Microsoft appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division. The news follows another delay with reports of a staff revolt over the way that management has handled the development of the operating system. According… Continue reading 60% of Windows Vista Needs Re-Writing

Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ say that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone They say that Apple will launch an iPod with phone functions within the next few months. “An iPod phone… Continue reading iPod Phone Confirmed

Microsoft plans to release a pre-patch advisory with workarounds for a “highly critical” vulnerability that could put millions of Internet Explorer users at the mercy of malicious hackers. The advisory, which will be posted here, acknowledges a code execution hole that was discovered and publicly reported by Secunia Research of Copenhagen, Denmark. Secunia said in… Continue reading Microsoft Confirms ‘Highly Critical’ IE Hole

Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac :). According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple’s MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market. GearLog carried out their ‘XP on Macs’ test using the technique recently developed… Continue reading Apple MacBook Pro ‘Fastest Windows XP Notebook’

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they will once again delay Windows Vista, formerly known as Longhorn, until early next year. The software giant said it will wrap up development of the new operating system this year and make it available to volume licensing customers in November. Microsoft?s Windows chief Jim Allchin said the company is… Continue reading Windows Vista Delayed Until 2007