The release of Windows 8.1 on Friday will begin a two-year countdown for stick-in-the-muds looking to hang on to Windows 8, after which they will cease to receive support from Microsoft. Designed to ...

Yesterday afternoon Microsoft posted on its Building Windows 8 blog—always a momentous happening—this time announcing native Windows 8 support for the USB 3.0 hardware connection standard. Microsoft's ...

Steam, has officially ended support for Windows 7/8/8.1 on Steam. As a result, users using these versions of Windows will no longer receive updates, including security updates for the Steam client. On ...

Upgrading to a new version of an operating system, including in particular a move to Windows 8 or Windows RT, can lead to all sorts of problems trying to get your old hardware to work with the new OS.

The decision to cease support is driven by the dependence of key Steam features on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which is no longer compatible with older Windows versions. Future versions of ...

Windows 8/8.1 users need to upgrade if they want to keep using the Google Drive desktop app beyond August this year. The Google Drive desktop app is useful for ensuring your files are kept in sync ...

Rockstar Games, the developers behind the iconic GTA franchise, is finally ending support for Windows 7 and 8. This means that all Grand Theft Auto titles, including the 3D Universe Trilogy, GTA 5, ...

This means the US technology firm will no longer roll out bug fixes or security patches for the operating system. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Instead, customers will have to upgrade to ...

GOG.com has announced Windows 8 support for 90 per cent of its game catalogue - more than 400 titles. Most games will not need to be redownloaded, a statement from the GOG website explained. "There ...

Windows 8 could put the IT department in the middle of a never-ending fight between end users and the enterprise For all the hype surrounding Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, ...

The Mozilla Foundation will soon no longer support users of Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14 with updates for the popular Firefox browser. For a short time, an ESR (Extended Support ...