Dell has once again thrown Windows 8 under the bus, saying the unpopular operating system contributed to a decline in …
Computer scientists oppose Oracle’s bid to copyright Java APIs
Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, …
Windows 8 won’t hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says
Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft’s operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products …
Google says it has 900 million Android activations
Google’s Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event in San Francisco. …
What to do when you can’t boot from an external source
When you turn on a PC, you usually want and expect it to check the hard drive or SSD and, …
Facebook-Led Open Compute Project tackles network switches
A little more than two years ago, Facebook had a revolutionary idea: Inspired by the model of open-source software, it would bring …
Windows Blue preview due at end of June
Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8’s update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according …
EMC Isilon prepares next scale-out NAS OS
EMC today announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building …
Intel’s new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption
Intel’s upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power …
Windows 8 grows slow, XP just won’t go
Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share …