Wintel PC notebook peddlers worried about Apple’s superior MacBooks

Wintel notebook sales may be affected negatively by the launch of Apple’s superior new MacBooks and weak consumer sentiment in the second half of 2022, DigiTimes reports, citing “industry sources.” Apple’s all-new 13.6-inch M2 MacBook Air. Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: “A Wintel brand vendor pointed out that at a price point of US$1,000-$1,500, the MacBook Air will crowd out other high-end…

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates to divorce after 27 years

Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, famous for becoming the world’s richest man by creating an insecure, upside-down and backwards, Mac OS wannabe, said in a tweet on Monday that he and his wife, Melinda Gates, will be getting a divorce after 27 year of marriage. Bill and Melinda Gates (Photo: Getty Images) Jordan Novet for CNBC: Last year Bill Gates stepped down from Microsoft’s…

China prepares to drop Microsoft Windows, blaming threat of U.S. hacking

“The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. shows no sign of ending in the near future,” Davey Winder reports for Forbes. “Now comes the news, first broken online by the Epoch Times this week, that China is preparing to replace the Windows operating system with an alternative that is being developed within China in order to ‘prevent the United States from hacking into China’s military…

Zero bay Microsoft Windows flaw lets hackers take full control of Windows PCs

“Google has revealed a critical bug in Microsoft Windows software that could give hackers full control of your computer,” Sara Ashley O’Brien reports for CNN.

MacDailyNews Take: Not our computers. We don’t use crap.

“The search giant’s security team discovered ‘zero day’ bugs in Adobe and Microsoft software,” O’Brien reports. “‘The bug could be used as part of a larger attack to take…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update freezes systems, breaks millions of webcams

“The Windows 10 Anniversary Update for PCs started rolling out more than two weeks ago,” Usama Jawad reports for Neowin.While many have been happy with the new features and improvements it brings, thousands of others are reportedly experiencing critical issues, that are rendering their machines unresponsive.”

“The news of the OS causing system freezes broke out a couple of days after…

Man shoots his Dell Windows PC in fit of rage; giving additional meaning to "shooting the shit."

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”We’ve all been there,” KKTV reports. “You get so frustrated with your computer, you just feel like you want to do some damage.”

MacDailyNews Take: No, we haven’t all been there. Some of us have no idea what you’re talking about because we haven’t settled for crappy Windows PCs that cost us far more in wasted time and money (anti-virus, periodic wipe/rebuilds), Geek…

Microsoft demos Windows 9, names it ‘Windows 10′

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]“Microsoft on Tuesday lifted the veil on the next version of Windows: Windows 10,” Nancy Blair reports for USA Today. “It represents the first step in a whole new generation of Windows, said Microsoft executive Terry Myerson. The company said it will focus on one Windows product family across devices. Its corporate users will find Windows 10 “familiar, compatible and…

Top investors push Microsoft board to boot chairman Bill Gates

“Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to…