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Today, I upgraded my Firefox 11.0 to 12.0 on Windows 2000, & got a warning. That there will be no more support or updates for FF 12 on the OS. Users who wants updates must stick with FF 11 or lower. And that users should upgrade to Windows 7. Or if these users wants to keep a modern browser...

I've watched, waited and read literally hundreds and more likely thousands of posts, both here and elsewhere across the the internet, regarding opinions both pro and con as a result of folks dipping their virtual toes into the arguably troubled waters that is the Windows 8 Metro UI. I listen to...

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A new study on tablets unsurprisingly shows that Apple has the lion's share of the tablet market. What is more surprising, and maybe a little depressing depending on who you ask, is that Microsoft manages to sell more Windows 7 tablets than RIM sells BlackBerry PlayBooks, despite Windows 7 not...

New data from Strategy Analytics suggested that even Microsoft had managed to ship more tablets than RIM in the spring. Windows 7 tablets made up 4.6 percent of the tablet space, or 697,000 devices, where RIM's 500,000 PlayBooks were only enough to give its platform 3.3 percent. RIM was larger...

Microsoft's new ARM-enabled Window 8 operating system is expected to spur a new breed of low-cost laptops, according to market analyst firm iHS iSuppli, possibly stealing almost a quarter of the laptop market share from Intel. Link Removed

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Tuesday praised the widespread adoption of his company’s desktop operating system, saying it has now sold more than 400 million Windows 7 licenses. However, Ballmer acknowledged Microsoft’s struggles in the mobile phone market, where the company’s...

Update to proper, working Vista! We call it 'Windows 7' Microsoft is once again trying to bump the 10 per cent market share of people and businesses still lumbered with the company's unloved Windows Vista over to its latest operating system.… Free Whitepaper: Implementing Energy Efficient Data...

Windows 7 is adding users like Facebook. Today, Microsoft has reminded us again of its dominance, reporting that it has sold 400 million licenses for the OS in the 20 or so months since its debut. This comes about three months after the April news that sales had breached 350 million and...

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer used his Worldwide Partners Conference keynote on Monday to tout Windows 7's success while trying to downplay the success of the Mac. The most recent OS had now reached 400 million licenses sold, up from 350 million in the winter and still growing faster than XP. He...

Internet Explorer continues to lose market share overall, but Internet Explorer 9 is on the rise--especially for Windows 7 users. More...

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IDC recently came out with a smartphone market forecast report, in which it indicated that Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL ) share in the global smartphone market could decline from 18.2% in 2011 to 16.9% Link Removed - Invalid URL

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Although enterprises are in the midst of migrating more machines to Microsoft's Windows 7, the aged Windows XP still accounts for nearly 6-in-10 PCs in corporations, according to a recent report by research firm Forrester. read more Link Removed

Although enterprises are in the midst of migrating more machines to Microsoft's Windows 7, the aged Windows XP still accounts for nearly 6 in 10 PCs in corporations, according to a recent report by research firm Forrester. Windows 7 powered nearly 21 percent of all business PCs used to reach...

Windows 7 has doubled its presence in enterprises over the past year, though Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser appears to on the decline, according to a study by Forrester Research. Link Removed

By the end of March 2011, Windows 7 was powering 20.9 percent of corporate desktops, according to a new Forrester Research report, while Windows XP was on 60 percent of business PCs. More...

Can power-conscious ARM chips paired with a RISC-friendly version (or versions) of Windows 8 capture 40% of the lucrative notebook market by 2015? read more Link Removed