Windows 7 still trails behind Windows XP, but 350 million sales will definitely erase the bad taste left by Vista, says Nicholas Kolakowski
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Nokia Should Dump Symbian Sooner Rather Than Later
The clunky Symbian operating system mars what could have been a very solid smartphone in the Nokia Astound, says Nicholas Kolakowski
OpenSUSE 11.4 Updates Open-Source Apps: Review
OpenSUSE 11.4 is a modest release, marked by a raft of newly updated open-source applications and components
Nokia Could Make A Cuckold Of Microsoft
Nokia and Microsoft are still in the honeymoon period of their smartphone union, but Nokia is already looking out for a tablet mistress, says Sophie Curtis
Windows Phone 7 Market Share Falls
Microsoft suffered a market-share fall in smartphones despite its launch of Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Windows For Tablets Delayed Until 2012
Microsoft's tablet-optimised Windows will miss this year's party, according to reports
MWC: Intel Demonstrates MeeGo OS On A Tablet – Video
Nokia may have sidelined MeeGo, but Intel still backs the panel-based mobile operating system
Android Honeycomb Could Be Tablet-Only
Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb release might never appear on smartphones
10 Reasons Google Chrome OS Could Fail
Google is preparing to take the tech world by storm in 2011 with Chrome OS. But that doesn’t mean it will necessarily achieve long term success
No Chrome OS Netbooks For Christmas, says Google
Chrome OS has been delayed said Google CEO Eric Schmidt, though no one at Google or the computer makers will say why
Nokia MeeGo 1.1 Debut Set For Dublin Show
Nokia and Intel are expected to demo the MeeGo 1.1 mobile OS, running on the Nokia N900, at the Meego Conference in November
Oracle Updates Solaris And Adds New Toolkit
Oracle has released a new version of Solaris, the core operating system it inherited when it bought Sun Microsystems
Microsoft Windows XP’s Long Enterprise IT Goodbye
It's taken 10 years to get rid of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, despite its flaws and security holes
UK Android Sales Up 350 Percent This Quarter
Google's Android operating system now dominates more that 13 percent of the UK contract smartphone market
Future Operating Systems Will Be Built For Security
Software vendors have been making their products more secure and have been providing tools and best-practice guidelines for application developers to improve security
Apple To Discuss ‘Future’ Of iPhone OS
Apple is to reveal what it calls "the future of the iPhone OS" at an event on 8 April, with multitasking high up on the rumour mill
Microsoft Unveils Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Microsoft has launched its Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, enabling multiple users to operate independently in a Windows environment while linked to a single host system