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Dell to continue offering Windows 7 after launch of Windows 8

Business and gaming customers lead demand for current Microsoft operating system

Penultimate version of Linux kernel 3.5.x released

Greg Kroah-Hartman says users should prepare to move to the 3.6 branch

City of Barcelona consolidates VDI with Windows Server 2012

Savings of over £80,000 are expected, thanks to faster deployment of Windows 8

Intel unveils Clover Trail and predicts Windows 8 tablet success

New Clover Trail processor will appear in tablets from Lenovo, HP, Asus and Samsung

New HTC smartphones good news for Windows Phone, Nokia says

Ballme's favouritism leads to new rumours, even that HTC could be an acquisition target

Intel Clover Trail processors to support Android tablets

Intel is looking beyond Windows 8 and now says it will bring Android support to tablets based on Clover Trail chips

50% Android devices have unpatched vulnerabilities, report says

Results from X-Ray vulnerability scanner show that over half of Android devices are vulnerable to root exploits

IDF: Dual-boot Windows RT, Android tablets and PCs are possible, says Insyde

Insyde can provide the boot layer and software tools to make a dual-boot RT/Android device happen, but it needs customers

Intel completes porting Android 4.1 to smartphones with Medfield Atom chips

However, Intel can't say when smartphones will be updated with the latest Android OS

Laptop inventor Bill Moggridge dies aged 69

Moggridge's Grid Compass computer still provides the blueprint for many modern devices

Linux Foundation introduces Secure Boot workaround

The Linux Foundation's UEFI approach won't secure computers but will allow homegrown Linux distributions to work with new hardware

Three Linux distributions get key updates, but Dreamlinux discontinued

Even as Fuduntu, Slackware, and Ubuntu march ahead, Brazilian Dreamlinux officially closes its doors

Microsoft could be building Windows Phone 8 Surface smartphone

Called Microsoft Surface, new smartphone may be out next year

Samsung poised to release Tizen-based Galaxy S III

Samsung's first Tizen smartphone has already received Wi-Fi certification and will probably hit the market early next year, say analysts

iOS 6 gobbled up by 15% of iPhone and iPad users in first 24 hours

Ad network’s research arm finds iOS 6 uptake much stronger than that of iOS 5 and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Linux can't run on Clover Trail Atom chip, says Intel

ARM is superior anyway, shoots Bruce Perens

Ubuntu 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' beta release includes 5 new features

Of particular interest to business users is support for whole disk encryption.

iOS 6 will debut on September 19, Apple announces

Free and feature-rich iOS 6 update to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch operating system

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday load lighter than usual

Microsoft gives admins a breather

Nokia unveils new Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone 8

New flagship devices based on Microsoft's upcoming smartphone OS announced


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