Articles on Software, Operating System

Windows 7 Whopper, anyone? - Oct 23, 2009

Crave Much less healthy than the actual operating system. While Microsoft's new operating system finally hits stores and computers around the globe, we thought we'd lighten up Windows 7 launch day ... Read story »

Microsoft hit with software sales ban in China - Nov 19, 2009

Blogs Microsoft is in hot water in China this week, after a court ruled that it infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property by including certain fonts in its operating systems. The ruling ... Read story »

Windows 7 boots slower than Vista? - Oct 8, 2009

Crave Although Windows 7 has been praised for loading and shutting down faster than prior versions of Windows, one software company says that, in many cases, the new operating system can take ... Read story »

Photoshop CS3 works with Snow Leopard - Aug 28, 2009

Crave An Adobe Systems executive is trying to calm Photoshop users who were alarmed to hear an earlier but still widely used version of Photoshop isn't supported on Snow Leopard, the new ... Read story »

Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iPod touch firmware get update to 10.6.1 and 3.1.1, respectively - Sep 14, 2009

Crave Just a couple of weeks after its release, Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system has received a major update, from 10.6 to 10.6.1. Apple recommends all users running ... Read story »

Panasonic and NEC announce new open source LiMo phones - Aug 12, 2009

Crave Panasonic and NEC announced nine new cell phones on Tuesday that use the open-source, Linux-based mobile operating system called LiMo. As the mobile phone market evolves, software is becoming more crucial ... Read story »

LiveAndroid software gets functions - Jul 10, 2009

Crave The developers of the LiveAndroid project have released the second alpha version of their software, which allows users to try out Google's mobile operating system without having to install it ... 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 »

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 »

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 »

Symbian OS to get new user interface - Aug 9, 2009

Crave At last, a piece of good news we've waited an eternity for: The Symbian S60 user interface will be completely reworked in the not-so-distant-future. We've said it before that the ... Read story »

Why Chrome OS? Google says, why not? - Jul 13, 2009

Features Apparently, organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful will require a new operating system.  Read story »

Windows 7 RTM "special product key" leak confirmed - Aug 3, 2009

Crave Alex Kochis, Microsoft's director of Genuine Windows, posted a blog late Thursday addressing the "leak of a special product key" of Windows 7 RTM (release to manufacturers). This confirmed the ... Read story »

Microsoft to sell Windows 7 without Internet Explorer in Europe - Jun 15, 2009

Crave Microsoft plans to remove Internet Explorer from the versions of Windows 7 that it ships in Europe, CNET UK's sister site CNET News has learned. Reacting to antitrust concerns expressed by ... Read story »

First phone to come with Google Android 2.0 arrives - Oct 29, 2009

Crave Initial response to the new Motorola Droid smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network have been very good, thanks in large part to the updated Android 2.0 operating system. The new updated ... Read story »

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