Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 11:23am
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 is almost here, and the rumors are that the company may be preparing to allow users to skip its touch screen-friendly "Metro" interface.
Operating Systems stories
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 10:23am
This is a sad, sad day for loyal fans of Windows XP: exactly 999 days from now, Microsoft will officially end support for the operating system, dragging many of us kicking and screaming over to Windows 7 or Windows 8 whether we like it or not.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 11:03am
In a tech overview at its Mountain View headquarters, Google announced that its highly anticipated Chrome operating system is a year away from reality. In the meantime, the Chrome OS exists in an early form, with the company using it...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 11:56am
Intel's been dabbling in its Moblin (get it? Mobile + Linux = Moblin?) operating system for a couple of years now. Aimed at netbooks and mobile internet devices running Intel's Atom processors, Moblin's already gone through a couple of versions....
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 2:42pm
Google just dropped a bombshell this week, and Microsoft is feeling the flop sweat beginning to drip at the back of its corporate neck. After months of hints, the search giant announced its Chrome operating system would be ready to...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 9:36pm
Now it's Google's turn to create an operating system. The company announced Chrome OS, "an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks." Expect to see those netbooks running the Google OS in the second half...
Friday, February 27, 2009 - 8:44am
As the blogosphere goes gaga over Windows 7, Microsoft throws gasoline on the flames by soon offering a Release Candidate (RC). This updated version could be available in April, with the real Windows 7 rumored to be ready to ship...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 9:31am
We're at the dawn of a new computing age, where data resides on a server somewhere and it's accessed from your Web browser — they're calling it "cloud computing." You know this concept is starting to catch on when giant...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 3:22pm
We've all heard the litany of complaints about Microsoft Windows Vista. The blogosphere reverberates with Vista schadenfreude (DVICE occasionally included), perpetuating assertions that the flagship Windows operating system is expensive, unwieldy and generally a disaster. It's time for a...
