All Operating Systems Software News - January 2009

Google's Chrome gets webmail and security updates

Google has patched the latest versions of Chrome to make the browser work better with Microsoft's Hotmail and Yahoo Mail.

Microsoft results: Ballmer needs Windows 7 upgrades

Microsoft's lower than expected second quarter results underline the software giant's failure to convince business users to upgrade to Windows Vista, according to analyst Gartner.

Everything you ever wanted to know about virtualisation

Only a few years ago, trying to get one operating system to run another was an excruciating task. The original process, called emulation, enabled Windows to run Linux, for example, but the overhead of emulating a whole operating system in software was prohibitive.

Windows 7 beta now available

Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer unveiled the first widely available public beta of Windows 7, earlier today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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