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In pictures: The 20 greatest milestones of Android's first five years
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In pictures: What’s in the cards for Android 5.0?
News about operating systems
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What will be Alibaba’s next tech channel play in A/NZ?
ARN explores 10 technologies Alibaba has in the works that could become part of its burgeoning tech channel play in the local market.
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Dell's OS10 aims to open up networks, then whole datacentres
Dell is opening up its network operating system, one step toward a data-center OS that could help enterprises emulate cloud companies like Google and Facebook.
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Free Windows 10 upgrade will have 'no financial impact' on Microsoft
When Microsoft announced that it would be offering consumers a free upgrade to Windows 10, it got a lot of people talking. After all, the company charged US$199 per license for consumers to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional just six years ago. So clearly, a free upgrade to a new OS would have to have a big impact on Microsoft's business, right?
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Apple updates Boot Camp to support Windows 10
Apple has updated Boot Camp, its utility that allows Windows to run on a Mac, to support Windows 10, two weeks after Microsoft launched its latest OS.
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Windows 10's user share suggests 45M devices are running the new OS
Microsoft's Windows 10 piled up user share, finishing last week with a record 3% of all Windows-powered devices, according to a U.S. analytics company.
Features about operating systems
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10 things Windows 10 does better than Windows 8 (+8 photos)
Did the PC market collapse because Windows 8 sucked, or did Windows 8 suck because Microsoft overcompensated for the PC market's collapse? It's a bit of a chicken-or-the-egg scenario, but one thing's certain: Windows 8 sucked.
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Deep-dive review: Windows 10 - worth the wait
Finally, an operating system from Microsoft you can love.
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Clear as mud: Microsoft struggles to define 'free' for Windows 10
Microsoft's Keystone Kops-like revelation that Windows 10 testers would get a free copy of the OS -- yes, no, then yes, probably, but with strings -- may be confusing compared to Apple's approach to OS X, but reflects the much more complicated ecosystem the Redmond, Wash. company maintains.
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FAQ: How Microsoft will update Windows 10
Microsoft is just weeks away from pushing customers into a radical overhaul of how they receive security, maintenance and new feature updates.
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Microsoft goes vague on Windows 10 support
Microsoft is hanging a lot of Windows 10 on a single phrase: "supported lifetime of the device."
