OS

Amazon, Oracle, MS Awaiting webOS Decision?

HP is making a final decision about the webOS garage sale and this could attract several buyers, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Will Android Fragmentation Bother Consumers?

Google has been criticised for fragmenting Android, but is it that really such a big deal for the average consumer,…

13 years ago

RIM Delays Playbook OS 2.0, BBM Nowhere In Sight

BlackBerry pins its hopes on 2012 PlayBook release, while Messenger is relegated to a subsequent OS

13 years ago

IT Pros And Power Users Control Fate Of Windows 8

Windows 8 previews have centred on the tablet aspects, but victory depends on convincing IT pros and power users, says…

13 years ago

Microsoft Offers Up Windows 8 Preview At Conference

Microsoft has offered a sneak peak of its Windows 8 operating system at its BUILD conference

13 years ago

Microsoft Windows Facing Revenue Threat

Microsoft's Windows revenue is being undermined by slowing PC sales and rival mobile operating systems

13 years ago

Users Spy Out More Windows 8 Features

An early Windows 8 build leaked onto the web has provided a guess at some of the OS' upcoming features

13 years ago

Oracle Won’t Give An Inch On Google Android

What is the cost to Google of offering Android free to 100 million-plus users? Oracle reckons billions of dollars, says…

13 years ago

Windows 8 Needs Apps To Challenge Apple’s iPad

Microsoft's 'Windows 8' will find itself head-to-head against the iPad. It'll need apps and a media hub to succeed, says…

13 years ago

Google Sued For Chromebook Trademark Infringement

ISYS, a Chrome OS proponent, has slapped a trademark infringement suit on Google over the Chromebook name

13 years ago

Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 Tile Interface

Windows 8 will bring Windows Phone 7's 'live tile' interface to desktops and tablets

13 years ago

Windows Phone Mango Update Adds Bing features

Windows Phone's "Mango" update will offer Bing Audio, augmented reality, text dictation and audio navigation

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Earnings Call Suggests Trouble Ahead

Microsoft reported strong quarterly earnings, but a bit of softness in numbers hints at potential future difficulties, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Gartner Sees Healthy Growth In Operating System Market

The operating system market was worth £18.3 billion in 2010, predictably with Windows leading the way

13 years ago

Windows 7 Sales Rid Microsoft Of Vista Curse

Windows 7 still trails behind Windows XP, but 350 million sales will definitely erase the bad taste left by Vista,…

13 years ago

Nokia Should Dump Symbian Sooner Rather Than Later

The clunky Symbian operating system mars what could have been a very solid smartphone in the Nokia Astound, says Nicholas…

13 years ago

OpenSUSE 11.4 Updates Open-Source Apps: Review

OpenSUSE 11.4 is a modest release, marked by a raft of newly updated open-source applications and components

13 years ago

Nokia Could Make A Cuckold Of Microsoft

Nokia and Microsoft are still in the honeymoon period of their smartphone union, but Nokia is already looking out for…

13 years ago

Windows Phone 7 Market Share Falls

Microsoft suffered a market-share fall in smartphones despite its launch of Windows Phone 7

13 years ago

Microsoft Windows For Tablets Delayed Until 2012

Microsoft's tablet-optimised Windows will miss this year's party, according to reports

13 years ago

MWC: Intel Demonstrates MeeGo OS On A Tablet – Video

Nokia may have sidelined MeeGo, but Intel still backs the panel-based mobile operating system

13 years ago

Android Honeycomb Could Be Tablet-Only

Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb release might never appear on smartphones

13 years ago

10 Reasons Google Chrome OS Could Fail

Google is preparing to take the tech world by storm in 2011 with Chrome OS. But that doesn’t mean it…

13 years ago

No Chrome OS Netbooks For Christmas, says Google

Chrome OS has been delayed said Google CEO Eric Schmidt, though no one at Google or the computer makers will…

13 years ago

Nokia MeeGo 1.1 Debut Set For Dublin Show

Nokia and Intel are expected to demo the MeeGo 1.1 mobile OS, running on the Nokia N900, at the Meego…

14 years ago

Oracle Updates Solaris And Adds New Toolkit

Oracle has released a new version of Solaris, the core operating system it inherited when it bought Sun Microsystems

14 years ago

Microsoft Windows XP’s Long Enterprise IT Goodbye

It's taken 10 years to get rid of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, despite its flaws and security holes

14 years ago

UK Android Sales Up 350 Percent This Quarter

Google's Android operating system now dominates more that 13 percent of the UK contract smartphone market

14 years ago

Future Operating Systems Will Be Built For Security

Software vendors have been making their products more secure and have been providing tools and best-practice guidelines for application developers…

14 years ago

Apple To Discuss ‘Future’ Of iPhone OS

Apple is to reveal what it calls "the future of the iPhone OS" at an event on 8 April, with…

14 years ago