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According to a recent report from Morgan Stanley, Apple is the big leader in the mobile segment: The iPhone keeps growing, and iPads are selling at an incredible pace. But Google's Android operating system is gaining ground and 160,000 smartphones using it are activated every day.

The search giant is said to be upset about security flaws in Microsoft's operating system, claiming they led to the cyber-attack in China. But it's more likely that Google is simply preparing for the launch of Chrome, its much-ballyhooed Web-based OS.

After languishing on the sidelines as Apple's iPhone and Google's Android made repeated news, Microsoft finally announced its new smartphone platform -- the Windows Phone 7. Microsoft knew that the newest battle is for the phone. It had to reduce its ambitions trying to get out of the hole...

Microsoft has begun heavy ad rotation for advertisements for its newest operating system Windows 7; you may have seen the one that features a charming toddler extolling the happiness it will bring to the computer world. Color me skeptical, having been stung before by Windows OS "updates." I had a...

I live in Portland, Oregon, where open source is not just the favored software methodology but a way of life. Yet despite my buddies sporting their Linux user group laptop stickers, I was desperately afraid. It sounded hard. It sounded geeky.Then I needed a new laptop. I was going freelance and...