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  • Motorola Droid X released in US, Android 2.2 open sourced

    Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.

    Written by Nancy Gohring24 June 10 04:20
  • Death of Windows XP SP2 Support a Security Risk, Says Report

    If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.

    Written by Shane O'Neill23 June 10 02:30
  • Apple sneaks anti-malware update into Snow Leopard

    Ten months after it debuted rudimentary malware scanning in Snow Leopard, Apple this week quietly added a signature for a third piece of malware, security researchers reported today.

    Written by Gregg Keizer19 June 10 02:56
  • With iOS, Apple gets the OK to borrow a Cisco name

    Three years after being sued by Cisco Systems for giving its iPhone the same name as a Cisco product, Apple has taken another page from the Cisco playbook, renaming its iPhone operating system, iOS.

    Written by Robert McMillan08 June 10 06:32
  • Google to release Chrome OS in fourth quarter

    Google plans to release its Chrome operating system late this year, initially targeting laptop users, the head of the project said Wednesday.

    Written by Dan Nystedt03 June 10 04:47
  • Windows 7 passes Mac OS X in market share race

    Windows 7 passed the 5 per cent market share milestone last weekend, which put it, if only temporarily, above the total market share of all versions of Apple's Mac OS X, a Web measurement firm said today.

    Written by Gregg Keizer25 Nov. 09 07:08
  • Google goes for speed, security in Chrome OS

    Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community on Thursday and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez20 Nov. 09 07:42
  • Five Windows 7 features to make IT managers jobs easier

    Speaking from Microsoft's Tech Ed event on the Gold Coast, Windows 7 commercial group lead and the woman responsible for the launch of Windows 7 in Australia, Sarah Vaughan, outlines the top five features of Windows 7 to make the lives of IT managers a little easier.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards10 Sept. 09 11:13
  • Google's OS security claims called 'idiotic'

    Google, while announcing its new Chrome operating system late Tuesday, said users would no longer have to worry about viruses, malware and security updates, but security experts disagreed on whether Google can deliver on those promises.

    Written by Grant Gross09 July 09 05:11
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