OS

Microsoft Donates Historic Operating System Source Code

Microsoft donates the source code for two iconic products, namely early versions of MS-DOS and Word for Windows

10 years ago

China Launches ‘Independent’ OS For Smartphones, PCs

China OS is a Linux-based OS designed to break foreign dominance

10 years ago

Red Hat Signals Arrival Of Enterprise Linux 7 Beta

Red Hat delivers the beta of Enterprise Linux 7, which offers improved performance, storage and virtualisation

10 years ago

Microsoft Reveals Windows 8.1 Price And Upgrade Path

Microsoft has provided details about the retail pricing of its forthcoming Windows 8.1 operating system

11 years ago

Linux 3.11 For Workgroups Arrives With Added Lustre

The final release of Linux version 3.11 - codenamed Linux for Workgroups - is now out

11 years ago

Google Updates Chrome Operating System

Google has made a number of improvements to its Chrome OS after it issued a new update

11 years ago

Android ‘Is The Most Fragmented It Has Ever Been’

Open Signal says there are 11,868 different Android devices, presenting challenges and benefits to developers

11 years ago

Fedora Project Unleashes Schrödinger’s Cat

Fedora 19 features better developer tools and more GUI options, and switches from MySQL to MariaDB

11 years ago

Cumulus Targets Data Centre Networks With Linux OS

A startup is challenging Cisco with its Cumulus Linux operating system for data centre networks

11 years ago

Microsoft Ships Windows Embedded Compact 2013

Microsoft has released Windows Embedded Compact 2013, its operating system for small footprint industrial use

11 years ago

Chinese Government And Canonical Working On Bespoke OS

Chinese government looking to create a new OS for its people

11 years ago

Microsoft Fleshes Out Cloud OS Vision

Microsoft is offering a clearer insight into its Cloud OS vision after the release of new products and services

11 years ago

Windows 8 Market Share Sees Christmas Growth

Windows 8 picked up over Christmas, but is growing slower than Vista did after its launch

11 years ago

Microsoft Sells 40m Windows 8 Licences In First Month

Tami Reller says Windows 8 is outpacing Windows 7 in terms of upgrades

11 years ago

Windows 8 Malware Threats Arrive

Malware pushers start to put claims Windows 8 is Microsoft's most secure OS to the test

12 years ago

TechWeekEurope Readers Plan To Shun Windows 8

TechWeekEurope readers are not enamoured with Microsoft's new OS

12 years ago

Intel Pushes Transparent Computing Concept

Intel's software executives are prompting the concept of "transparent computing" to app developers

12 years ago

Microsoft Issues Windows 8 RTM For Developer Download

Developers and IT administrators can now download the final version of Windows 8 RTM

12 years ago

Mountain Lion Becomes Most Popular OS X To Date

Also claims to be the “most advanced”

12 years ago

Microsoft Offers Windows 8 Upgrade At $39.99

Microsoft looks to make Windows 8 that bit more attractive with a low asking price for the Pro version

12 years ago

Microsoft Shines Light On Windows 8 Enterprise

Microsoft has provided more details about Windows 8 Enterprise, which is aimed at large corporate environments

12 years ago

Check Point Launches Crowdsourcing Threat Cloud

ThreatCloud looks to get users sharing information for the good of each other

12 years ago

SourceForge Shuts Anonymous OS Downloads

Security concerns cause SourceForge to kill downloads for Anonymous OS

12 years ago

Doubts Surround Anonymous Operating System

Ubuntu-based OS, featuring pre-installed hacking tools, was released yesterday

12 years ago

Microsoft Windows Server 8 Beta Made Available For Testing

Windows Server 8 beta has been released to IT departments for testing and to gain feedback on refining the final…

12 years ago

MWC 2012: Microsoft Opens Windows 8 For Public Testing

Consumers can now preview Microsoft's forthcoming operating system as Windows 8 opens for free, public download

12 years ago

Microsoft Faces Stiff Challenge To Convert People To Windows 8

A reluctance to upgrade from Windows 7 and a slow start in the tablet market could harm Microsoft's latest operating…

12 years ago

Hardened Android Release Has Better Sandboxing And Access-Control Policies

SE Android, developed by the US National Security Agency, is a security-enhanced version of Google's mobile platform

12 years ago

Nokia Acquires Feature Phone OS Developer Smarterphone

Nokia buys Norweigan developer for undisclosed amount to strengthen its feature phone offering

12 years ago

Single-Device Strategy May Accompany RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Launch

RIM might only offer a single BlackBerry 10 superphone instead of the usual wide range of smartphone models

12 years ago