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Windows Update is one of the key elements of Microsoft’s operating system for keeping your computer working and up to date. Without it, your computer would freely collect malware, unpatched security holes would be exploited and generally things would run pretty slowly. Fortunately, your computer does have Windows Update, capable of adding new functionality, fixes, service packs and device drivers to your Windows 7 PC or laptop. But what happens when Windows Update goes wrong?
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Probably the second most favorite activity of mine (after playing Angry Birds) is to check out new app launches, and update the old ones. More often than not I am tapping away at my screen and checking out which apps have to be updated and are there any apps which are on sale, priced low enough. AppFeed.net (Beta) is a web service that works with your Feed Reader to keep you informed of updates in the version or price of an Android Application.
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On Monday 11th June, Apple developers gathered in San Francisco for the start of a 4 day conference. The rest of the Apple world sat watching liveblogs, awaiting announcements of new products. Among those announcement was iOS6 - with some fairly major changes as well as the usual incremental upgrades.
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Updating a Windows Phone should be a pretty straightforward process. Sadly, however, the process doesn’t always work as intended; updates can fail. In most cases when an update fails and with no usable data on the device, your phone will be more or less bricked. Fortunately, there is a way around this problem.
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When it was first released, Windows Phone was a new mobile platform that looked and felt great, but wasn’t quite firing on all cylinders. Despite the then current state of the smartphone market, the decision was made to release a mobile operating system that was missing a few key features and APIs. If your Windows Phone hasn’t been blessed with the NoDo or Mango updates as yet, then you’re clearly missing out on some excellent functionality.
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I have to admit that when it comes to keeping a PC completely up-to-date with all of the required patches and updates, I fall far short. I might remember to enable Windows Update or maybe upgrade Chrome occasionally, but all of the other software that I run usually falls behind in versions until I try to do something with that software that it can't do because it's out of date.
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The internet is buzzing with all things Apple. They just announced their new iPad and updated almost all of their first party applications. Now, they have quietly moved out a new version of their mobile software. iOS 5.1 is the latest in a long line of improvements to Apple’s mobile platform. While this update is [...]
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The code that makes up the Windows operating system contains security loop holes, errors, incompatibilities, or outdated software elements. In short, Windows isn't perfect, we all know that. Security patches and updates fix the vulnerabilities and errors in Windows and associated software, and they occasionally add new features. This essentially summarizes why you should regularly run a Windows Update.
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If you haven’t yet downloaded and installed Apple’s latest operating system, Lion, released in June of last year, or if you’re still trying to figure out all its trackpad gestures or the disappearance of traditional scrollbars, you might want to put on your running shoes because Apple announced last week yet another forthcoming OS update [...]
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With social networking services threatening to eat up all of our time, finding a solution that can help to manage all of your vital announcements and updates without overwhelming your time (and perhaps your state of mind) seems to be increasingly important. Over the past couple of years the free TwitterFeed service has been developed to allow users the ability to automatically update Twitter, Statusnet, Hellotxt, Facebook, and LinkedIn
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Mozilla has released the latest version of its popular Firefox web browser, with improvements to the JavaScript rendering engine that could yield speed bumps of 30% over the previous release. According to Mozilla, the new Type Interface feature in the browser’s SpiderMoney JavaScript engine integrates with the existing compiler to deliver more efficient code in less time.
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Believe it or not, but IE6’s days might be numbered. Microsoft recently announced that starting January, Internet Explorer will be updated to the latest version automatically through Windows updates. IE has been updating through automatic updates for a while, but this always required some additional actions from the user, which sometimes prevented the user from actually updating.
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Facebook has launched a major update for its Android app which improves on photo viewing, navigation, search and speed. The new update brings the app closer to the experience the iOS version provides – definitely good news for Android users, who have had to deal with an inferior version up till now. The new version brings three major changes.
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iBooks has received a nice little update recently that adds a bunch of new features that users were clamoring for. The first major feature is the addition of a night-time reading mode. This makes the background black and the text white. This makes reading less strenuous when in a dark area. The next addition in this update is the inclusion of a full screen mode.
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According to the online media research site, GigaOM, StumbleUpon has surpassed Facebook as "the biggest traffic driver among social media websites in the US". StumbleUpon has always been one of the go-to sites for discovering new and interesting stuff on the Web, and recently the site has done a significant makeover that gives it a lot more visual appeal.
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