It held out as long as possible, but a Windows Vista laptop fell to a determined bunch of hackers Friday evening at the Pwn to Own contest at CanSecWest. Since it was the third day of the contest, ...

Windows Vista is one of the most infamous versions of the OS, living alongside Windows ME and Windows 8 as the ones people love to hate. And while Vista certainly had its problems, it wasn’t a ...

Considering a new laptop. The extent of my 3D needs is probably just Google Earth but I also want snappy performance in Aero. I know that the Intel GMA 950 will run Aero but will it run it well? For ...

The above examples don't always occur but they do happen frequently enough to be pretty annoying. I run frequent virus scans via avast! and have never had any issues. I also use COMODO Firewall and ...

The Everex Stepnote VA4101M, offered by Wal-mart, is the world’s first Vista-loaded laptop priced under $500 (if you consider the drab Aeroless Vista Basic to be true Vista). Sporting a 15.4″ screen, ...

Microsoft is investigating reports of a new flaw in Windows Vista and other versions of the operating system. Local users could exploit it to boost their system privileges and run malicious commands ...

Can't wait to get your hands on Windows Vista? We'll help you decide which upgrade path to take and walk you through multiple methods of installation. Does the thought of upgrading to Windows Vista ...

If you recently obtained a new laptop loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista and wondered what happened to 15% of your available disk drive space, you can relax. Vista reserved it, but it is no longer ...

Wait, Did Apple's 'Liquid Glass' Design Steal From Windows Vista? PC users can't help but notice the similarities between Apple's 'liquid glass' design philosophy and the Aero interface in Microsoft's ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it's investigating reports of a Windows Vista flaw attackers could exploit to compromise PCs by tricking the user into opening a malicious email attachment. The problem ...