Support for Windows XP will end on 8 April 2014 Originally launched in 2001, Windows XP is Microsoft’s most successful operating system. Once the company had revamped security and hardened the bug-ridden Internet Explorer (IE) web browser in 2004, XP evolved into…
At its Build 2014 conference, Microsoft has revealed that a future update to Windows 8.1 will resurrect the Start menu. No, really, stop looking at your calendar — it isn’t April 1 any more. This is isn’t just some half-assed Start menu,…
Late last year, word broke that the tech industry’s most heinous crime — the standard USB plug that isn’t actually universal and can only fit into its port one way — would bebrought to justice. Now, thanks to a Foxconn…
Did you know an average person spends nearly 30% of their time reading and responding to email? There’s no way around it, I’m a heavy email user and I wouldn’t be half surprised if I spend nearly 45% of my…
It could be as simple as negotiating an elaborate deal with a businessman — even when you are sitting in an office on the other side of the world. Or it could be as complex as a hospital’s chief cardiologist…
Smartphones have given today’s mobile workers the ability to not have to worry about having everything they need before they get moving. Which is great, until they end up in a conference, airplane, or other no-reception zone without the crucial…
Facebook has announced more details on how its Connectivity Lab is working to connect the world from the sky with drones, satellites and lasers. In a recent document released, Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said: “With the efficiency and endurance of…
