Monday was the last day on which Windows XP will be sold as a boxed product or licensed to PC manufacturers.
Alternate inputs methods like gestures, speech and handwriting recognition are set to appear in the next version of Windows.
OLPC found Nicholas Negroponte has hinted a dual boot XO laptop could soon be on the way.
In a sign that the convergence trend is even reaching technology's stalwarts, Dell has hinted its customers could force it to release a laptop with an eight-inch screen.
The software giant is striving for greater compatibility with its rivals to ensure it plays as central a role online as it does on the desktop
Symantec will fight off Microsoft's security software challenge by being better at coming up with new ideas, the company's CEO said on Monday.
Although it is still working to finish the code for Windows Vista, Microsoft has reached a decision on which versions of the operating system to offer.
Virus writers have published what are thought to be the first examples of malicious code targeting an expected feature of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, around a week after the first beta of the next-generation operating system was released.
St.George Bank may be forced to make changes to its online banking interface as adoption of Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes widespread among consumers.
Analyst firm Gartner expects Microsoft to launch a Windows anti-virus and anti-spyware product in the second half of 2005, following the software giant's acquisition of Giant on Thursday.
As Symbian-based mobile phones increase, security experts warn this could trigger an explosion in malware for such devices.
Chinese researchers will scrutinise the source code of Microsoft's operating system for security issues.
Microsoft is trying to dampen speculation that it will make a major acquisition in the antivirus market.
Centrelink, the Australian government agency responsible for distributing social security payments, is expecting delivery of Novell's Open Enterprise Server technology early next year -- another step on the organisation's path that seems to lead to the ubiquitous deployment of Linux.
Yep, it's Windows vs Linux time again. as usual, the facts go out the window in a points-scoring battle that completely ignores the important issues.
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