Operating Systems

Some people are disappointed that Google's Chrome plans don't include a head-to-head fight for the desktop with Windows. They shouldn't be. Google has a far more interesting way to battle Microsoft in mind.

Google's vision for Chrome OS isn't going to replace what is on your desk now...unless you are working and reading this on Netbook that is. 

Google took the wraps off their Chrome OS yesterday. The OS will be a big deal. Here are some observations that you might not have considered.

In today's podcast: Google offers detailed look at Chrome OS; Dell sees Q3 revenue and profit slip; and US blames China for cyberattacks.

No doubt they're breathing a big sigh of relief at Microsoft right now, after the world has had a first look at the Google Chrome operating system. Chrome represents absolutely no threat to Windows for the foreseeable future, just at a time when Microsoft is vulnerable.

Google and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have been working together on Chrome since before the project was announced and they'll continue to do so.

Starting at 1 PM EST, Google will be unveiling its Chrome desktop operating system. Follow the blow by blow here.

I've just put the beta of Microsoft Office 2010 through its paces for a Computerworld review, and while there's plenty to like, there's plenty that should be made better as well. Here are five ways it can be improved.

No more rumors. This time, it's real. Chrome, Google's Linux-based desktop operating system is on its way.

Invitations have gone out. Google is going to share information on their upcoming Chrome Operating system on Thursday morning at Googleplex HQ in Mountain View, California.

When it comes to sheer, unadorned speed, nothing else even comes close to Linux.

Microsoft has good reason to be pleased with recent figures that show Bing has a nearly 10% share of the search market, nearly 31% higher than a year previous. But it still lags far behind Google, which has 65.4% of the market. If the goal is to catch Google, it will never happen.

What's funny about the Linux desktop of ten years ago is how much it looks like the Linux desktop of 2009.

A judge ruled today agreed with Apple's  in its copyright-infringement case against Psystar, the unauthorized seller of Mac clones running Mac OS X.

Microsoft admitted that it violated the GPL2 with a recent software release, and is now going to re-release the program under the right open-source license.