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Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Gates launched the new OS at Microsoft's Redmond campus. Not an auspicious start for a young William Gates who was caught speeding in Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 1977 during the early days of Microsoft. [20 Jun 2008]
Photos: Nokia adds to Eseries line-up
Photo The handsets run Symbian's S60 open OS, meaning thousands of third-party apps can be downloaded. Mobile handset giant Nokia has added two new HSDPA smart phones to its Eseries business range - a slider phone (pictured above) called the E66, and a... [17 Jun 2008]
Photos: Five of the best mini laptops
Photo Price is around £330, depending on which OS you opt for. The operating system is of course Apple's own OS X Leopard, neatly bypassing the Windows vs Linux dilemma. There's certainly no shortage of laptop manufacturers bringing out dinky offerings... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Centro smart phone in Europe's Palm
Photo It runs the Palm OS. Palm is bringing its Centro smart phone to Europe - a handset it reckons is the smallest and lightest smart phone to date. The device weighs just over four ounces, and has a colour touchscreen and a Qwerty keyboard. [07 Feb 2008]
Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?
Photo OS X is now inside the iPhone, too, and it's likely to underpin everything Apple does over the coming years. Mac OS X The OS X operating system took its time emerging from the wreckage of the Copland project. [24 Jan 2008]
Photos: High life at the high-tech hotel
Photo The Macs currently run Apple's Tiger OS but are due to be upgraded to the new Leopard OS before Christmas. The recently opened City Inn hotel in Manchester must rank as one of the more high-tech places to stay in town - with an Apple iMac desktop... [20 Nov 2007]
Photos: When a smart phone is not enough...
Photo The device can connect with smart phones running either Windows Mobile or Palm OS via Bluetooth. This is the Foleo, the newest addition to Palm's line-up of products. Company founder Jeff Hawkins (pictured at right with Walt Mossberg, personal... [31 May 2007]
Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo Well, even the humble shopping till makes use of the open source OS. OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey (OS) by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: Top 10 pieces of Linux kit
Photo For those who see mobiles as more of a hobby than a communications device, two manufacturers have also set about making phones that developers can adapt and amend themselves by running them on a completely open OS. [22 Nov 2006]
Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet
Photo OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance Survey (OS) by creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. Founder Steve Coast (pictured far left in a blue shirt) started... [13 Nov 2006]
Photos: A look inside France Telecom's Boston R&D labs
Photo The lab is now developing a 'Widgets for mobiles' scheme - much like the Widgets for the Mac OS - whereby third-party developers can easily create simple applications such as currency converters or world clocks for mobile devices. [03 Oct 2005]
Photos: Apple's Mighty Mouse
Photo Mighty Mouse has buttons on either side that you can squeeze with your thumb and finger to activate some Mac OS X features. Apple, the company that helped popularise the mouse, gives more powers to its newest device, Mighty Mouse. [04 Aug 2005]
