Category Archives: Windows

Windows 8 Defender

Posted on September 14, 2011 by halberenson

One of the end-user oriented features revealed in yesterday’s BUILD keynote that I’m particularly excited about is the expansion of Windows Defender capabilities.  Microsoft has had the limited Defender anti-malware capability built-in to Windows since Vista.  Defender, although it uses the same … Continue reading →

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What does Windows 8 have to do to succeed?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

Following up from my previous post on why Windows 8 is so important I wanted to speculate on what we’ll see next week, or rather what we have to see in order to believe that Microsoft can succeed.  First we’ll … Continue reading →

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How important is Windows 8 to Microsoft’s future?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

After a couple of years of leaks, and a few carefully selected releases of information, we’ll finally see the big reveal of Microsoft’s Windows 8 at the BUILD conference this coming week.  Make no mistake that Windows 8 is the … Continue reading →

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Windows XP support to end soon, and your use should end sooner!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by halberenson

I just wanted to remind everyone about a post I did a few months back on why it is time for Windows XP to die.

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Internet Security Myths

Posted on July 1, 2011 by halberenson

eWeek recently published a nice article covering survey data that shows user understanding of PC security threats is outdated, which of course may lead to poor security practices.  Overall I like the article, but I take issue with what they claim … Continue reading →

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Why you need more than one Anti-Malware product protecting you

Posted on May 23, 2011 by halberenson

I recently downloaded a file that I knew would be Malware.  It was called document.zip and was attached to a piece of mail that allegedly came from someone at FedEx.  The email headers were forged, and the mail itself wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Old Operating Systems never die, and it seems they don’t fully fade away either

Posted on April 29, 2011 by halberenson

In Time and Malware I mention that very old malware is still with us.  That made me curious about just how many PCs are still running pre-XP versions of Microsoft Windows (e.g., Windows 98).  The data from a number of sources … Continue reading →

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Why haven’t we seen a Microsoft Windows Application Store?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by halberenson

If you talk to Microsoft veterans you can find many who either proposed, or actually worked on, Windows application stores dating back to the 1990s.  None of these actually shipped.  There are now plenty of leaks out on the web … Continue reading →

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It’s time for Windows XP to die

Posted on April 10, 2011 by halberenson

In a world where computer security and internet privacy are critical issues, one of the biggest problems we have is the continued use of Windows XP.  Fortunately there is progress in replacing Windows XP, with it being used on less … Continue reading →

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Of course there will never be another standalone “Zune” PMP

Posted on March 19, 2011 by halberenson

Although there are many other topics I have plans to blog about, I can’t resist responding to the noise in the system about Microsoft.  And there has been a lot of recent noise about the future of Zune.  First rumors … Continue reading →

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