operating system

Here is the review of the Windows operating system. See what you think:
Streamlined interface; better performance on many systems; easier and more capable networking;
It’s spiffier, with both aesthetic and functional redesigns.
We found the first release of it expensive and occasionally annoying–nagging screen and pop-up bubbles galor.
Like any radical overhaul, it takes some getting used [...]

Over the years I have experienced the dreaded computer slowdown that plagues us all. But I learned once again why a clean install of the operating system sometimes offers the best results. Let me set the stage for what happened.
I recently replaced my wife’s three year old Gateway laptop with a new Toshiba laptop running [...]

Well it seems all of the rumors about Google Chrome OS being released into the wild were just rumors. Rumors that it seems someone is trying to make a buck on. So before you pay someone to get a phony release, stay calm, cool, and collected. Some people in the technology field seem to think [...]

According to the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, Android is getting ready to explode. Not blow up, but start to grow rapidly. The low cost, open source, fully featured, and ready to go operating system is going to take over the cell phone industry. Though his boasting may be overstated, could what he is saying [...]

In what I can only describe as a surprising statement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has actually admitted that Vista was less than a stellar operating system. In a recent statement Mr. Ballmer said:
The company’s reputation took a beating after the release of Vista, which caused machines to stall indefinitely while deleting, copying [...]

One of the minor complaints about Windows Vista was the way the User Account Control notification system annoyed the heck out of some people. During the following few years of using the operating system, there were 3rd party applications available that could control how and when the User Account Control behaved. Now with the introduction [...]

Google as added a new feature over at their Google Gmail that is designed specifically for netbook users. Since the screen on the netbooks are smaller, Google has added a feature in Gmail that allows the user to remove the subject lines from the message. This saves screen real estate so you can see message [...]

In a filing with the SEC Microsoft has listed the dangers it faces from other companies and in particular cites Linux as a threat. This seems contrary to what Microsoft publicly states in which the company says that Linux is not a real threat. But in the SEC filing the company confirms the following:
Client faces [...]

How times change. There was a time when Apple and Google were good buddies and aligned themselves against the evil empire in Redmond, WA. The companies were such good buds that they appeared to be joined at the hip when Google’s CEO was on the Apple board of directors. But slowly over time there have [...]

For the past few days we have been reading about the new Google Chrome Operating System and I believe many of us thought it would be a full blown operating system similar to Microsoft Windows or Linux. This may not be the case. In what is being described by one of the Google co-founders, it [...]

THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE
FAKE BY THE AUTHOR!
This morning there was a post over at Techmeme which was from a Worldpress site known as chromeosleak. The writer of the posting indicated the need to be secretive since he/she felt their career could be at risk if they were discovered as providing a [...]

When Google announced that it would be introducing its Chrome Operating System next year, it was only a matter of time before questions arose. The Google Chrome Blog team immediately set out to answer some of the most popular questions.
Here are the FAQs as answered by the Google Chrome Team:

Is Google Chrome OS free?
Yes – [...]

For years Linux has tried to become a viable operating system, but has garnered less than 1% of the market place. Though Mac users proclaim the simplicity of the Apple operating system, the high price of their hardware has kept many of us from making the switch. Microsoft with their Windows system still has a [...]

I have been an avid Firefox user for the past four years. I gave up on using Internet Explorer because of the lack of security the browser provided. Firefox was a better option and I felt safer when surfing the web. That was then, this is now. At a recent security conference for hackers, it [...]

Over at the Microsoft blog they have an article that covers how WGA will function in Windows 7. Basically it is similar to Vista but with a few minor changes like nag screens ever hour if you do not activate Windows 7. In addition Microsoft states why it is important to activate Windows 7 with [...]

Asustek, know for their Asus motherboards and also for their sub $500 netbooks, may start using Google’s Android as their main operating system. The company is looking into an Android powered netbook which is currently under developed and is expected to arrive by years end. If Asus does proceed with their plans, this could further [...]

I am still evaluating Windows 7 beta and continue to compare it to Windows Vista. I wish  I could compliment Microsoft for the new and improved Windows operating system, but I personally don’t find the newer OS that much different than Vista. I know, there are differences, but nothing major is being offered. Microsoft still [...]

I read an article over at the Inquirer from a Linux fanboy of sorts who predicted that Windows 7 would be a Linux killer. The purpose of the article was easy to figure out. Write an article with a inflammatory title and people will take a look-see. But what the article did was just go [...]

Microsoft is now offering what they call ‘Fix it’ to correct problems for users of Windows XP and Vista. The system works by offering the user the option to download a fix and by following what Microsoft claims is a easy wizard to correct the problem. On their web site Microsoft states that:
Have you ever [...]

Microsoft on their privacy site has released the features that will be included in their new operating system which they call Windows 7.This doesn’t mean that very one of these features will make it to the final release. These additions are only for the Pre-release of Windows 7. When you take a look at the [...]