IBM has been running a test recently to see whether its employees would be happier to work on a Mac platform rather than Windows. With the answer so far seemingly pointing to a resounding ‘Yes’. The pilot program was launched in October 2007, to check out the options and feasibility of moving a few of [...]

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According to a report issued by the Institute for Advanced Professional Studies on the reliability of different operating systems, all the major operating systems are in fact fairly reliable when it comes down to it, but that some have come on leaps and bounds, while others have slipped since last surveyed. Like last year, UNIX, [...]

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Two analysts at a Gartner sponsored conference in Las Vegas yesterday gave a presentation entitled “Windows Is Collapsing: How What Comes Next Will Improve.” The analysts said that Microsoft Corp. must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been. They said that the situation had become unsustainable for Microsoft, its environment [...]

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates indicated on Friday that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, could be released within the next year, far ahead of the development schedule previously indicated by the software maker. In response to a question about Windows Vista, Gates, who was speaking before the Inter-American Development Bank, said: “Sometime in [...]

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The popular debate between Mac and Windows, and which is better, is one which is most likely never to end. You get Mac users, and you get Windows users, and each will say that their preferred choice in user interface is better than the other. When making a comparison of these user interfaces, not much [...]

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MIU, a Korean company, has introduced a new wireless IP-based hybrid portable device called ‘HDPC (Hybrid Dual Portable Computer)’ in its country’s market. The computer is equipped with dual OS – Windows or Linux. Almost any type of stand-alone technology (GPS, mobile phone, digital camera. Voice recorder and many more) can be incorporated into the [...]

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Microsoft recently submitted an early build of what has been referred to as Windows 7 to the Technical Committee – the group of technology experts appointed by the Department of Justice and the other plaintiffs in Microsoft’s U.S. antitrust settlement that oversee technical aspects of the case, according to court documents. Discussion of Windows 7 [...]

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You may be one of those people who have found Windows Vista little sluggish and underpowered. Want to switch to an edition of Windows with a little extra oomph to it? Welcome to Windows Vista “workstation” – better known as Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008, officially launched in late February, has a feature called [...]

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Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail outlets in a move aimed at persuading customers to switch to the latest version of Windows. The world’s largest software maker said it plans to lower retail prices for Vista in 70 countries later this year [...]

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