Google is bringing out an operating system - Chrome OS. But how will it fare against the likes of Windows?

From Betamax to Amiga, here's a list of those IT innovations that fell under the bulldozer. Some were cruelly robbed of their advantage, others threw it away with bad management

A US court has ruled in favour of Apple at the close of a long-running legal battle with Mac clone maker Psystar..

Mac clone firm Psystar has announced the launch of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licensing programme that will let hardware manufacturers produce machines that are Mac OS X compatible.

Packed with features, but the keyboard is terrible and the touch-enabled OS confusing.

Apple has been avoiding questions recently about an alarming quirk with its new iPhone OS 3.1.

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

Apple has big plans to tackle iPhone jailbreaking, with a job posting for an "iPhone OS Platform Security Manager" showing Apple means business

Apple is prepping a Snow Leopard update that will kill off support for the Intel Atom chipset, preventing users installing the OS on inexpensive netbooks

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

Windows 7 can't stop Mac OS X The latest figures from Net Applications suggest that Windows 7 has failed to attract any interest and the Mac is set to become the dominant operating system in the world

Keen to forget the PR nightmare that was Vista, Microsoft may have committed yet another blunder: Windows XP users will not be able to upgrade to Windows 7 without a totally clean install.

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

Acer has outed the Aspire One with Android dual booting laptop, which will allow users to choose between a quick-loading Android and Windows 7 OS

With Windows 7 arriving soon, is now the time to upgrade to 64-bit? Here's the first part of our guide to everything you need to know

More digital Swiss Army knife software, including Linux utilities and tools that are so useful you won't know how you ever did without them

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

Stuart Turton spends the third day of his one week odyssey with Linux, fighting Fedora monitor hassles, wishing for Ubuntu at work and discovers that forums can be a Linux user's new best friend.

Stuart Turton spends the second day of his one week odyssey with Linux, battling Fedora and DVD playback troubles, while trying valiantly not to go back to the relative 'safety' of Vista, as frustrations start to boil over.

A new build of Apple's Now Leopard OS has retained its Atom support – but will this be the case in the final version?