear what's changed under the hood (the referenced KB article below doesn't yet exist), but there's a new tray... Posted Aug 20 2009, 11:42 AM by pthurrott with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, x64, Security, Cloud computing, Vista

• Windows Live Movie Maker 1.0 is now live

  Sorry about the confusion yesterday, but Windows Live Movie Maker 1.0 is now live. Here's the word from Microsoft: Today, Microsoft is releasing its new Windows Live Movie Maker application globally.  As the first application within the Windows... Posted Aug 19 2009, 05:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Live, Digital media, Cloud computing, Vista

• Microsoft's proposed browser ballot screen

  I'm embarrassed to say I missed this last week, but when Microsoft announced its proposal to let EU customers choose a browser via a so-called ballot screen, they also provided an image of what that screen could look like. Here it is. Under our new... Posted Jul 31 2009, 04:53 AM by pthurrott with | with 53 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Internet, Internet Explorer, Vista, Commentary

• Browser ballot screen isn't just for Windows 7

  Mary Jo Foley reports on an interesting tidbit I missed while traipsing around The Netherlands this week: Microsoft's proposal to let EU users choose from competing web browsers isn't relegated to Windows 7. They'll offer this capability on... Posted Jul 28 2009, 04:48 AM by pthurrott with | with 63 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Internet, Internet Explorer, Vista, Commentary

• Gorgeous Firefox 3.7 for Windows mockups

  Some may recall that I got excited about Mozilla's original plans for the Firefox 3 UI on Windows , only to have my hopes dashed when they came out with something half-baked . (The shipping Firefox 3.x "chrome" is just horrible looking,... Posted Jul 21 2009, 11:14 AM by pthurrott with | with 78 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Mozilla, Vista

• LOL! Apple demanded that Microsoft stop advertising PC price advantage over Macs

  I'm sure you've seen the news. If not, I've written something up about it. Microsoft COO Kevin Turner relayed a funny story about Apple. The Cupertino Mac maker recently called Microsoft and demanded that the software giant stop running its... Posted Jul 16 2009, 12:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 201 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Mac, Alt. Windows, Vista, Commentary, PC