I have taken the next step in setting up my Ubuntu working environment, and maintaining access to XP on my laptops for the few things that I still can only do on Windows. As always, I have started ...

I consider myself a relatively tech-savvy individual. Having built my own DVR and turned my $60 router into a $600 router, I feel pretty good about tech aptitude. However, my operating system ...

Ever needed to test something out but didn't want to use your own machine? JPC-2 solves that problem by giving you a virtual machine in your browser that's capable of running Windows XP (with or ...

Many people have dubbed Windows XP as “the OS that refuses to die.” Even though Microsoft has sold 240 million Windows 7 licenses in the year since its debut, XP is still the dominant operating system ...

Everybody has a version of Windows that’s their favorite. What version it is depends a lot on your age. Some of my older colleagues swore blind that Windows 95 was the pinnacle of computer science, at ...

Some of you might love the look and feel of Ubuntu but cannot afford to get rid of Windows easily. Of-course Ubuntu is not just about the great looks, but let’s not get into it now. So, here’s a list ...

Linux, and Ubuntu in particular, missed a golden opportunity to truly break into the mainstream market during the early days of Vista. The buggy operating system (prior to SP1) left consumers angry ...

As an interim measure, I set up the onboard sound card on my wife's PC for use with an ordinary set of headphones. I figured that all I had to do was to plug in the new headset and use it. Amazingly, ...

China's homegrown version of the Linux Ubuntu OS has racked up more than one million downloads in half a year. The milestone for downloads of Ubuntu Kylin, part developed by the Chinese Ministry of ...

With Microsoft cranking up its effort to reduce the use of pirated Windows operating systems in China, a group of Chinese software pirates have developed a new operating system called Ylmf OS which ...

This isn’t a rigorous benchmarked lab test yet, but I found something bizarre this morning. After fixing a little router problem, I tested the download speeds on my DSL line from AT&T and my cable ...