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CNET.co.uk has 459 stories on operating system
Images: Touring Google's Chrome browser
News For years, people have speculated about whether Google would ever release its own operating system. And now, it has -- well, kind of. Chrome is an open-source attempt by the search giant to bring Internet browsers in line with how we use the Web...
Tags: browsing, bookmarks, bookmark, beta
5 September 2008, 10:13
Microsoft may launch apps store for Windows Mobile
News Windows Mobile is a software operating system used on smartphones. Earlier this year, Microsoft released version 6.1 of the Windows Mobile operating system. Also, new phones using Google's Android operating system are expected to hit the market soon.
Tags: sales, cross, surfing, cent
1 September 2008, 11:56
Windows to be replaced by Midori?
News Microsoft Windows' future appears to lie in 'the cloud', with details emerging about a possible new Web-based operating system from Redmond, called 'Midori'. The system is forecast to be a cloud computing service, making it less reliant on a...
Tags: os, hardware, cloud, research
6 August 2008, 9:47
Could 64-bit Vista finally be taking off?
News Of course, the hardware wasn't much use without a 64-bit operating system. Still, several factors have held up adoption of 64-bit computing, long after the operating system was available. If you build it, it appears they will come, eventually.
Tags: desktops, cent, models, gaming
5 August 2008, 10:19
iPhone 3G software hacked
News Within hours, the iPhone Dev Team, which cracked the original iPhone, claimed to have hacked the operating system behind the iPhone A group of developers has claimed to have cracked the iPhone 3G. Apple's latest version of the iPhone was released...
Tags: apple, post, iphone, released
15 July 2008, 8:42
News.blog: Google Maps tests walking directions
News Google Maps is starting to roll out a beta of walking directions in addition to driving directions, the Google Operating System fan blog noticed on Monday. It looks like it's available to select users in select locations for the time being and...
Tags: maps, google, directions, walking
9 July 2008, 9:57
Ending an era with Bill Gates' best quotes
News We will never make a 32-bit operating system.until Microsoft launched the 32-bit OS, Windows NT 3.1 in 1993, that is (speaking at the launch of MSX in 1989). As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can...
Tags: industry, speech, magazine, cnet news
27 June 2008, 10:00
Nokia to form open-source Android killer
News Ten years ago, Symbian was established by far-sighted players to offer an advanced, open operating system and software skills to the whole mobile industry", said Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford on Tuesday.
Tags: community, linux, ericsson, lg
25 June 2008, 10:13
Asus Eee Box ready for August release
News The cut-off date for sales of the operating system is 30 June, after which customers are supposed to buy Vista instead, but Microsoft recently decided to let XP be sold on netbooks. However, the Eee Box will utilise Asus's Express Gate technology...
Tags: linux, box, operating system, xp
23 June 2008, 10:09
Photos: New features in Firefox 3
News The new Firefox interface has gone native, so buttons and icons will look and feel as though they're a part of whichever operating system you use. With its new Gekko 1.9 engine, the browser rocks, rendering pages faster and using few system resources.
Tags: icon, firefox, credit, bookmarks
19 June 2008, 10:18
Photos: Intel shows off future tech
News One project would enable hardware rather than an operating system to control power-saving settings. With two cameras on its hand, the device is able to autonomously recognise cups on the table, pick them up and place them in the dishwasher.
Tags: hand, handle, research, production
16 June 2008, 10:23
News.blog: WWDC set to be big for Apple
News At the time, Jobs told The New York Times that he wants Apple to stick to an operating-system deployment cycle of 12 to 18 months. Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference -- and we think there might be a new iPhone, too.
Tags: wi fi, mac os, community, jobs
6 June 2008, 10:35
Microsoft gives XP new life on low-cost desktops
News At the Computex trade fair in Taiwan this week, Microsoft said that, after offering Windows for mini laptops -- low-cost laptops intended for students and first-time PC customers in emerging markets -- it will also offer the operating system on...
Tags: pcs, desktops, xp, laptops
5 June 2008, 10:28
News.blog: Acer favours Linux for mini laptops
News The reason is because of the cost and operation of Microsoft's operating system over open-source Linux. In an interview with VNUNet.com, Acer vice president of marketing Gianpiero Morbello said the Taiwanese
Tags: linux, market, laptops, develop
5 June 2008, 9:56
News.blog: Ubuntu readying version for mini laptops
News A version of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system is coming later this year for mobile Internet devices and mini laptops. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, said on Monday that it plans to demonstrate the new version, called Ubuntu...
Tags: devices, atom, remix, ubuntu
4 June 2008, 10:19
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Format wars: The tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed
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