January 9, 2013 8:07 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsYesterday, Microsoft disclosed at CES that Windows 8 sales had hit 60 million in 10 weeks (70 days, which makes the benchmark date January 4, 2013) after its launch (source:
January 9, 2013 5:22 PM
Posted by: Stuart Johnston
DesktopsWindows 8 hits 60 million 'sold'
Sales of Windows 8 have now passed the 60 million mark in the two months since it officially launched, according to Microsoft. No matter how you slice it, that's an impressive number - but it brings up all kinds of questions.
The company claimed four million...
January 7, 2013 4:43 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops
[caption id="attachment_2956" align="aligncenter" width="530"]![]()
January 4, 2013 4:40 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Desktops
January 2, 2013 6:31 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsThanks to Martin Brinkman over at ghacks.net, I was reminded of two important Windows 8 related expiration dates for this month. First, and probably...
December 28, 2012 5:30 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsAfter posting about Windows 8 UEFI Install on December 19, 2012, I've now been through that exercise enough times to have learned some "don'ts"...
December 26, 2012 4:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsChances are better than average that those who read this blog won't themselves benefit from this information. But most IT pros have friends, family, and perhaps even co-workers or fellow staff members who could benefit from a quick-n-easy introduction to Microsoft's latest and greatest desktop...
December 24, 2012 4:56 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsLast Thursday, right after applying the second MS12-078 patch to my production Windows desktop machine, Identity Safe in Norton Internet Security 2013 quit working. I didn't have time to deal with this until the weekend, and worked around the loss of access to my password vault because I'm lucky...
December 21, 2012 5:19 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
DesktopsSecurity bulletin MS12-078, originally released on 12/11/2012, was updated yesterday (12/20/2012). This is a critical patch that seeks to address "vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode drivers [that] could allow remote code execution," so it's a pretty big deal. The update has to do with...
