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Windows 10 released on July 29th and Microsoft began slowly rolling out the updates to people in waves. As of now there have been 10’s of millions of people who have downloaded the free update and moved on to the new OS. However Microsoft’s reservation tool, which you may have used in the coming months prior to Windows 10’s release, states that your ...

By now you may have noticed the new little Windows icon at the bottom right of your computer screen. That new logo has been patched in to anyone’s PC with an officially registered Windows 7 or 8.1 OS; if you can see it that’s because you qualify for the free upgrade to Windows 10. Clicking that link opens a small ...

I’m sure that many Windows users are excited for the free upgrade to Windows 10 that is coming later this year – unless you’re a pirate. In which case you may be feeling a little lukewarm over the whole thing after Microsoft’s redacted their statement on who qualifies for free. But the news that the newest operating system will be free, even if ...

You might remember Tizen as the mobile operating system for a few high end smartphone devices a couple of years ago, that looked and acted as a Android clone.  If you don’t know, Tizen is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and GNU C Library implementing the Linux API.  It’s owned partially by both Samsung and Intel and ...

A surveillance software and hardware supplier emerged with a spyware test and revealed that the iOS is the most secure mobile operating system. Apparently Apple’s OS is immune to FinSpy spyware, unless the device is jailbroken, while Android and BlackBerry are easily hacked by the same spyware. The leaked report, belonging to Gamma Group, suggested the company conducted tests on ...

Apple received a hard blow from China yesterday, as the government decided to exclude iPads and MacBooks from a list of products that can be bought with public money. This decision was encouraged by the security issues China had to deal with lately, and led to the banning of ten Apple products. Apple isn’t the only company whose devices were ...

BlackBerry has been changing for a while now, as the company was attempting to regain its place as world leader on the mobile market. As many other companies struggled to reach the top spot, BB met decline, which led to thousands of layoffs and the loss of reliability. Recently, the company managed to get a hold of itself and started ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is still an expensive, top of the line phablet that offers quite a lot. That isn’t stopping Samsung from releasing its successor, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, a device we know is in the making for awhile now. A seemingly reliable source from Android Geeks revealed that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will be announced ...

Samsung strikes again officially announcing the Samsung Z. Even though Samsung’s TouchWiz interface is so attractive that is often identified as an operating system, the company finally decided to announce the Tizen-powered smartphone. Samsung proved to be tired of sharing Google’s software and having its interface being built on the top of Android. That is the main reason why the ...

As promised by Microsoft, the event on the 20th of May in New York City was quite amazing. At the press event, the CEO Satya Nadella and Surface Corporate Vice President Panos Panay revealed the company’s desire to beat every laptop in the world by promoting the new Surface Pro 3. Contrary to the rumors before the event, the tablet’s ...