Microsoft moves to relegate Windows 7 to second-class status

Follow:   11.13.2012  View in a Browser Microsoft moves to relegate Windows 7 to second-class status 11.12.2012 2:01 PM Signs are mounting that Microsoft is putting all of its eggs into a Windows 8 basket. The latest came Monday when a company program manager confirmed that DirectX 11.1 will only work with Windows 8. Nokia enters the mapping wars with Here, its cross-platform location service 11.13.2012 11:15 AM Nokia plans an ambitious expansion of its mapping and location-based services platform beyond its own smartphones to competing devices running OSes other than Windows Phone 8, it said Tuesday. -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Reader Survey Take a quick survey and enter to win a $500 Amazon gift card. PCWorld on your iPad Subscribe to our enhanced iPad edition.   IE10 for Windows 7 preview to debut Tuesday, reports say 11.12.2012 4:15 PM Microsoft will release a preview of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 on Tuesday, according to a report from a Chinese website, citing the company's head of IE marketing. Firefox users slowest to update browser, Kaspersky Lab finds 11.12.2012 4:51 PM Nearly one in four PC users run out-of-date or obsolete versions of the most popular browsers for a month or longer with Mozilla Firefox users the slowest to update their software, Kaspersky Lab has found. U.S. mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month 11.12.2012 5:20 PM Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. Turn your pizza into a trackpad (and other things we didnt cover) 11.12.2012 5:41 PM In this installment of GeekBytes, find out how you can control a computer with pizza, learn about jailbreaking iOS 6.0.1 with Sn0wbreeze, and check out the robotic fish of the future. New Acer Chromebook costs just $199 11.12.2012 5:46 PM Featuring an Intel Celeron 847 and an 18-second boot time, this new Linux-based device offers an all-time low price point. Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft 11.12.2012 6:29 PM Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Windows 8, is leaving the company -- a decision Microsoft characterized as a mutual one. Beyond antivirus software: Eclectic PC security tools for system-wide audits 11.13.2012 3:30 AM Are you doing everything necessary to keep your PC safe? These utilities can fill in the gaps left by traditional antivirus software. Windows 8 deep dive: Get to know your SkyDrive app 11.13.2012 3:31 AM We take a tour of the good, bad, and just plain confusing features of Microsoft's cloud storage service. McAfee: Web users should watch out for holiday scams 11.13.2012 5:09 AM Web users and people shopping online during the upcoming holiday season should watch out for a new crop of scams, some of them targeting users of mobile devices, cybersecurity vendor McAfee warned. Microsoft, Google square off over patent royalty rates 11.13.2012 5:32 AM The patent trial could help establish how royalty rates are calculated for standards-essential patents       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107