http://www.networkworld.com/topics/operating-systems.html The latest operating-system news, analysis and feature articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/102309-windows-7-business-uptake.html Microsoft thinks 2010 will bring a big PC refresh cycle from corporations and give Windows 7 a boost as those newly purchased machines likely will run the new operating system. John Fontana 2009-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101309-netbook-windows-7.html According to a new study of 145 IT professionals, the operating system of choice for IT netbooks is Windows 7, followed by Windows XP. The three alternatives, Linux, Mac OS X and Google Chrome, each won the allegiance of 10% or fewer respondents. John Cox 2009-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/080309-win7-final-beta.html Microsoft Tuesday released the final beta of Windows 7 XP Mode, adding new USB and drive sharing support options along with a user tutorial for the operating system add-on aimed at the small and midsize business market. John Fontana 2009-08-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-google-chrome-faq.html Google's unveiling of its Chrome OS project was akin to opening a Pandora's box of questions. Perhaps actor Joe Pesci said it best in his role as David Ferrie in Oliver Stone's "JFK": "It's a mystery wrapped inside a riddle inside an enigma". While we know a few basics -- open source, lightweight, targeted initially at netbooks, runs on x86 and ARM processors -- there are a lot more mysteries to be solved before netbooks running the Chrome OS hit the shelves next year. John Fontana 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070809-google-os-will-not-displace-windows.html A former high-level Google employee says a that a lightweight, browser-only operating system has been a long-time coming but it won't cause enterprises to abandon Windows. 2009-07-08T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060909-fedora-11-virtualization.html The Fedora Project on Tuesday released version 11 of its Linux open source operating system, adding expanded hardware support, new software management and improved virtualization. John Fontana 2009-06-09T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060209-sun-opensolaris-virtualization.html Sun Monday made available the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, which included for the first time Sun's Crossbow technology for creating virtual network infrastructure on a single system. John Fontana 2009-06-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/052809-microsoft-windows-7.html Corporate migration to Windows 7 may be less about evaluating the new Microsoft operating system and more about how to properly gauge the correct time to get XP off client desktops. John Fontana 2009-05-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050609-appzero-virtualization.html AppZero Wednesday released a Windows version of its server application virtualization tools, handily beating Microsoft out the door with a technology designed to help users more easily move server applications between internal and cloud platforms. John Fontana 2009-05-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/033109antonopoulos.html The built-in Webcam light is on. It shouldn't be on. I'm not using any recording, video-conferencing or photo applications. Why is it on? Is someone watching me? It's at times like this I get the eerie feeling that I don't actually, fully and completely own my machine. Turns out it was a driver problem, all fixed now. But I still can't shake that feeling. Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2009-03-31T12:00:00-04:00