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First announced a year ago, Google's new open-source operating system could enter the fray later this year. For investors, it's one more reason to be optimistic about the stock, which has languished so far in 2010.

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.

Blaming security flaws in Windows for the cyber-attacks on its Chinese servers, Google is dropping the operating system from its internal computers.

"Hello, I'm a Mac." "And I'm a PC." So goes the familiar start to Apple's long-running Get a Mac ad campaign, which featured Justin Long as "Mac" and John Hodgman as "PC". The odd couple, which spent the past four years sparing over the benefits of Apple's OSX and various Windows operating...

At a hacker conference in Vancouver, techies compete to break into major operating systems.

With the Nook a no-show this year, the Amazon Kindle DX out of stock (thanks to earlier sellouts), and many other ebook readers in short supply, this year many adults will feel the pain that children know all too well: the dissatisfaction of opening up a rain check on Christmas morning. But it...

Microsoft has sealed a deal to end a decade of litigation with the European Union over charges that it unfairly used its dominant operating system to promote its Web browser, Internet Explorer. The computer giant agreed to give European users a choice of up to 12 browsers in future editions of Windows.

Just when they come out with a Windows 7 release that most of the tech world seems to like, an update wreaks havoc with what's likely to be a limited subset of users. Naturally, the media gives this problem a highly colorful term -- the Black Screen of Death.

One thing you should never do is run a Windows computer without some form of virus protection. In the past, in order to get any decent virus protection, you had to spend big bucks on security suites like Norton and McAfee; but now AVG Free protects you against the viruses and spyware for free. AVG...

Shares of Travelers Cos. (TRV) shot up more than 4 percent in pre-market action after the insurance giant Thursday reported a much higher third quarter profit, earning $935 million, or $1.65 a share. Per-share earnings far exceeded a consensus estimate of $1.30 a share, according to a poll of 15...