operating system

McDonalds' free Trojan: "Would you like malware with that?"

Crave According to reports, just plugging the McDonald's sponsored USB key into a computer running Microsoft's beleaguered Windows operating system will infect the system. McDonald's: posterboy for the western world's obesity pandemic, and now the first...

Tags: usb, players, trojan, mcdonald

17 October 2006, 12:22

Vista Service Pack 1: Things Microsoft forgot to fix

Crave Don't give us that rubbish about it only being an incremental improvement -- Microsoft threw so much into XP SP2 that it was virtually a whole new operating system. Microsoft got it half right with its file-preview system.

Tags: desktops, hard drive, windows vista, flip

19 March 2008, 14:27

Testing Windows Vista SP1

Crave Most of the features touted by Microsoft are for the Business, Enterprise or Ultimate editions of the operating system. It's always good to install the latest (read: patched) code for any operating system.

19 March 2008, 12:12

Shuttle SD36G5M: DIY Viiv PC

Crave Provided you buy one of these chips alongside a copy of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system, you'll have a Viiv-certified PC crafted with your own fair hands. It's a barebones system, so that's about all you get.

Tags: shuttle, intel, viiv, intel viiv

28 March 2006, 10:53

Photos: Asus N50V laptop takes leaf from HP's book

Crave Asus hadn't bothered to install an operating system on it, so we can't confirm whether there's any HP software installed on the hard drive. There's no word about whether the system stores pictures of anyone who fails the authentication, but here's...

28 August 2008, 14:42

Fear and Loathing: Media Center PCs

Crave It's huge overkill to have a complete Windows operating system bumbling about inside a device which should do a few tasks very easily -- play music, photos and record and playback video. Media Center PCs are supposed to replace your home...

Tags: recorder, entertainment, plug, media center

27 April 2005, 11:03

A Letter from Linuxland -- Part 2

Crave Not only does it come with a good set of free software for Windows, it'll run a pretty full version of the operating system off the CD, so you can find out whether you really want install it. However, it's important to remember that Windows' users...

Tags: linux, pick, distribution, carry

14 September 2006, 12:39

Sony Vaio RC204: Blu-ray arrives in the UK

Crave Hard drive space is pretty generous thanks to 250GB and 350GB disks in a RAID 0 array (600GB total), and there's a hybrid analogue/digital TV tuner to help make the most of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system.

Tags: sony, ray, disc, blu

18 May 2006, 12:01

Microsoft Origami unfolded: Hands on with Samsung Q1

Crave The Samsung Q1 uses an Intel Celeron M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processor, 512MB of RAM and runs the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, so it's capable of a whole lot more than the above-mentioned devices.

Tags: samsung, ultra, media center, adaptor

9 March 2006, 13:08

Macworld San Francisco: What to expect from Lord Jobs

Crave Many critics have pointed out some rather suspicious similarities between Microsoft's new operating system and the Mac OS X of five years ago. With only a few days to go before Apple unveil its new operating systems, the traditional cry from many...

Tags: apple, mac os, jobs, steve jobs

5 January 2007, 9:59

Firefox 3: Reviewed

Crave Unlike IE 7, Firefox 3 does not require a system reboot. With its new Gekko 1.9 engine, the browser rocks, rendering pages faster and using fewer system resources. As for performance, Firefox 3 does significantly reduce the amount of system...

Tags: add ons, star, ons, places

18 June 2008, 15:39

Photos: Crave goes snowboarding

Crave It's an absolute joy to use, is impeccably designed, and ski update widgets are built right into the OS X operating system. This high-end GPS system has maps for all major European countries, and our remote Italian resort proved to be no challenge...

18 January 2007, 7:30

Mini laptops: Dell Mini Inspiron, Acer Aspire One, Wizbook, Via OpenBook, RazorBook 400

Crave Firstly it's running an unidentified operating system, more than likely based on Linux. Via will sell these to system integrators who can alter and badge them with whatever name they wish. We'll no doubt see these machines adopted by system...

30 May 2008, 16:21

The Ultimate Tech Celebrity Deathmatches

Crave Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates made his vast fortune from the commercial success of the Windows operating system. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, donated the foundations of a powerful and completely free OS to the public...

7 March 2008, 7:30

Everybody's doing the dSLR

Crave It's an entry-level, 6-megapixel camera with a very respectable Schneider lens system. The DMC-L1 uses Live MOS sensor and a Venus Engine III image-processing system. Yesterday it announced the DMC-L1, which "combines the operating feel of an...

Tags: market, samsung, land, dslr

27 February 2006, 14:46