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/2009/070809-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 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/030409-mobile-browsers-security.html The new generation of mobile Web browsers is going to introduce for enterprise IT departments a rash of security challenges. The good news is that many of those challenges are familiar ones, from desktop browsers. John Cox 2009-03-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021709-wmc-microsoft-phone.html Microsoft stated emphatically Monday that it would not be building a phone; instead it would roll out services and rely on partners to supply the hardware. John Fontana 2009-02-17T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2009/012109-tech-update.html IT departments are starting to tailor OSes to gain agility, drive down support costs and enhance security. This is particularly true in the Linux environment where new tools are making the promise of a tailored, fully supported Linux a reality. Matthew Richards 2009-01-21T12:00:00-04:00