All the stories tagged with: os
Tizen OS effort by Samsung and Intel
09/28/2011, Don’t you think that there are too many mobile operating systems going around already? While we know that MeeGo is not going to go too far, what with having the first device by Nokia running on MeeGo also being the [...]
Seesmic abandons support for the BlackBerry operating system
06/20/2011, Poor RIM. After reporting financial losses and poor sales for its recent quarterly report, product delays, upset shareholders and consumers; the company hasn’t exactly been having a ball of a time lately. Now, it looks like even developers are beginning [...]
Mozilla introduces Webian Shell 0.1
06/07/2011, Mozilla has just announced a new project called Webian Shell 0.1. While at first glance a lot of people might think “a Chrome OS competitor!” it’s not at the same level yet (at least for now). Webian Shell is exactly [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook receives OS update
06/07/2011, We all know that the BlackBerry PlayBook is one great piece of technology, but its success has been marred mostly due to the lack of apps available for the system, and its dependence on having a BlackBerry phone to tether [...]
Symbian Anna update from Nokia
04/12/2011, Nokia did confirm that they have closed Symbian to the prying eyes of the world, but that doesn’t mean it is the end of the road for the operating system as there will be a new overhaul of the operating [...]
Windows 8 heavily focused on mobile devices; will it affect the desktop experience?
04/11/2011, We all know that Windows 8 will be designed to run on tablets and according to some recent reports, the next version of Windows will put a heavy focus on mobile devices. Windows 8 will supposedly feature a welcome/unlock screen [...]
Windows 7 finally overtakes Windows XP’s desktop OS market share
04/08/2011, According to the latest results of the desktop OS market share in the US for April 2011 collected by StatCounter, it looks like people are finally leaving Windows XP behind and getting an upgrade to Windows 7. For the first [...]
Symbian now a closed platform, says Nokia
04/08/2011, Nokia, a company that has long been working with Symbian and utilized their operating system in most of Nokia’s handsets, have come forward to confirm that the Finnish cell phone manufacturing company has decided to remove online distributions of Symbian, [...]
Motorola to create its own OS?
03/24/2011, Motorola has recently been on a hiring spree, adding experienced web engineers from Adobe and Apple to their payroll, reigniting old speculations of the company working on their own operating system. The rumors started last year when Motorola acquired Azingo, [...]
Google Chrome OS receives touch-friendly tab page
03/21/2011, Google has always maintained that their Chrome Operating System will first see action on laptops while working on a tablet-friendly version later on, but it seems that developers have already started to work on what a future Chrome version might [...]
Asus to release Google Chrome netbooks?
03/17/2011, Fans of Google’s Chrome OS might have a reason to rejoice soon. Asus, creators of some of the hottest selling netbooks around, has been rumored to be releasing new netbooks that run on Google’s Chrome OS. The rumored netbooks will [...]
Fuduntu OS supports Flash 10.2 now
03/14/2011, The Fuduntu operating system (something you don’t hear of every day) is actually a lightweight operating system that was specially designed for netbooks as well as other forms of portable computers. This operating system is based on Fedora Linux, and [...]
Retractable Mobile Solar Unit can be used to provide electricity in emergencies
03/09/2011, If there’s one thing inconvenient about solar panels it’s that they’re huge and impractical to bring around with you. Well the folks in OS, Japan, have come up with something called the Mobile Solar Unit GSR-110B – a portable power [...]
