Stewart Mitchell delivers his verdict on the features rumoured to be ready for Windows 7, including the new kernel, multi-touch, and virtual drives.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

Windows 7 is a bit lighter than Vista and the pre-Beta is now available to developers and whoever has an Internet connection.

Rumours say the Windows 7 beta could be announced next month, as millions of bloggers sharpen their claws.

Spiffy KDE 4.1, plus LXDE for netbooks

They say that behind every great man there’s a great woman, although these days it could just as well be the other way around..

Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is placing many systems at risk of attack because networking software has IPv6 enabled but users don't know it, warns a security researcher.

Complete and popular Linux distribution

Replay our blog from the show floor at Steve Ballmer's address at "Liberation Day" in Sydney.

Unix vs Linux continues