Microsoft have posted on their blog some important dates for Windows users. If you are using Windows XP Serivce Pack 2, Windows 2000 (all versions) or Windows Vista RTM (ie with no service packs) – this affects you. On April 13th 2010, Windows Vista RTM will loose support. To continue support, you’ll need to (at …
Tag Archive: end
Permanent link to this article: http://www.geekonthepc.com/2010/02/25/important-windows-support-deadlines-xp-sp2-vista-rtm-and-windows-2000/
Feb
01
2010
Google to start phasing out IE6
Good for them! I’m really glad to hear that Google, the biggest search engine on the planet, is to start phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6, after years of it causing problems for the company. From March 1st, Google says that some Google applications will stop working. This means that users will be forced to …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.geekonthepc.com/2010/02/01/google-to-start-phasing-out-ie6/
Nov
28
2009
We could be at the end of the free public wi-fi era… already
I was reading on the news site ISPReview today that we could well be at the end of our free wi-fi era already. The reason is that the government’s Digital Economy Bill would appear to suggest that wi-fi holders are to be held fully responsible for any data transferred across their internet connection. Basically, this …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.geekonthepc.com/2009/11/28/we-could-be-at-the-end-of-the-free-public-wi-fi-era-already/