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Severed Steel Review

A hyper-stylish FPS, Severed Steel has a great core but lacks the coherence of a great shooter.

September 24, 2021 | 15:16

Project Onda v2 - Part III

Assembling the structure.

September 23, 2021 | 09:05

Project Onda v2 - Part II

Making Crescent Moons.

September 22, 2021 | 09:03

Windows 10 Creators Update to launch in April, say sources

Slightly later than previous rumours.

January 3, 2017 | 10:37

Windows 'Threshold' details leaked

One core, three OS flavours to come.

December 10, 2013 | 11:45

Intel and Nokia combine to make new mobile OS

Intel and Nokia are to merge their existing mobile operating systems to create a new Linux-based OS for mobile PCs, netbooks, tablets and in-vehicle entertainment systems

February 15, 2010 | 14:00

Nvidia releases Windows 7 Direct Compute driver

Nvidia has attained WHQL certification for its latest Windows 7 direct compute drive.

August 25, 2009 | 14:06

Google Chrome OS: Facts and Rumours

Google recently announced it will enter the operating system market with Chrome OS, which will be based heavily around its Chrome browser. We look at what Google and the many commentators said, and put forward some ideas of of our own as to where we think the OS is heading.

July 21, 2009 | 14:39

DirectX 10 support coming to Mac OS and Linux

CodeWeavers reveals that it will soon be ready to offer DirectX 10 support on both Linux and Mac OS with its CrossOver Games package.

March 10, 2009 | 11:17

DoD launches SourceForge-alike

The US Department of Defense has embraced the open source software development model with the launch of a secure, SourceForge-inspired software repository.

February 2, 2009 | 14:13

Palm to launch new OS at CES

Rumour has it that Palm is to launch a new handheld OS dubbed 'Nova' at CES, based around the open-source Linux platform - and possibly followed by some fresh hardware.

December 16, 2008 | 09:11

Oracle adds data integrity to Linux

Database specialist Oracle has teamed up with storage specialist Emulex to donate open-source code for detection of "silent data corruption" to Linux.

December 4, 2008 | 09:05

Canonical working on Ubuntu ARM

Canonical has announced that it is to create a special version of its Ubuntu Linux distribution aimed at netbooks using ARM's new Cortex A8 and A9 chips.

November 17, 2008 | 12:28

Opera Software joins Symbian

Opera Software, creator of the popular Opera range of web browsers, has announced membership in the Nokia led Symbian Foundation.

September 10, 2008 | 09:13

Nokia buys Samsung's Symbian share

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has purchased Samsung's share of the Symbian mobile platform rights for $410 million as part of a plan to release it under an open-source licence.

September 4, 2008 | 08:50

LiMo gets new members, handsets

The LiMo Foundation has announced eleven new corporate members, bringing the total to over fifty companies helping mould mobile Linux - along with some new handsets.

August 5, 2008 | 11:58

Ubuntu Linux launches via Best Buy

Canonical has announced that the Ubuntu Linux operating system will now be available through Best Buy shops in the US in a boxed retail form, complete with technical support.

July 10, 2008 | 10:09

Gartner: Windows is collapsing

Research firm Gartner has said that Microsoft's Windows operating system will collapse under its own weight if changes aren't made. This is bound to be controversial.

April 14, 2008 | 16:52

Nvidia drivers caused big chunk of Vista crashes

Internal Microsoft emails have revealed that Nvidia's drivers were responsible for 29 percent of crashes in Vista's early days.

March 27, 2008 | 12:19

Microsoft knowingly deceived customers with Vista?

Plaintiffs in the "Windows Vista Capable" case have accused Microsoft of knowingly lying to customers in order to boost sales.

February 13, 2008 | 07:13

Dell offers high-end Ubuntu laptop

PC maker Dell has quietly started offering Ubuntu Linux as an option on its high-end XPS M1330 laptop. A sign that the company is taking desktop Linux seriously?

January 25, 2008 | 10:04

Windows 7 build leaked?

A poster to Neowin's Windows Beta forum claims to have a pre-release build of Microsoft's next-generation operating system installed on his laptop, and offers a mini-review.

January 23, 2008 | 07:33

Getting the most out of your Eee PC

Asus' Eee PC has taken the world by surprise - its combination of form factor, feature set and price point made it one of the hottest products of last year, but it's not without its problems. We take a look at how to improve the Eee PC experience with some simple OS tweaking.

January 15, 2008 | 08:10

Splashtop features on 4 new Asus boards

Remember Splashtop? The embedded Linux OS that allowed you to boot up and get on the net in just 10 seconds? Well Asus are expanding its use with more motherboards.

January 4, 2008 | 17:18

Windows Home Server trashes files

Using a Windows Home Server-based appliance to store your precious data? Better make sure those backups work, as Microsoft has spotted a rather critical glitch.

December 28, 2007 | 10:09