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Find out all about the iPhone at our iPhone Centre. News, reviews, how-tos and video - all in one location.- +
Google touts iPhone, Chrome browser 05/09/2008 08:50:00
Google heaps praise on the iPhone, Chrome and their cloud potential at the Office 2.0 Conference.A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile computing platform. - +
Disgruntled customer files second iPhone 3G class-action lawsuit 04/09/2008 10:29:00
An iPhone 3G customer has filed the second lawsuit against Apple and US telecommunications provider AT&T over the popular phone. This one, by William J. Gillis Jr., was filed in San Diego, California and charges that the two companies deliberately misrepresented what users could expect in terms of 3G connectivity and performance, according to blogger Justin McLachlan who first broke the news on Tuesday. - +
iPhone imitators prepping for their close-ups 01/09/2008 08:22:00
It may be too early, or too presumptuous, to call Apple's iPhone a technology icon, but all the other major equipment makers in the emerging smart phone realm are looking to create their own "iconic" device.
Zones provide focussed content from PC World and leading technology partners.Since the dawn of time -- or, at least, the dawn of personal computers -- the holy wars over desktop operating systems have raged, with each faction proclaiming the unrivaled superiority of its chosen OS and the vile loathsomeness of all others.
No matter how fierce the language or convincing the arguments, however, these battles began to seem somewhat irrelevant to regular working stiffs. While Mac OS, OS/2, Linux and many other desktop operating systems have all had their devotees over the years, the truth is that the majority of home and business users have simply used the current version of Windows as a matter of course.
Windows Vista has changed all that. Never has a Microsoft operating system been greeted with such a lack of enthusiasm from consumers and businesses alike. Whether it's because of Vista's confusing array of versions, its hefty hardware requirements, its driver issues or its invasive security features, users are resisting the upgrade to Vista and considering other options, from Mac OS X to Linux to just sticking with Windows XP, thank you very much.
Suddenly, the OS wars have a new relevance.
That's why we've asked four US experts to lay out their best arguments in support of their desktop operating systems of choice:
- James Turner for Linux
- Michael DeAgonia for Mac OS X
- Preston Gralla for Windows Vista
- David Ramel for Windows XP
Each is positive that his operating system is the best and will try his hardest to convince you of that -- and is not above taking a few swipes at the competition. These are not rational, disengaged reviews; these are opinionated essays meant to sway your point of view.
-- Valerie Potter
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Comments
some points about a Live CD...
Most Linux distributions allow you to try them out, and that includes almost always a perfect and free hardware recognition, 3D effects (depending on hardware, of course), acces to the latest release of software, and acces to your current hard drive. At no risk at all, and no cost.
Actually, the negative point about Linux is that specialities, like some games just can't be played on this OS... but who needs them?