Articles on Operating Systems

Motorola's comeback attempt rests on software - Sep 14, 2009

Features Motorola appears to have finally gotten serious about modern phone software, building a communications hub called Motoblur to run atop Android. Is it too late? Read story »

Nokia gets more social with applications - Sep 16, 2009

Features Apps will be more socially and contextually relevant to users, thanks to built-in GPS on the handsets and newly released application programming interfaces. Read story »

Google Maps Navigation a wakeup call to satnav providers? - Nov 3, 2009

Features Google's free real-time navigation service for Android may upset some players, but it's also welcome competition in an industry dominated by a few. Read story »

Windows 7 security in pictures - Oct 20, 2009

Features See what security features are new and improved in Windows 7 in this slideshow, emphasizing what you can do from the Action Center's security tools.  Read story »

Lenovo Enhanced Experience runs Windows 7 faster - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Microsoft claims that Windows 7 runs significantly faster than its predecessor, Vista. However, Lenovo is taking it one step further by becoming the only vendor to receive Microsoft's Windows 7 Enhanced ... Read story »

Microsoft Windows 7 launched in Korea with 777 power bloggers - Oct 25, 2009

Blogs Microsoft Korea prepared its Windows 7 rollout event with the usual media and bloggers at October 22 in Korea. This may have been a global event, but Korea was the only ... Read story »

"Droid Does"--Will Droid do it for Motorola? - Nov 1, 2009

Blogs I remember my very first mobile phone. It was a Motorola, a bulky CDMA mobile phone with a rubber duck anthena and a one-line digital screen. During those times, we didnt' put ... Read story »

Can I do a full install using Windows 7 Upgrade pack? - Nov 3, 2009

Crave There's a bit of a tempest in a teapot brewing over what one can and can't do with a Windows 7 upgrade disk. My hope with this post is to help ... Read story »

System Mechanic 9 keeps Windows 7 spick and span - Nov 9, 2009

Crave "Good" is always what you want to see when it comes to the state of your system, isn't it? You get a new computer and it runs great. However, after ... Read story »

Dell unveils Android-based Mini 3 smartphone - Nov 16, 2009

Crave Dell said Friday that it's ready to enter the smartphone business with the Android-based Mini 3. Long rumored to have a smartphone in the works, Dell said that the first ... Read story »

Google Chrome OS launch: What we now know - Nov 20, 2009

Blogs As I said, I don't see a compelling reason yet to embrace a Google OS, but I'd be lying if I said I'm not just as curious about Google Chrome OS ... Read story »

A Google Android smartphone called Nexus One? - Dec 14, 2009

Crave The new Google phone makes an appearance on Twitter. A blog post from a Google executive on Saturday morning dropped hints that the company would release a Google Android phone ... Read story »

The future of iPhone games - Oct 12, 2009

Features New technologies and innovative uses of existing tools will enable a series of new features for one of the most popular genres of iPhone games. Read story »

What to expect for BlackBerry smartphones - Nov 12, 2009

Features We spoke to several RIM executives on what the announcements made at the BlackBerry Developer Conference mean for consumers. Here's what we got. Read story »

Prizefight: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard - Oct 26, 2009

Features It's not often that the two most popular operating systems get major updates at nearly the same time, so we couldn't resist throwing them into a cage match together.  Read story »

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