operating system

Google Chrome: Hands-on with the polished new browser

Crave Applets launched on a page within Chrome are read-only, do not install to the operating system, and cannot access data already on the hard drive. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are viewing, rather...

Tags: tabs, javascript, beta, tab

3 September 2008, 11:04

Google Chrome browser out today

Crave These processes will be completely isolated from each other, will be killable from the operating system's process manager, and will be sandboxed to prevent them from accessing information on the user's computer.

Tags: operating system, tab, open source, accessing

2 September 2008, 15:26

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

Photos: Dell's Latitude E series claims 19-hour battery life

Crave The E4200 will use a 1.4GHz SU9400 ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 5GB of RAM -- if you choose the 64-bit version of Vista Business as your operating system -- 1,280x800-pixel display, and solid-state hard drives as big as 128GB.

13 August 2008, 15:32

Nikon Coolpix P6000: Dripping with features

Crave The operating system does the format transcoding rather than applications, so you don't have to worry about an application supporting your specific format. Nikon's really going all-out with the newest addition to its P series of compact cameras for...

Tags: nikon, gps, class, raw

8 August 2008, 11:00

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

Apple announces OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Crave It's the latest version of the Mac's operating system, following on from the current version, OS X 10.5 Leopard. In its Worldwide Developers Conference 2008 in San Francisco today, Apple has announced OS X 10.6, called Snow Leopard.

Tags: apple, steve jobs, leopard, jobs

9 June 2008, 18:28

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

Ears-on with the Audio Technica ATH-W5000 headphones

Crave Yet despite AT's patented 'Double Air Damping System', we feel the low-end performance was less prominent. Bear in mind we're operating on first impressions here -- our full review after exhaustive listening and testing will be with you next week...

Tags: audio technica, drivers, headphones, bass

27 May 2008, 12:20

Asus Ebox: Desktop Eee PC launches 3 June

Crave Today, our sources have confirmed the Ebox -- formerly known as the Eee DT -- will have a 160GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM and run the same Linux operating system found on the Eee PC. Hang on to your loins -- it is but seven days before the launch of...

Tags: cpu, asus, eee pc, nintendo wii

27 May 2008, 10:33

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

WannabEees: Eee PC vs Elonex One vs OLPC vs EasyNote XS vs MSI Wind and more

Crave The whole thing runs on the Linux Linos 2.6.21 operating system, which comes with a variety of productivity, media and education software. Bored with making MacBooks for Steve Jobs, one day Asus decided to create its own stylish laptop and flog it...

12 March 2008, 11:17

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

Crave Live: Google Android hands-on video

Crave If there was one thing we were really keen to check out at the Mobile World Congress, it was Google Android, the search behemoth's mobile operating system. At the moment no-one has made a commercial phone running Android, but there are prototype...

28 February 2008, 16:52