French firm Ordissimo is bringing “the world’s simplest laptop” to the UK, a small family of Linux-based laptops aimed at population of holdouts who find conventional PCs and the online world that comes with it too complex to bother with.
Windows 8 will be released later this year, and the new Start screen and Metro-style apps will likely be the first changes you'll notice, but those aren't the only things that are new. Microsoft is also making some serious security enhancements to help keep your system safer and to improve Windows' ability to combat viruses and malware. It just may be the biggest improvement to Windows security yet.
Linux 3.4 has been released just two months after Linus Torvalds posted the last version of the open source Linux kernel, with the distribution now supporting new graphics processors from Nvidia and Intel, improved file system functionality and a new security module.
Windows 8 will abandon much of the GUI eye candy introduced by Vista six years ago in favour of an austere style more consistent with the look of Microsoft’s Metro applications, the company has announced.
The calendar on your Android phone displays appointments that you never made - hundreds of them from someone else's calendar - and you can't delete them.
The calendar on your Android phone displays appointments that you never made - hundreds of them from someone else's calendar - and you can't delete them.
Android developers at this week's AnDevCon developer conference were too busy dealing with current releases like Android 4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" to stall their development efforts for yet another OS upgrade. "You have to deal with what's available now," said Chris Morris, a developer for the Weather Channel
Apple has issued an update to its OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3, but has left developers using the mid-2007 MacBook Pro unable to run the new build.
Mozilla will "probably not bother" building a version of Firefox for Windows RT if Microsoft does not allow other browser makers to call important APIs for the new operating system, according to a Mozilla product director.
Mozilla will "probably not bother" building a version of Firefox for Windows RT if Microsoft does not allow other browser makers to call important APIs for the new operating system, according to a Mozilla product director.
Microsoft has had the bloatware accusation thrown at it countless times but now the company reportedly wants to make money turning back the tide of PC-slowing software with a little-known service called ‘Signature’.
Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, launched by Canonical back in February and based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot', has now received a major update to version 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'.
Android 5.0 'Jelly Bean' will first appear on several new mobile devices sold by Google itself as part of the Nexus line when the new mobile operating system launches this autumn.
When Microsoft launches Windows 8 Release Preview next month the operating system will have improved navigation features for users who like more than one monitor to display all their applications.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7 is set to be released in the second half of 2013, Red Hat announced yesterday, as the open source organisation also celebrated the 10th anniversary of its enterprise OS.
IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.
IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.
Consider the abacus. Developed perhaps as long as 4,500 years ago, this handy gadget served the mathematical needs of merchants and accountants until the development of mechanical calculating machines in the 19th century. But the abacus hasn't been forgotten. Instead it still lives on in niches - for instance teaching preschoolers the basics of counting.
Cloud key management firm Gazzang is offering Ubuntu users the huge convenience of being able to securely back up and recover encryption keys used to scramble files in the home directory.
Mandriva Linux is a venerable distribution with numerous advantages to recommend it, but it's no secret that the software's French publisher has been facing tough times.
Free software and GNU Linux icon Richard Stallman was taken ill at a weekend conference in Spain, reportedly being taken to hospital suffering from symptoms of high blood pressure.
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