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Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS platform - and the number of smartphones with Android inside is on the up. The Xperia X10 runs version 1.6 of the Android OS - aka... [06 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News That Windows 7 is more popular than Vista is no surprise - but just how much more love is Microsoft's latest OS getting? If the prediction is correct, it would mean Windows 7 would have been adopted by business more... [06 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment Eventually, Apple software supported contextual clicking in late versions of OS 8 and the company eventually released a couple of multi-button mouses. The Apple mouse has long been the weak link in its hardware set-ups. [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo Initial reviews have been favourable; users can set a whole range of preferences in the OS to control the mouse and the touch interface will no doubt appeal to the iPhone generation. Apple's Lisa of the early 1980s was... [03 Nov 2009]
Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News There's no debating that the Symbian platform remains the daddy of the smartphone world: one in every two sold today carries the Symbian OS. New entrants to the market including Google's Android will continue to snap at... [02 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment While Windows 7 solves most of the qualms about Vista, the new OS still has plenty of room to grow, says Quocirca's Clive Longbottom. Microsoft has done a good job being more open in the development and testing of the... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The first mobile device running Google's Android OS - the G1 - came with GPS and a built-in compass which gave app developers an exciting toolkit from an augmented reality point of view - allowing the real-world... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - the latest PCs from Acer to Samsung
Photo The official release of Windows 7 last week has seen the debut of a slew of hardware sporting the OS. New touchscreen desktop panels and laptops designed to take advantage of Windows 7's touch-sensitive capabilities have... [26 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News As virtualisation advances and the choice of hardware and OS becomes less important, CIOs need to develop a five- to eight-year plan around client computing, says Gartner. 2009 may not be over yet but analysts have... [22 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS for Windows 7, according to Microsoft. Speaking at the London launch of Windows 7 today John Curran, the Microsoft exec who... [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News RedMonk's Governor said: "OS and Office revenues are the company's lifeblood and it is absolutely critical for Windows 7 to succeed. The signs are that the shift to Windows 7 will begin in earnest next year, with... [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo Windows 7 is officially released tomorrow, here's a walkthrough of what the new OS will look like once it's installed. Introduced for Vista, the translucent Aero skin has been heavily developed and expanded in Windows 7. [21 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7
Cheat Sheet It looks like the software behemoth is already putting Vista behind it: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has even stated that he doesn't mind if businesses skip the OS as long as they come back for Windows 7. [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment The perfect counterpoint to the increasingly elegant OS X, Vista was regularly sent up by Apple executives in events and in marketing. According to reviews thus far, Windows 7 is a polished beast, slick and quick and a... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo Here's a look at the security features of Microsoft's latest OS. Windows 7 is to go on general release this week. The System and Security sub-section of the Control Panel acts as a clearinghouse for backing up data,... [20 Oct 2009]
