Articles on Operating System, Hardware

Psystar looking for trouble in all the right places - Oct 26, 2009

Crave Perhaps Psystar's sensing that the end is near for its Mac clones, but the Miami rebel is not going to go silently into the night. It created a stir back in ... Read story »

An Android SmartQ 5 MID - Sep 1, 2009

Crave When we reviewed the original SmartQ 5 MID, the excitement of handling what was one of the cheapest MIDs in the market was hampered by a sucky operating system that ... Read story »

The litl is a Netbook with a twist - Nov 18, 2009

Crave The real story behind the litl Netbook is not its hardware. Granted this minilaptop has one of the most unique designs to date, with a screen that flips over such that ... Read story »

This guy gets paid a king's ransom to make a template cell phone? - Oct 29, 2009

Blogs See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/companies/29moto.html?ref=technology Say we can keep politics at 10 percent of your time a day. For some guy to coordinate exterior design, PCB design, OS vendor, make a phone, then coordinate ... Read story »

Google Chrome OS challenges Windows 7, while Microsoft Gazelle takes on Google Chrome browser - Jul 8, 2009

Blogs The fight between Google and Microsoft is heating up after Google announced its intention to enter the OS market via Google Chrome. Yes, Chrome, which started as a browser, is now ... Read story »

Vista Home Basic: Upgrade to Windows 7 without losing your data - Jul 24, 2009

Crave In most Windows 7 coverage, Vista Home Basic users are left out because Microsoft does not offer a direct upgrade path to Windows 7. For this group of consumers, switching to ... Read story »

Five things that are wrong with Android - Aug 26, 2009

Features There's lots of potential in the Android mobile operating system, but some things need to be addressed to make it better. Read story »

Microsoft's plan to get back in the phone game - Aug 20, 2009

Features The company's long-rumored "Pink" plans will start revealing themselves next year, as a long-delayed overhaul of Windows Mobile hits the market. Read story »

Windows 7 on MacBook Pro is nice, but doesn't impress - Aug 3, 2009

Crave I have had Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (release to manufacturer) for a few days. This is, of course, a legitimate copy, not the leaked copy that you can download from the ... Read story »

Android phones to get multitouch in future release? - Aug 13, 2009

Crave Multitouch is the elephant in the room on Android phones--elegant proof that the OS lags behind the iPhone in some areas. The HTC Hero is the only phone that currently has ... Read story »

Symbian's first open-source software released - Jul 10, 2009

Crave The Symbian Foundation has released its first open-source software package, the first step in the organization's plan to eventually open-source the entire Symbian mobile operating system. The Symbian Foundation was set ... Read story »

Should you risk "rooting" your Android handset? - Jul 24, 2009

Crave We love Android with all our hearts. It's a smashing mobile operating system, with so much promise for the future that we can hardly contain our excitement. There are some ... Read story »

Google to release Android handset? - Oct 22, 2009

Crave Just when you thought the Google Android news couldn't get any stranger, Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Northeast securities, told InternetNews.com and TheStreet.com today that Google itself is planning to release ... Read story »

How I would have designed Windows 7 - Nov 16, 2009

Crave Like previous versions of Windows, Windows 7 supports legacy software written for previous Windows releases, including Windows 95. I remember the first time I ran into Windows in 1995. It ... 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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