operating system in photos
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo Data on your hard drive will be wiped before a fresh operating system and applications are added. Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and safe way has become a hot topic, especially after the high profile data leaks in the past year. [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: Top 5 Bill Gates moments
Photo He's pictured sprawled around PCs running Microsoft's then current operating system. A young William Gates poses for police in Albuquerque in December 1977 after he was caught speeding in his Porsche during the early days of Microsoft. [23 Jun 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo ¦ Photos: Top 5 Bill Gates moments ¦ Photos: The building of a data centre ¦ Photos: The best of Google Earth heralded the biggest Microsoft launch to date with fevered press coverage surrounding the Windows 95 operating system. [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo One project would enable hardware rather than an operating system to control power-saving settings. With two cameras on its hand, the device is able to autonomously recognise cups on the table, pick them up, and place them in the dishwasher. [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo CCTV cameras are plugged into an intelligent computer system able to recognise and raise alerts about suspicious behaviour such as running or someone fiddling around inside a bag. The centre is protected by two fire detection systems, the first is... [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo From 2011 it will install a system 10 to 12.5 times more powerful than the existing computer and by 2015 it will have a machine capable of between 150 and 200 teraflops. Its high performance computers already impressive performance will leap... [06 Jun 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo It comes with a choice of operating system: Windows Vista Business or Novell SuSE Linux. The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: HP squeezes into the dinky laptop market
Photo There is a choice of operating system on the Mini-Note: Windows Vista Business or Novell SuSE Linux. HP is bringing a sub-£300 laptop to Blighty - with an eye on mobile workers and kids in classrooms. [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: Eye in the sky to spot 'friendly fire'
Photo A soldier operates one of the specialist vehicles that control the system. Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Baroness Taylor, said in a statement: "Leapp is a new, world-class system. Battles of the future will benefit significantly from... [03 Apr 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo Google's much discussed mobile phone operating system, Android, made its debut on devices from several companies at Mobile World Congress. The system at British Airways' (BA) new home can process 12,000 bags per hour.silicon.com took an exclusive... [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?
Photo The OS X operating system took its time emerging from the wreckage of the Copland project. Now on Leopard, version 10.5, it's hard to think of a more complete, fully featured operating system on the market. [24 Jan 2008]
Photos: Arctic tech gets talking
Photo Virtual network operator Vanco developed and integrated the technology involved to keep the Arctic team's communications system operating smoothly. The video footage was transmitted from the Arctic Ocean using the Vanco Arctic Survey's satellite... [12 Nov 2007]
Photos: Apple shows off new iMacs, software
Photo The 20-inch systems will cost $1,199 or $1,499, depending on the configuration, and the 24-inch system will cost $1,799, $200 less than the current 24-inch iMac. Jobs said that although Apple's Mac business is two-thirds notebooks these days, iMacs... [08 Aug 2007]
Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
Photo Once they have checked in, using one of the 96 self-service check-in kiosks, 56 manned check-in desks or BA's online service - the first 'wave' - they can put their luggage into the state-of-the-art baggage handling system. [13 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - March 2007
Photo Microsoft unveiled a 'tailored' version of its Windows operating system to be used by NHS workers. With travels around India's tech hotspots, Formula One racing car launches and a visit to the home of the future, March was a busy month for silicon... [02 Apr 2007]
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