Tag: Operating system
OS X Leopard Watch: Launch Day. Live blogging to follow
Liveblogging/Twittering here Today's the day that Mac fanatics around the world have been waiting for — OS X 10.5 (Leopard) arrives. We feel a little stuck in the middle here in the UK. Apple's operating system launches are one…
Mac OS X Leopard coming Friday 26th October, 6pm. Read it and weep, Vista lovers
Cutting it a little fine, and in the knowledge that Microsoft worshippers will use the fact that Apple delayed it by four months thanks to iPhone deadlines against it, Apple has finally announced the official date for the launch of…
Google working on mobile phone OS to rival Microsoft
After months of speculation, it seems that we finally know what Google's phone plans are. They won't be making a physical mobile phone, but instead creating a Linux-based operating system and software which could theoretically work on a large number…
Lenovo to sell Linux-based laptops
Several months after Dell announced Linux-based PCs, Lenovo have made a similar announcement.
Today it said that it would begin selling laptop computers with Linux software from Novell instead of Microsoft Windows, with availability to both business and personal customers.
BlackBerry software coming to Windows Mobile 6 devices
Research in Motion (RIM) has said that it plans to port software to devices running the latest Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system, allowing more devices to run like BlackBerries. The software would allow people who don't want to lose…
Dell breaks Microsoft hold: will sell PCs with Linux operating system
Though the suggestion has been around for a few months now, Dell has confirmed that it will begin shipping PCs with the Linux open source operating system to customers who ask for it. Customer demand has increased, with 70% of…
Microsoft sells 20 million copies of Windows Vista
Microsoft has claimed that 20 million copies of its latest operating system, Windows Vista, have already been sold to consumers since it was released on 30th January. This compares to the 17 million copies of XP sold in its first…
Microsoft hikes the cost of putting Vista on a Mac: consumer editions not allowed on virtual machines
The war between Microsoft and Apple continues, as Microsoft bans consumer (ie cheaper) versions of its Vista operating system being used on a Mac. Thanks to the licensing agreement for the consumer editions of Vista, they cannot be run on…
Microsoft looks beyond Vista: Vienna in 2009?
Ever forward-looking, Microsoft is already murmuring about its post-Vista plans. Given that it took so long for Vista to arrive, and that key features were left out in order to hit deadlines, that's not too surprising. Come 2009, we could…
Microsoft launch new version of Windows Mobile
Microsoft have unveiled version 6 of their Windows Mobile operating system, and surprise surprise it looks a bit like Vista. It won't be available until the second quarter of 2007, and new smartphones and PDAs will have the OS installed…
