Topic: Software Operating Systems

2009: Year Of The Linux Revolution

As our software becomes more Web-centric and our devices cheaper, Linux is becoming the operating system on everyone’s lips for 2009. Sorry, Microsoft. If this week’s news is any indication, you’ve been served. The biggest ...READ»

Buy Vista … or else!

A smart(ass) marketing professionals can find opportunity in adverse situations. So in an effort to atone for my occasional (perpetual) jabs at Microsoft and Vista, I offer the following observations of two bad realities that ...READ»

Tech Watch: Obama Launches Video Game Campaign; Microsoft on Windows 7; and Adobe Ships CS4

In a last-minute campaign effort, Obama's team has launched a full force Video Game Campaign extending the candidate's reach into the 18-34 market.READ»

• How to Build a Brand Like Obama
• The Brand Called Obama

I Love My Windows Mobile 6 (believe it...or not)

There are three types of people in the world. Blackberry users, Treo users and Windows Mobile users. I have been through all three in my search for the perfect mobile computing solution. I did the Treo 650. It needed plug in's ...READ»

Microsoft CEO Defends Himself Against Class-Action Allegations

All it took was one flimsy product designation, and now Microsoft [MSFT] has a class-action lawsuit on its hands. The suit charges that Microsoft certified certain budget computer models as "Vista Capable" when, in fact, ...READ»

Look Ma…No Hands! Windows Vista Speech Recognition Software

Windows Vista Speech Recognition software may not have rendered the keyboard obsolete, but it certainly has made it unnecessary for many people. The voice-control software translates speech into text with impressive speed and ...READ»

OQO Model 02: The Biggest Little Computer Around

There are plenty of ultra-mobile computers on the market, and most of them are beleaguered little gizmos: half the size of a laptop, but also half the speed, half the storage, half a keyboard, and in short, half-assed. In that ...READ»

Segmenting Inside

The embedded Linux market is a tough one to segment, as show by how two of the top contenders try.READ»

Google vs. Microsoft: Acer's Android Netbook Escalates the Battle

Microsoft is pretty busy stealing search market share from Google with its Bing search engine, but it might do well to keep an eye on its core business. PC maker Acer has announced it will begin shipping a netbook running Google's ...READ»

Speed Test: iPhone 3G S Even Faster Than Apple Claims

Apple has made claims that the iPhone OS 3.0 yields significant performance gains on the 3G model, and that the new 3G S can accomplish the same tasks up to twice as fast as its predecessors. Anecdotally, the new 3G S definitely ...READ»

New Ubuntu Release Will Emphasize "Weblications"

If you're asking, "What's Ubuntu?" then listen up; the answer could be "the future of the PC." Ubuntu is a version of the open source Linux operating system, like RedHat [NYSE:RHT] and others, which has been ...READ»

Inspired by Work

What's most intriguing about "open-source" software isn't what it does -- it's how it gets created. Eric S. Raymond, open-source evangelist, explains why and how these programmers do their work -- and what that means for the rest of us.READ»

Have Tools, Will Travel

It's every traveler's toughest decision: What digital assistant should I carry? From mini-organizers to full-fledged notebooks, here's how to pick the one gadget that will fit your work style.READ»

Google Drops a Bomb: Its Own Operating System

Google announces the Chrome OS, an open source operating system designed for the web.READ»

Why Google's Chrome OS Is Not in Your Future

Google caused a flurry of excitement last night when it revealed it would convert its Chrome browser into an operating system meant for netbooks. A chorus of OMG's burst from the tech blog network. This is a "clear shot in Microsoft's ...READ»

Chrome OS Is Still Not an Attack on Windows

Google's OS was sneak peeked today at the Googleplex. The Wall Street Journal digital called it a "direct challenge to Microsoft Windows." Really? Let's clear up some confusion once and for all: Putting the word "OS" after something ...READ»

Vista: The Safest Operating System on the Planet?

At least that's what Microsoft COO Kevin Turner said last week during a speech at a CIO summit. "Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the marketplace, is the safest, most reliable OS we've ever built. It's ...READ»

He Changes Minds

Bob Young and the Red Hat Center hope to empower change agents in every industry, from every country, for every consumer touched by technology.READ»

Microsoft Unleashes Windows 7 Beta As Free Download

As part of his CES keynote speech yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer surprised the crowd by announcing that Windows 7 is now available as a Beta test version for free download. MSDN and TechNet subscribers can get it ...READ»

Paul McNamara

General Manager, Enterprise Market Segment at Red Hat Inc., Durham, North CarolinaREAD»

Graham Wooden

Diary of a Serial GeekREAD»

The Geeks Speak

Diary of a Serial GeekREAD»

The Once and Never King

The Linux desktop market is about eight years behind scheduleREAD»

Twenty People, Four Notes

How Microsoft created the sound of Vista.READ»

Nokia Wants to Make Your Laptop Too

Nokia may be entering the laptop business. In an interview this week, Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said, "We are looking very actively also at this opportunity." His reasoning is sound: Mobile computing devices and ...READ»