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In Pictures: Top 20 Windows 8 features

From Metro Start to reduced hardware requirements, here is a look at the best new features Windows 8 users will love

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News about operating systems

Article | 24/05/2012 Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome
With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, o...
Article | 23/05/2012 Windows Phone Marketplace goes Mango only
If you're having trouble downloading apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace, you just might be a pre-Mango Windows Phone 7 user.
Article | 23/05/2012 Windows 8 touchscreen devices to be priced higher: Dell
Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, according to Dell's CEO,...
Article | 22/05/2012 Linux 3.4 released quickly, after smooth development cycle
Just over two months after its last major release, Linus Torvalds has posted the newest version of the open source Linux kernel, which supports new gr...
Article | 18/05/2012 In Pictures: Top 20 Windows 8 features
From Metro Start to reduced hardware requirements, here is a look at the best new features Windows 8 users will love

Tutorials about operating systems

Article | 21/07/2011 How to install Mac OS X Lion
For over a decade, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac's optical drive. No longer. Mac O...
Article | 21/07/2011 How to install Mac OS X Lion over Leopard
One of the requirements for installing Lion is that you already have Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) version 10.6.6 or later installed. The main practica...
Article | 21/07/2011 Should you do a 'clean install' of Lion?
With some previous major releases of Mac OS X, upgrading over an existing OS X installation -- for example, installing 10.3 over 10.2 -- entailed some...
Article | 5/02/2011 Prepare your PC for future data disasters
Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray...
Article | 27/01/2011 Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration
With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly ...

Features about operating systems

Article | 7/03/2012 Windows 8 Metro UI: 7 things you may just hate
As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface - those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to prog...
Article | 2/03/2012 What Windows 8 means for tablets
Amid the introduction of so many tablets recently, one thing has been clear: There's room for a viable competitor to Apple. Android tablets are still ...
Article | 18/02/2012 Will my Mac run OS X Mountain Lion?
If you're not already running the developer preview but want to get your hands on OS X Mountain Lion as soon as you can, now is probably a good time t...
Article | 27/10/2011 Windows XP: Pros and cons of not upgrading
Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you're still using it, you're not cool anymore, at least according to Microso...
Article | 25/07/2011 Why IT won't like Mac OS X Lion Server
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Server adds innovative features and a new low price tag, but cuts in services and the elimination of advanced GUI administration to...