Over the past few days I have been installing Windows Updates on my two most recently acquired Windows 8 systems (see My New ASUS Laptop and My New Compaq Laptop). I had read several news items and ...

One of the largest underlying changes to Windows 8 is the long-overdue shift from BIOS to UEFI. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is superior to BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) in almost ...

Earlier this week Hispalinux, a Spanish group which represents 8,000 Linux users, filed a complaint with the European Commission over the UEFI Secure Boot required for Windows 8 hardware, labelling it ...

Fresh from a €561 million fine for failing to comply with a previous antitrust agreement, Microsoft is once again being targeted in Europe over their allegedly anti-competitive business practices.

To be certified as a fully-compliant, bona fide Windows 8 logo device, a prospective PC must replace its aging BIOS with the new-fangled Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). On the outset, ...

Q: A company's technician needs to configure a new Windows 8 PC with UEFI secure boot. Which of the following are requirements for UEFI secure boot? (Choose all that ...

Asus released an executable file to upgrade your vbios in Asus GTX 680 models so that it will enable the card to use Windows 8’s Fast boot option, provided its installed on an Asus UEFI motherboard ...

Developers at Intel’s Open Source Technology Center have been working on a version of Android optimized to run on Intel chips, and this week the team released a major update. Android-4.2.2_r1-ia0 is a ...

When the hackers roll to Vegas, you know a good amount of exploits are going to surface. Defcon was on point this week in the Nevada desert, and here's yet another exploit that has piqued our interest ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

In this article, we’ll discuss how to reboot the system into BIOS or UEFI Firmware Settings. Windows 11/10 is designed to have a really fast boot time. In fact, it’s too fast to interrupt. Most of the ...