We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

Stats show Linux is roughly four times more common online than Windows 7. But can Windows 7 topple all other OSes to become the most popular OS online?

Windows Vista is here, but does Microsoft’s ground-breaking OS live up to its promise? We put Vista through an extensive road test.

Will a beefed-up firewall, User Account Control and disk encryption make Vista a safer choice than XP?

Founded in 1990, Be originally marketed its BeOS operating system on its proprietary hardware platform the BeBox. The BeBox went the way of the dinosaurs, however, and the company officially ceased to

One of the longest running battles in the computer industry has been between open systems and closed proprietary ones. The term closed refers to systems where the standards are set by the manufacturer

Windows owns the lions share of the PC OS market but there are alternatives. PC Authoritys experts give you the low-down. Microsoft claims that of the 300 million PCs on the planet, 200 m

It's a little ironic that every new version of Mac OS comes closer to Windows when you consider that Microsoft was originally accused of hijacking Apple's interface. Apple claims to have put 150 new features into Panther, but the two it highlights first are improvements to Finder and the new Exposé[alt+0233 in courier new]. The improvements to Finder bring it one step closer to the Windows menu system, which since 95 has been superior to Apple's. The new one click-reveals-all Finder was sorely needed and makes Panther much easier to navigate than its predecessors.

Less than a year after unveiling the Chrome web browser, Google has stepped up its battle against Microsoft with the announcement of the Google Chrome Operating System..

Sony has finally launched the Clie PDA in Australia.

As Vista and Windows 7 share the same core code, Microsoft has decided to merely nudge up the version number (Windows Vista was 6) so that applications are tricked into thinking it's Vista they're dealing with

Google has announced several of the hardware partners it is collaborating with on the development of its Chrome-based operating system..

One of the best-publicised alternative OSes is the MacOS. Theres a long rivalry between PC and Macintosh users. Both sides believe passionately in their OS, a fact which, in the past, has led t

With netbooks a big favourite with laptop buyers over the last 12 months, we count down the five OSes that could be the friendliest for mini laptops

On the client side theres been a war raging between the Symbian alliance, comprising Psion, Nokia and Motorola among others, and Microsoft. Overall, this will probably turn out to be less important th

There are fundamental differences between a handheld OS and the desktop variety. Desktop computers have a lot of power to draw on, while handheld OSes have traditionally been limited by the hardware o

Since the release of the Eee PC 701, the 'Notebook' has dominated. Easy to use, cheap and able to be left on the coffee table next to the remote, Notebooks are true appliance computing. The choice of which one to buy comes down to personal preference, but it's hard not to prefer those with the best usability. Our rundown of your options covers their performance, battery life, and design.

Sydney Trains is a great little program. As the name implies, this is a time-tabling application for the Sydney metropolitan train network. Written for PDAs, Sydney Trains works on both Palm OS and Pocket PC.