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Bill Gates has stepped up to the plate and took a swing at the newly announced Google Chrome operating system saying it looks like Linux. Mr. Gates did say the Google hasn’t really said much about the new OS so it is hard to really comment on it. In fact the less Google says the [...]

Is it just me or has the past 6 weeks or so been a whirlwind of announcements? We started with Microsoft and their $100 million dollar Bing assault on Google search. Google counters with the announcement of their Google Chrome operating system, which some feel is an assault on Windows. Microsoft comes back with placing [...]

Over at Deals and More [VentureBeat]  they have an article in which a Microsoft VP was interviewed and he expressed his views on the new Google operating system. According to Walid Abu-Hadba who is the Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism [ that's the real title folks - sounds more like a church gathering], [...]

As the recession continues to tighten our pocketbooks, more and more folks are buying Netbooks in lieu of the traditional laptops or desktop computer systems. But what is even more interesting is that Microsoft contends that these pint sized laptops use Windows. But is that really true? Well according to some who work in the [...]

In a surprise court ruling, Psystar a clone Mac maker, has won a court ruling in which it may be able to continue building computers with the Mac OS. In the ruling the judge stated that if Psystar could prove their allegations against Apple, they may be able to continue make the clones. This could [...]

What some of us have suspected for a long time may be coming closer to reality. In an article about Net Applications and their report made about Microsoft’s slide to under 90% market share for their OS, another observation was also made. It seems that Net Applications can determine with accuracy, the operating system of [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has stated that they are currently developing a new ‘Windows Cloud’ OS, which will be separate from Windows 7. Mr. Ballmer states that the new OS will make it easier for developers to write applications that will be used in future cloud computing, similar to what Google and others are offering. [...]

As we get closer to the release of Windows 7 beta, which may become available in December 2008, several rumors are floating around as to what W7 will be. Microsoft seems to be taking a different approach in the next release, by actually removing some components that people may not use, i.e., Windows Live Mail, [...]

Over at Gizmodo they have what I believe is one of the best articles I have read about why Vista isn’t that bad. What I enjoyed about the article was the way it was written and the choice of wording. Some positive points were almost apologetic in the writers view. There were also 5 things [...]

Acer has been quite vocal when it comes to Microsoft and it’s Windows operating system, in particular its dislike of Vista. Acer has previously stated that Vista is the worst OS ever as reported in this article here. But now the #2 computer company is shaking its fist at Microsoft once again, this time throwing [...]

One of the biggest complaints users had about Vista when it was first introduced, was the lack of drivers or drivers that were problematic. In the hope of eliminating or at least curtailing a similar situation, Microsoft has instituted a policy in which drivers for Windows 7 beta, must be included started June 1, 2008, [...]