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

Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will unbundle Internet Exploder (IE) from Windows 7 in Europe has been met with widespread skepticism

Fresh from claiming that 2009 will be the year of the Linux desktop, Mr Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, claims that Microsoft's introduction of Windows 7 will be a great day for the Penguin.

Microsoft has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Microsoft has decided not to support ARM chips when it releases its new Windows 7 operating system

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap? Software giant Microsoft is going to have starter version of Windows which it will sell on low-spec PCs and laptops jolly cheap.

HP has decided to put SSD drives into its upcoming Windows 7 machines. HP's big idea seems to be that they will speed up boot times.

Microsoft open sourcery under the bonnet

We are not Apple copy cats, says senior Microsoft executive, putting down suggestion of an MS version of the iPhone.

While Window 7 was stealing all the limelight yesterday Canonical made available the Release Candidate (RC) of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10.

It was born when Microsoft indicated a move to Windows 95 and is still on version one today. The non-Microsoft version of DOS, the FreeDOS project turned 15 years old on Sunday

Linux distributor Red Hat has released its latest beta of its free Linux OS Fedora with new security, desktop and developer features.

The latest beta of the open source Linux distribution Ubuntu 9.04 is now out and has loads of interesting things to play with.

Microsoft's Vista advert of the day

It seems that the dark satanic rumour mill spun out a truth when it suggested that Microsoft was going to release its Office 2010 in 32 and 64 bit versions.

The 50 year old programming language COBOL is the code that won't go away, and can be found at the heart of ATM transactions, ticket purchases and telephone calls

It looks like Linux has stolen the march on Microsoft and Apple when it comes to the new USB 3.0 standard

Top game makers Electronic Arts and 2K Games have announced they will use NVIDIA's PhysX technology.

The People's Republic of China claims to have invented the world's first completely unhackable operating system.