Aug 7, 2011

Well, the latest statistics are in, and it’s not looking all that good for Windows Phone 7. Comscore advises that Microsoft’s share of the mobile phone space has now dropped, from 7.5% for the three months to March, to just 5.8% as at the end of June. You may recall that when Microsoft announced this new operating system, over a year ago, we were...

Jul 17, 2011

Or at least dying. But not really sick, however. Earlier this week Microsoft announced that its Windows XP operating system, probably the most successful version of Windows thus far, and perhaps the most successful operating system of all OSes (to date) was about to reach its official end of life, with all support for it ending in 1000 days – April 6,...

Jul 10, 2011

Recent figures suggest that Google’s Android phone operating system is now leading the pack in the US. Comscore reports that as at the end of May 2011, the Android OS was occupying 38.1% of the market, ahead of Apple’s iOS with 26.6%. RIM’s share was 24.7%, which, while seemingly good, was in fact down by about 4% from the previous month, and...

Mar 20, 2011

Earlier this week Microsoft made the latest version of their internet browser, Internet Explorer available for all to download. Internet Explorer 9 is a relatively small download, and first impressions are that it’s a significant improvement over its predecessors. It’s faster, with seemingly better functionality. You can download IE 9 from...

Mar 20, 2011

Together with federal law enforcement officials in the US, Microsoft has taken action and had the Rustock botnet taken down. A botnet is a network of compromised computers. They can be contacted by a remote master computer, and used to perform tasks such as sending out spam emails on behalf the network’s operator. It has been estimated that this network of...