Category: Software
VIDEO: 8 second fast boot demo in Windows 8 OS
Microsoft are tuning Windows 8 to deliver MacBook Air style superfast boot times. While it's still a few seconds off of being truly "instant on", Windows 8 will boot up in as little as 8 seconds. This is possible…
Mac OS X Lion thumb drive now on sale at a steep price
Apple's latest OS update, Mac OS X Lion, touched down at a remarkable £21 last month, but was limited to in-store and Mac App Store download sales. The latter of which is fine if you've got a healthy web connection,…
Valve's Steam gaming store now ready for super-fast downloads
Steam, the digital distribution gaming store that's been keeping PC gamers loaded with top quality titles since 2003, is to get a major backend overhaul that will drastically improve download times. Though Steam is hardly a slow service as it…
Microsoft boast of 400 million Windows 7 sales, not so good WP7 numbers
Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles today, and keynote-leading CEO Steve Ballmer was both his usual bullish self but also surprisngly frank when it came to discussing his firm's smartphone performance. The success of Windows…
Microsoft urge users to ditch Windows XP
Microsoft are urging PC users to call time on their Windows XP operating system and migrate to Windows 7 or prepare to move to Windows 8, with the company only offering support for the ageing OS for a further 1,000…
Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus 2012 and Internet Security 2012 released
Kaspersky Lab have revealed deatils on their latest security software releases for 2012. Anti-Virus 2012 and Internet Security 2012 combine both cloud-hosted and local PC protection to offer what they feel is the most advanced PC security set-up in the…
REVIEW: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium Edition (PC)
Just as the clickity-clackity sound of the humble typewriter was superseded by the tip-tap of the PC keyboard, could we soon replace even this staple PC accessory with merely the power of our voices? That's more-or-less the idea behind the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Premium speech recognition software from Nuance, offering advanced dictation and hands-free PC navigation controls. Is it time to unplug your keyboard and warm up your vocal chords? Read on to find out
Xbox Live coming to Windows 8
Xbox Live will be an integral part of the Windows 8 PC experience, according to Microsoft's entertainment marketing chief Mile Delman. The Xbox 360 online gaming and media download platform has already spread its wings to Windows Phone 7 devices…
OS X Lion showcased at Apple WWDC 2011
Apple's annual WWDC conference for 2011 kicked off with the usual fanfare we've come to expect from the cult of Mac. As well as the launch of the iCloud service and iOS 5 update for mobile devices, OS X…
Adobe CEO says Honeycomb tablets will overtake iPad. Flash bias, anyone?
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has stated that he believes tablets running Google's Honeycomb OS will eventually win out over the now-dominant iPad produced by Apple, just as Google's Android smartphones too are beginning to edge ahead of Apple's iPhone. "What…
