About Mike Halsey MVP

Mike Halsey is a Microsoft MVP (Windows Expert) and the author of "Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out" from Microsoft Press, "Office 365 Security Essentials" and several forthcoming books about Windows 8. He is a recognised Windows expert having been awarded a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) certification in 2011. You can follow Mike on Facebook, Twitter or on his own website The Long Climb
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The firm behind recent lawsuits against alleged UK file-sharers, MediaCAT has ceased trading according to a report by the BBC.  [...]

Google yesterday showed off its forthcoming Android (Honeycomb) OS for tablets.  It’s been specifically designed with the larger screens on tablets [...]

While the world awaits the launch of Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 web browser, wondering if it will help halt [...]

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Let’s be honest, when it comes to personal data privacy, Facebook simply doesn’t get it!  The latest scandal to hit [...]

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In a move that’s bound to prove popular, german company X-Pire is releasing a tool that will allow social networking [...]

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Last week I was one of the people affected by the Hotmail email loss, when thousands of people suddenly found [...]

Everyone in the UK will already be familiar with this story with the New Labour’s plan for biometric identity cards.  [...]

Following the release of 250,000 diplomatic cables by website WikiLeaks last week the site has come under attack, first from a [...]

Earlier this year an almighty row broke out between search giant Google and the Chinese government over the hacking of [...]

As part of the UK’s plan to get Britain one of the best super-fast broadband networks in the world by [...]

Yesterday we reported how Wikileaks hosting provider, Amazon, had pulled the plug on the company.  Now Amazon have commented by [...]