Windows 8 is oh-so-close to being considered a failure – if it hasn’t been labeled a failure already. However, a recent press release by Apple drove another nail into Windows 8’s coffin, as Apple confirmed that they would not be releasing a version of iTunes for Windows 8. This is a serious problem, since it basically prevents Windows RT users – who are forced to rely on apps in order t

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As the world’s technology becomes more and more advanced, it looks like the battlefields of the future will be virtual, not physical. After all, we’ve already created technology that can destroy the world thousands of times over, and what’s the point of that when you can take away somebody’s internet? Virtual battlefields might not be far away from becoming a reality, so to speak. Accor

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If you’ve visited any cloud computing service websites lately, then you’ve probably marveled at how fast and easy it was to switch your business to cloud computing. And did you hear about how much money you could save? But the truth is – moving to cloud computing might be slightly harder than you think. A consultancy firm named KPMG International published a report called Cloud Survey whi

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If you have read any PC security articles over the past few years, then you’ve probably noticed a common theme: every PC security expert recommends using ‘https’ whenever possible. Https – the extra ‘s’ stands for ‘secure’ – goes at the start of every web address. It shows the user that the information sent over the connection is encrypted and safe from the prying eyes of hackers

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Your computer has probably been infected with a virus before. You may have noticed a few annoying pop-up advertisements appear on your screen. Or, your computer may have simply started to slow down. But those problems pale in comparison to the recent case of a Eurograbber Trojan virus that stole 36 million Euros (about $46.5 million) from the bank accounts of thousands of Europeans. How it wor

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Up until now, performance PC users have had little reason to upgrade to Windows 8. After all, Windows 7 is a fantastic operating system for both gamers and average PC users alike, and why fix what isn’t broken? Well, it looks like Microsoft wants to make Windows 8 a little more appealing to performance PC users like gamers. DirectX 11.1 – the next version of the popular suite of multimedia

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If you’re looking at the Speed Up My PC Free blog, then you’re probably interested in learning how to buy a fast computer or speed up a computer on your own. However, today, we’re going to tell you about a fast computer that is not only outside your budget range, but also outside the budget range of most of the world’s countries. The U.S. Department of Energy deployed a computer called

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Thanks to idiots around the world, email scams were hugely popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But eventually, thanks to spam filters and computer education, the impact of email scams gradually waned. Well, it looks like computer users have let their guards down. Today, email scams are staging a comeback. Major antivirus firms like Sophos and Kaspersky have sent out warnings to their use

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Apple’s iOS 6 probably didn’t need any more negative press. However, that’s exactly what it’s getting after new insight revealed that Apple’s latest update to its mobile operating system tracks basically everything users do over their iPhones and iPads. According to MacWorld, iOS 6 monitors which websites users visit, which restaurants they check into, which apps they download, and wh

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This year has been rough for the PC security industry. It appears that hackers are becoming smarter – or at least more determined – than ever before, and that means more corporations are experiencing data leaks and other problems. But many people are surprised to learn the true cost of cyber security. Over the past year, companies around the world paid an average of $8.9 million to defend c

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