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Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Thumbs up for Windows XP

You may have heard of Linux on a thumbdrive, but what about WinXP? Fred Langa over at InformationWeek walks through the steps of putting a bootable copy of Windows XP on your thumb drive.

July 26, 2007 | 08:12

Acer takes a swing at Windows Vista

The world's fourth largest PC maker has said that the entire industry is disappointed with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.

July 24, 2007 | 17:47

No Vista Service Pack 1 beta this month

Microsoft has revealed that there will be no public beta for Windows Service Pack 1 this month. Instead, the public beta will happen "sometime this year".

July 20, 2007 | 21:01

Microsoft patents seriously bad adware

You thought Vista was already pretty bad having dozens of services secretly calling home? How about an advertising framework that uses contextual data from your PC? This new patent from Microsoft could make things a whole lot worse.

July 18, 2007 | 11:13

Windows Home Server goes RTM

Microsoft has announced that Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing. Systems will ship with the OS installed by October.

July 17, 2007 | 17:48

Vista SP1 in 2nd half 2007

It's coming, it's not, it's coming, it's not...the story has changed so much. But now it's official- Vista Service Pack 1 is due out in the latter half of this year.

July 10, 2007 | 19:34

Questions of cases, lighting and sound..

This week's polls are centred not so much around hardware, but modding: are cases with windows and lights still acceptable? Also, we want to know how you listen to music on your PC.

July 3, 2007 | 14:25

Built-in Vista probing tools exposed

If you thought Windows Genuine Advantage was your biggest concern after installing Windows Vista, you might want to think again after reading this.

July 3, 2007 | 10:33

Nvidia pulls 162.15 driver from nZone

On Friday, Nvidia pulled the 162.15 driver from its nZone portal after a number of complaints from end users.

July 2, 2007 | 12:18

Critical Windows update for Core 2s

UPDATED: Microsoft has released a critical update for Windows machines running processors from Intel's Core 2 and Xeon 3000/5000 families. Intel's Nick Knupffer dropped into bit-tech's forums to offer more insight.

June 29, 2007 | 01:08

No Vista Service Pack this year?

The final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 may not be delivered by Microsoft until early on in 2008.

June 23, 2007 | 17:55

Mozilla takes offense to Safari

The Mozilla Foundation's President has gone on record to say some pretty nasty things about Apple and Steve Jobs after the company's recent announcement on its browser, Safari.

June 19, 2007 | 06:54

MS & Google continue anti-trust feud

Things have been quiet on Microsoft’s anti-trust case for a while now, but that looks like it is about to change after Google filed a complaint with the Department of Justice.

June 18, 2007 | 12:55

Windows Home Server hits RC Stage

Microsoft has moved Windows Home Server into Release Candidate stage. Will it be coming soon to a computer near you?

June 13, 2007 | 20:40

Safari moves to PC

Apple has announced that Safari is making the move into the PC browser wars. Oh...boy?

June 13, 2007 | 14:31

D-EFI-nitely Maybe

A lot has changed over 26 years - so why hasn't the way our computers boot? Brett Thomas takes a look at motherboards, Microsoft and transportation in the future as he questions the continued presence of the BIOS.

June 9, 2007 | 06:22

Vista is not helping PC sales

Market research firm In-Stat has stated that the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has had no impact on PC sales.

May 24, 2007 | 11:29

Microsoft launches new and improved Hotmail

Microsoft has announced that Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, has launched globablly in 36 languages.

May 8, 2007 | 18:26

Dell will use Ubuntu

It's official - the animal kingdom of Ubuntu will be showing up on Dell's new Linux systems.

May 2, 2007 | 09:50

Dell reintroduces XP on home PC selection

The people have voted: over 11,000 votes to re-introduce Windows XP into its range of home PCs and notebooks and Dell has responded in increasing their range with XP Inside.

April 24, 2007 | 11:33