Follow Us

OPERATING SYSTEMS

News

Latest Operating Systems news


Microsoft Surface Pro has half the battery life of Surface RT

Microsoft announces US pricing for its Surface Pro model, starting at $899

Windows Phone 7.8 not coming until 2013

Users are quickly posting their dissapointment on a Microsoft blog

Windows Phone 8 random reboots will get fix next month, Microsoft says

An over-the-air software update is coming in December

Fedora 18 finally reaches beta phase following delays

Fedora 18 will include completely revamped installer software

Microsoft mulls opening UK stores to push consumer brand

Rapid US expansion feeds plans

Mozilla halts work on Windows' 64-bit Firefox for now

Unlikely to restart x64 development in 2013

Apple wins patents for advanced geotagging iOS journaling system

Users could keep track of when and where they carried out actions on their mobile device

Linux users targeted by mystery drive-by rootkit

Debian Squeezy in the iFrame

Windows 8 interface design deemed 'disappointing' by usability expert

An expert on user interface design calls Windows 8 "disappointing" for novices and power users alike.

Surface tablet captures lion's share of Windows RT market

Early adopters are making the device the most popular tablet with an overall market share of 11 percent

Dell ships lightweight 'Project Sputnik' XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux

The laptop has the frame of an ultrabook, and is priced at $1,549 in the US with a year of on-site support.

40 million Windows 8 licences have been sold, Microsoft says

Microsoft's head of Windows marketing Tami Reller also reveals Windows 8 Pro will be available in January

Windows 8 early uptake easily trumping Vista launch

New OS beats perception-plagued Vista even as it fails to match Windows 7

Munich saves £8.9 million switching from Windows to Linux

The city has now migrated over 80% of its 15,500 desktops to LiMux, it's own distribution of Linux

Windows 8 store cracks 20,000 apps, with most of them free

Microsoft's app store hits 20,000 app toward its goal of 100,000 within three months of Windows 8's launch

Pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly be activated by free Microsoft key

Windows 8 Pro pirates can install free Windows 8 Media Center pack from Microsoft to permanently activate their installations, users report

Windows Server 2012 now runs on Amazon Web Services

Administrators can take advantage of improved management features using PowerShell

Oprah posts tweet praising Microsoft's Surface tablet... from her iPad

Oprah endorses one of what she calls her favourite things, the Microsoft Surface tablet. The kicker? She made the post from her iPad.

OpenOffice dumped as Freiburg plots return to Microsoft

Development confusion and compatibility sink open source project

Be it Android, iOS or Windows 8, 'Stick to one platform' say mobile app developers

It's better to get to grips with one platform than to jump around


Techworld White Papers

Choose – and Choose Wisely – the Right MSP for Your SMB

End users need a technology partner that provides transparency, enables productivity, delivers...

Download Whitepaper

10 Effective Habits of Indispensable IT Departments

It’s no secret that responsibilities are growing while budgets continue to shrink. Download this...

Download Whitepaper

Optimise Performance For Global eCommerce

Global is all the rage: eBusiness teams are feverishly building new international initiatives in...

Download Whitepaper

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving

Enterprise information archiving is contributing to organisational needs for e-discovery and...

Download Whitepaper

Techworld UK - Technology - Business

Part 2 of your journey to virtualisation

You can still access part 2 of our virtualisation journey - explore how you can improve your servers, storage and networks by developing your infrastructure.

Watch now...
Techworld Mobile Site

Access Techworld's content on the move

Get the latest news, product reviews and downloads on your mobile device with Techworld's mobile site.

Find out more...

From Wow to How : Making mobile and cloud work for you

On demand Biztech Briefing - Learn how to effectively deliver mobile work styles and cloud services together.

Watch now...

Site Map