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OPINION

Big Dreams for Android Aren't Just Google's

Operating system
looks to potential well beyond phones: Malik

Oct 21, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google’s release of the code for its Android operating system today—a day before the G1 phone hits stores—paves the path for transformation of the cell-phone industry and beyond, Om Malik writes on GigaOm. As coders enhance Android and develop add-ons, either for existing devices or new ones,... More »

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Google • software • Linux • Google phone • operating system • open source • Google Android • T-Mobile

 6 Ways to Make Vista Suck Less 

Get over it; Windows' new platform can be made livable

Oct 9, 08 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Windows Vista may be clunky, but Stephen Williams is sick of hearing complaints about it. He runs down six easy ways to make Vista more bearable in the New York Times:
  1. Turn off the user account control feature. Windows will finally stop asking your permission to do everything.
... More »

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Microsoft • Windows • list • Microsoft Vista • operating system

OPINION

Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows

Operating system needs a fresh start

Jun 29, 08 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The window on Microsoft’s operating system agility has closed, and to fix it, Randall Stross argues in the New York Times, the tech giant needs to start from scratch. Windows “has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame,” Stross says, and it “seems... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • Microsoft Windows • Microsoft Vista • Linux • Mac OS X • operating system • Windows XP

Reflective Gates
Waxes Nostalgic

On eve of retirement,
he narrates slideshow for Fortune on history
of Microsoft

Jun 26, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pictures of Bill Gates the child in a football uniform and alongside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in their high school computer room are among 15 shots in an exclusive Fortune photo essay. Gates himself narrates the slideshow chronicling Microsoft’s roots, through its founding and 1986 IPO. Other shots show... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • operating system • Paul Allen • personal computers • computers

Microsoft to
Offer Windows
Touch Screen

iPhone-like screen,
due by 2010, signals need to replace Vista

May 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft, still smarting over consumer discontent with its Windows Vista operating system, yesterday offered a peek at the touch-screen operating system it believes will revolutionize personal computing, the Wall Street Journal reports. The OS isn’t expected to hit shelves for 20 months, but already is creating buzz with its... More »

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Microsoft • iPhone • Microsoft Vista • operating system • personal computers • touch-screen technology

OPINION

Get Over
XP 'Worship'

Accept Vista or leave Windows altogether
for another OS, columnist writes

May 15, 08 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nostalgia for Windows XP is misplaced, Rob Pegoraro argues in the Washington Post: Vista has its problems, but they’re not solved by XP, which is ill-equipped to face the “busy” and “brutish” modern Internet landscape. “XP is not something that needs to be ‘saved,... More »

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Internet • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP • computer

Companies Bypass
Microsoft Vista

Some wait for Windows 7 instead

May 13, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Companies like General Motors and Alaska Airlines are considering bypassing Microsoft’s latest operating system. Facing problems getting Vista to work on its computers, GM may simply wait for Windows 7, due in 2010 or 2011. Consumer hesitation on Vista finally hurt Microsoft in the last quarter, when profits slipped... More »

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Microsoft • General Motors • Microsoft Vista • Alaska Airlines • operating system • personal computers

Windows XP Will Live On,
But Only in Low-Cost PCs

No luck for frustrated Vista users who prefer the older operating system

Apr 4, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is going to keep Windows XP on the market—but only for a few users and not for the sake of those unsatisfied with its successor, Vista. The company will stick to its June 30 deadline for withdrawing XP from stores but will supply the older operating system for... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Windows • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP • low-cost PCs • unsatisfied customers

Google Android a Hit with AT&T

Wireless chief praises open-source mobile system, but doesn't commit to it

Apr 3, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google’s Android mobile operating system may find a home with AT&T, the Wall Street Journal reports. Signalling what could be a major victory for the platform, the telecom’s wireless chief said he was “confident” Android “is something we are going to want in our portfolio.... More »

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cell phone industry • operating system • open source • Google Android • AT&T Wireless

 Vista Update Expected Today 

Amazon says first service pack for OS will be ready for download

Mar 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The long-awaited first service pack for Microsoft Vista will be available online starting today, at least according to Amazon, which is taking orders for boxed copies of the upgrade pack and says it will start shipping them tomorrow. Many of the pack's updates and security fixes have already been sent... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • software • operating system • service packs • upgrades • Amazon.com

OPINION

Do We Need A New, Safer Internet?

