Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

Somewhere between a cover version and a loving homage of the interface that helped shape the modern desktop LisaGUI is a ...

One way to summarize Google’s week so far is to say that it picked fights with two of the biggest computing companies on the planet. On Monday it unveiled a bookstore that competes with Amazon’s ...

Is that an old Windows system or a current Chrome OS computer? Google's getting ready to blur the lines of desktop computing in some seriously shape-shifting ways. Google’s Chrome OS platform has come ...

Google’s Chrome OS netbook will hit the market in mid-2011, but in the meantime Google is placing thousands of “Cr-48” prototype devices in the hands of testers to help iron out the bugs. As the ...

In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers. One, Microsoft Windows, runs on ...

Maybe you’ve grown tired of your current laptop or desktop operating system and you just want to try something different. Or maybe you need to use multiple OSes for work. Either way, the need for a ...