We already told you that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 had hit closed beta, but now Microsoft has made it available to everyone. Announced on Monday at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, SP1 reflects Microsoft’s increased focus on cloud computing. As we’ve mentioned before, SP1 includes RemoteFX, which allows for host-based rendering of 3D graphics....
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Microsoft’s attempt to be hip and cool in mobile is a bust. The company has decided to stop introducing new Kin-branded phones and will scrap the device’s European launch. Instead it plans to integrate Kin into its existing Windows 7 Phone team. It will continue Kin sales in the United States, Microsoft said in...
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Two security researchers have claimed there is a major security flaw in the way Windows 7 interacts with the hardware of its host machine. They argue it could be extremely difficult to fix the issue. The problem involves Direct Memory Access. That’s a computer feature by which part of the chipset on the motherboard...
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Windows 7 and Mac OS X each have a new, fundamental flaw that will be presented at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam in July. These security holes are so close to the core operating systems that fixing them may be very hard. Windows 7 has an issue in the 64-bit edition...
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Microsoft has confirmed earlier reports that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will not run on XP. That’s prompted speculation that the company may be using the browser as a way to encourage users to upgrade to Windows 7. Some sources speculated that a future update to either the browser or operating system might alter the...
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Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7. The attack was first spotted by BitDefender on Sunday and is not yet widespread; the antivirus vendor is receiving reports of about three installs per hour from its users in the U.S. But...
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