Patrick Dempsey thinks so, but Ars Technica says no

Feb 29, 08 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Online debate exploded after former FBI agent Patrick Dempsey said Wednesday that a second, safer Internet is needed. "The same positives that the Internet provides for information sharing, also create negatives in terms of ‘bringing to task' those that wish to use the Internet for illicit purposes,"... More »

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technology • email • web browser • Internet security • operating system • Internet crime • Patrick Dempsey • Internet infrastructure

Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

Company emails reveal execs struggled to get OS working on PCs

Feb 29, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Many Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • lawsuit • hardware • operating system • computer

Microsoft's Plan to Drop XP in June Draws Fire

Disgruntled users not keen on being forced to Vista

Feb 8, 08 7:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft is facing vocal opposition to its decision to stop selling the Windows XP operating system June 30, 13 months after the launch of Windows Vista, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Vista has sold well, aided by its default inclusion with new PCs, but users have complained of compatibility troubles.... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP

Mac OS X Grabs
Record Market Share

Gains 3.56% over January, while Windows drops .36%

Feb 2, 08 8:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple's Mac OS X operating system grabbed a record 7.57% of market share in January, up 21.7% from the year before, Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog reports. The computer company’s share grew 3.56% over the course of December, while rival Microsoft Windows faced a .36% loss—... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Microsoft Windows • Mac OS X • operating system • market share

Leopard Leaps to Record

Operating system becomes Apple's most successful yet

Dec 17, 07 9:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The NPD market research group says that the lates version of the operating system, Leopard, is Apple's most successful yet, reports Apple Insider. In its first month on the shelves, sales were 20% higher than last year's Tiger release, despite promotion being stepped down a little. Tiger sold 30% more... More »

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Apple • operating system • Mac OS X Leopard • NPD Group • computer

Windows XP Update Adds Speed

Testing company says it's 10% faster than SP2

Nov 26, 07 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Windows XP Service Pack 3, due out next year, runs Microsoft Office 10% faster than XP SP2, said a performance testing software developer. "Since SP3 was supposed to be mostly a bug-fix ... the unexpected speed boost comes as a nice bonus," said the company's technology chief, who called... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP • Windows XP SP3

Sun Rises
on Dell

Deal to install Solaris OS on Dell servers should help Sun Microsystems grow

Nov 15, 07 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Computer seller Dell, looking to regain momentum by responding to business customer demand to offer broader, simpler technology solutions, will install the Solaris operating systems on its servers, giving a boost to longtime rival Sun Microsystem’s efforts to grow its software business, reports the New York Times.  “... More »

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Dell • IBM • Sun Microsystems • operating system • Solaris OS

Firms Are
Waiting on
Windows Vista

Problems could prompt many to hold out
for big '09 upgrade

Nov 15, 07 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - It has been almost a year since Windows Vista was released to businesses, but a spate of hardware compatibility issues has many still waiting to upgrade until the release of the first service pack, scheduled for early next year. With the next version of Windows due in late 2009, PC ... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Windows XP • service packs • PC • computer • upgrades

Leopard Outpaces Tiger—
in Sales to Mac OS X Users

2M copies move in 4 days

Oct 30, 07 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has moved 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since the long-awaited operating system dropped Friday. The figure is Apple’s biggest for a new OS, far outpacing the sales of its predecessor Tiger, which took 6 weeks to break the same mark in 2005, AppleInsider reports. Steve... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • record • operating system • Mac OS X Leopard • Mac OS X Tiger • Amazon.com

Apple's Leopard Debuts Oct. 26

New Mac OS stacks, backs up files; it
retails at $129

Oct 16, 07 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple's highly anticipated new operating system Leopard will premiere on October 26. The delayed OS has over 300 new features, including Stacks, which piles together similar folders, documents, or applications—and then can fan their contents into an arc for browsing, AppleInsider reports. Using his favorite superlative, Apple boss Steve... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • operating system • Stacks • Quick Look • Time Machine • Mac OS X Leopard

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