#mac roadkill

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…

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…

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…

The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell Inc. today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), Glass Lewis and Egan Jones have recently issued reports reiterating their prior recommendations that Dell shareholders support…