Operating Systems

IT will have a love-hate relationship with iOS 7, OS X Mavericks and iCloud

Consumers and business users alike will find things to love about OS X Mavericks and iOS 7, says columnist Ryan Faas. But for enterprise IT pros, this week's announcements are a mixed bag.

By Ryan Faas | 14 June, 2013 10:27

Tags: Apple, Google, Microsoft, ios, security, Mac OS X, software, operating systems

Forget the keynote. WWDC is still about the developers

As usual, the Apple rumor mill has been on overdrive as WWDC nears. But all the hype about anything CEO Tim Cook might reveal misses the point, says columnist Ryan Faas. WWDC is still about developers.

By Ryan Faas | 10 June, 2013 13:21

Tags: App Development, Apple, WD, ios, Mac OS X, software, operating systems

Why iOS is the future of Apple (and how we got here)

At Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, which kicks off Monday, everyone's expecting updates for both iOS and OS X. But one of those operating systems is more important than the other.

By Michael deAgonia | 07 June, 2013 10:15

Tags: Apple, WD, ios, Mac OS X, software, operating systems

The International Space Station Goes Linux and RunRev goes open source

On the ISS, Linux is in and XP is out and open source is the way of the future

By Mark Gibbs | 10 May, 2013 14:12

Tags: Linux, NASA, software, operating systems

Windows 8 Update: transition from Android to Windows Phone made easier

Microsoft figures customers will be more likely to switch from Android smartphones to Windows 8 phones if it makes it easier to find the same or similar apps for their new phone as were on their old phones.

By Tim Greene | 24 April, 2013 16:12

Tags: Quixey, EE, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems

How Microsoft lost the future of gesture control

Microsoft squandered its five-year head start in gesture control technology and is now falling behind. By the time the company gets Kinect for Windows into the consumer market, Leap Motion may already own that market.

By Mike Elgan | 30 March, 2013 11:13

Tags: Apple, applications, consumer electronics, Google, Microsoft, Windows, software, Personal Technology, operating systems

Review: Surface goes from amateur to Pro

Microsoft delivers an ultrabook in the sleek guise of a tablet.

By Michael Gartenberg | 06 February, 2013 12:34

Tags: hardware, Microsoft, Windows, hardware systems, tablets, software, operating systems, intel

Do touch screens belong on PCs? A debate

Is a touch display on a laptop user-friendly or an annoying productivity-killer? Computerworld editors hash it out.

By Preston Gralla and Barbara Krasnoff | 05 February, 2013 11:36

Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Windows, hardware systems, desktop pcs, software, laptops, operating systems, PCs

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Vendors just can't stop trying to lock us all in

We're heading to a new era of platform lock-in that extends to vendors' Internet services.

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 14 January, 2013 11:04

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Networking, Windows, None, wireless, software, mobile, operating systems, internet, Apple, Google, Microsoft

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: OSs are leaving the user out of user interfaces

The problem is that far too many people have forgotten User Interface 101: Make it easy.

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 03 December, 2012 11:16

Tags: Linux and Unix, Microsoft, nielsen, Windows, software, operating systems

PhoneGap fills the smartphone development gap

Mobile apps are all the rage these days, but to get one built for your organization can be a daunting financial prospect. Should you decide to go to a bespoke shop to have your dream iOS or Android app coded you would be looking at a seriously large price tag.

By Mark Gibbs | 01 November, 2012 19:47

Tags: Windows Phone apps, application development, Tizen, cross-OS development, NASA, PhoneGap, cross-OS development platform, Palm, BBC, webOS, iOS apps, software, BlackBerry apps, mobile app development, mobile apps, Gap, Nestle, Bada, symbian, applications, Apache Cordova, programming, Networking, wireless, operating systems, open source app development, android apps, App Development

Windows RT tablets and hybrids coming soon

Microsoft will open the floodgates for Windows RT tablets at a release event Oct. 26 in New York City. The Surface tablet from Microsoft will be available on launch, with more tablets from Asus, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo and Acer coming in the following weeks.

Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft out to kill online advertising? Let's get real

Do Not Track in Internet Explorer 10 won't kill online advertising. Microsoft, as much as anyone else, has its eye on that multibillion-dollar prize.

Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Losing the 'Personal' in 'Personal Computing'

Pretty much every tech company -- Apple, Microsoft, Google and more -- wants your data and your programs under their control and running on their machines, not yours.

Are your security professionals qualified?

Many don't know what they don't know. Insider (registration required)

Security Manager's Journal: Security training on the cheap

With no budget, our manager has to devise a security awareness and training program on his own.

A better Windows 8 system refresh with Slimware's RecImg Manager

I know why you're excited ... you can't wait for Microsoft to release Windows 8 this fall.

Michael Gartenberg: With Mountain Lion, Macs, iPhones and iPads can all get along

Apples new Mac operating system is all about the ecosystem.

Preston Gralla: June 2012: The month the cloud got real

Microsoft, Apple and Google have long seen that their future is in the cloud. Now they see their present there as well.

Just linking could get you 10 years in jail

UK citizen Richard O'Dwyer faces the possibility of ten years in the slammer for having a site that linked to pirated content