Microsoft’s ambitious Vista operating system is viewed as a failure on many levels. Keven Turner, Microsoft COO, took an unfriendly jab at Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna problems, saying, “It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that.” Is Turner speaking too soon, especially when his company’s Windows Phone 7 faces serious challenges ahead of its launch? More »

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Shortly after Monday morning’s WWDC iPhone 4 keynote, Apple made the Gold Master build of iOS 4 available for developers. There are now “pirated” copies of the operating system for non-developers on Usenet and Torrent. Ranging from 292Mb to 356Mb, the GM build can be installed on any iPod Touch, iPhone 3G, and 3GS, so long as you have a Mac. More »

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Operating system nerds, rejoice! GeekSmack shows us the beta build of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. Microsoft has declared that SP1 is not a massive update, and that many of the fixes are part of online downloads available for the first Windows 7 release. More »

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The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Microsoft will reveal its new Windows Phone 7 on Monday in Barcelona at the Mobile World Conference. The new mobile OS is rumored to have an interface very similar to the Zune. More »

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The new Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft just hit the public a couple of months ago, but it looks like plans for an upgrade are already in the works. The Program Manager of the Windows 8 (aka Windows Next) team said that, ““The minimum that folks can take for granted is that the next version will be something completly (sic) different from what folks usually expect of Windows.” More »

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It’s that time again. Time for the Monday Poll.

Which computer operating system do you prefer?

A. Mac OS X

B. Microsoft Windows

C. Linux

D. I own all 3

(Leave a comment describing which OS you prefer and why)

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It’s official, Google is joining the fight for operating dominance with their announcement that the Google Chrome OS is coming in 2010. What does this mean? Well for starters, Windows and OS X have some competition, especially Microsoft, which has more to lose than Apple in the OS battle. More »

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Microsoft has quietly announced the addition of another startlingly appropriate Windows 7 feature: the previously dubbed Virtual Windows XP is now officially Windows XP Mode (XPM) and will be shipping with the release candidate and the retail version. Microsoft seems to have finally gotten off their high horse and started listening to consumers - More »

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