Tackling Technology

Amazon Surprised By Expected Windows 7 Sell Out

Pablo Richie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:16:43 +0000

Amazon UK confirmed this morning they have completely sold out of their allocation of pre-order stock for Home Premium and Professional editions of Windows 7 inside 24 hours. A customer services rep said, in classic contradictory terms, that popular demand expected by the company led to a surprise sellout (not sure how you can be surprised [...]

Windows 7 Pre-Orders Outsell Vista In Just 8 Hours

Pablo Richie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:58:31 +0000

Today’s Window 7 pre-order launch in Europe has resulted in phenomenal sales in the region, with many retailers in the UK, France and Germany reporting a total sell out of their cut-price allocation. Amazon UK reported that Windows 7 sales in the first eight hours outstripped demand for Windows Vista pre-orders across an entire 17 week [...]

Windows 7 pre-orders sell out in the UK in less than 9 hours

Pablo Richie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:57:10 +0000

Microsoft servers melted and Amazon quickly sold out of its pre-order allocation of discounted Windows 7 Home Premium copies this morning in the UK. Customers eager to take advantage of heavily discounted pricing on Windows 7 overloaded Microsoft’s own European store this morning, frustrating customers desperate to buy their copies at more than half off the [...]

Apple rolls out Safari 4.0.2; requires reboot?

Pablo Richie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:31:10 +0000

Apple has rolled out important updates to its Safari web browser today across multiple platforms. Version 4.0.2 addresses a couple of nasty security flaws in Apple’s semi-popular browser: An issue in WebKit’s handling of the parent and top objects may result in a cross-site scripting attack when visiting a maliciously crafted website. This update addresses the issue [...]

Windows Wally wrongly thinks Apple has lots to fear about Chrome OS

Pablo Richie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:42:33 +0000

The internet is abuzz today with the news that Google plans to enter the netbook space with its own cloud-driven operating system. Chrome OS, as the product is being dubbed, will be pre-installed on a range of portable devices offering almost instant boot access to the web. Unlike other low-powered Windows and Linux netbooks, Chrome OS [...]

Windows 7 Family Pack Licensing Leaked?

Pablo Richie — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:53:34 +0000

Pricing details of Microsoft’s planned foray into family licensing of its Windows operating system have apparently been leaked to the web. Online retailer ExperCom has a list price of $136.95 for the Windows 7 Home Premium family pack, permitting up to three product activations of the software in a single family home. This pricing would make Windows [...]

Windows 7 to finally offer family pack pricing?

Pablo Richie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:15:56 +0000

There is mounting speculation that Microsoft plans to introduce special family pack pricing for the Home Premium version of its forthcoming Windows 7 operating system. According to Windows 7 release candidate testers, recent builds have slipped in language specifically relating to family pack licensing. The whole clause states: b. Family Pack. If you are a “Qualified Family [...]

Entourage causing frantic problems for fanatical Rackspace

Pablo Richie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:32:17 +0000

Everybody’s favorite Apple email client Microsoft Entourage apparently contains a serious bug that threatens data integrity on Microsoft Exchange servers, according to service provider Rackspace. In an email alert to paying customers, Rackspace announced they “have uncovered an issue with Microsoft’s WebDAV protocol used by Entourage.” This deadly serious issue can “result in storage being disabled [...]

Are costly Apple computers more prone to failure than Windows PCs?

Pablo Richie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:07:04 +0000

One factor Apple customers usually like to boast about is the quality of the hardware they are getting in return for the premium price tag. But are people deluding themselves with the belief that Apple computers are built with higher quality components, and are a lot less prone to failure than traditional PCs? A technology enthusiast [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials to be released next week

Pablo Richie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:23:43 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it will start rolling-out its free software security product for Windows users from next week. The software solution, codenamed “Morro”, has been given the considerably less interesting name “Microsoft Security Essentials” for its public debut; replacing Microsoft’s paid “OneCare” security solution. Security Essentials will be available on June 23rd to users in the US, Brazil and [...]

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