If there is one complaint we hear from Android users more than any other, it's the speed at which software updates arrive. Or don't arrive. It's especially tough on tech enthusiasts who read about all the advantages of the new update, but can't get it on their own devices for six months, if at all. Even brand new devices typically fail to launch with the latest version of Android. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"How can 'network compatibility' even be an issue, when I can buy the very same phone SIM-free and use it on any network with updates?
Surely if thi..." More »
Rumours of Windows Blue—Microsoft's push for a routine, yearly upgrade cycle—have been lurking in the shadows for a while now, and have been all but officially confirmed by some recent job postings. As we're getting closer to its inevitable roll-out, even more is coming to light. According to The Verge, it's coming as early as this summer, complete with Internet Explorer 11. Read More >>
Featured comment by Woody:
"This is idiotic... for businesses it's terrible, we'll never be able to keep up with the release cycles; hell my company is still on XP and only just ..." More »
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has developed a touchscreen laptop which runs its Chrome operating system — and suggests they'll go on sale later this year. Read More >>
Featured comment by Amethyst:
"Wasn't there a video for a supposed "Chromebook Pixel" a few weeks back? A touchscreen chromebook laptop with a ridiculously high pixel density." More »
Samsung is a big player when it comes to making some of the most popular Android phones, but that doesn't mean they don't also like to dabble in their own, Google-free side-projects. According to Japan's Daily Yomiuri, Samsung aims to launch its first phone running the open-source Tizen operating system sometime in 2013. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"Diversity is good. Open source is good. But I can't see myself using it unless it has a whole load of apps written for it. At some point, product ecos..." More »
OEMs that want to have the latest version of Windows on their machines are going to find that things are a little different this time around. The new process should be more secure, cutting down on any piracy that may or may not happen. Read More >>
Featured comment by chuffnose:
"To be fair, I wasn't being entirely serious. I gave up Windows around XP, simply because I built my first machine from scratch and was trying to keep ..." More »
The so-called Urban OS will be tested in parts of London's Greenwich peninsula, a particularly dead and lifeless part of the city that's home to the depressing Dome. If it doesn't work no one will really notice. Read More >>
Featured comment by tomsr:
"For a supposedly here, now and future tech blog, this article is ridiculous.
Firstly, it hasn't been referred to as "The Dome" for over 6 years.
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I love The Restart Page: it faithfully reproduces the restart and shutdown sequences of most graphic user interface-based operating systems since the times of the original Macintosh System. See if you can identify them all. It's really perfect, sound included. Read More >>
TheNextWeb has sources at Microsoft telling them that the Windows 8 public beta will arrive in February of next year, though little is known about what new features might be included in the beta. Read More >>
Windows XP first went on sale ten years ago this week. In that span, it has become the desktop OS of choice with a worldwide install base of as much as 80 per cent. Here's looking at you XP. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"I still have a Windows XP virtual machine on my Mac, which I occasionally use. I affectionately named it 'HAL 9000' because it's an operating system f..." More »
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