Apple’s OS X has passed Windows Vista in worldwide usage for the first time ever.

Windows Vista as well as Office 2003 have entered the extended phase of their lifecycle.

Ed Bott of ZDNet managed to spot a revision that Microsoft snuck into its support policy sometime this month that ups the support duration ante for Microsoft’s two latest consumer operating systems — Vista and 7 — to 10 years. He initially noticed it on the Microsoft Japan webpage, but shortly after received confirmation from Microsoft U.S. PR that this revision is in fact valid.

Microsoft Office XP and Windows Vista SP1 have reached the end of Extended Support Life Cycle, which means no further security updates will be released for these products.

You can easily create a new drive on your PC or laptop using built in tools for Vista and 7. It’s very handy to have and may save you lots of time and trouble.

A new zero-day vulnerability in Windows Vista and 7 can be used by malwares to bypass UAC (user account control).

Sometimes a file won’t open in the application you want. The file Sendto menu is a flexible option for opening files. It can serve you well, once you learn it’s secrets.

If you need a fast, functional and easy way to manage the services that run on your PC, take a look at Services Suite, a portable application from RoyalFool.de.

HTC Home is a beautiful weather widget for Windows that emulates HTC Sense UI’s combined weather and clock widget.

The Windows shell shortcut vulnerability is now being actively exploited by malwares, even as researchers continue to discover new vectors for distribution.

If you’d like a good, light weight replacement for the slow Windows file search, you won’t find many tools better than Agent Ransack.

Seagate – one of the world’s most popular Hard disk manufacturer – has confirmed that they are working on a 3 TB drive. According to Seagate, they will be “announcing a 3TB drive later this year

Most Windows systems already come with a nice built in screensaver for viewing the pictures you’ve stored on your hard drive. In Windows XP it’s called My Pictures Slideshowand it includes the basic settings you need to show your pictures when the computer is idle. Here’s an screenshot of the settings for it. As you [...]

Microsoft has announced that it will end extended support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000 this July the 13th. Windows XP SP2 users can upgrade to SP3.

Microsoft Fix It Center offers quick fixes to common Windows problems and takes the trouble out of troubleshooting.