Operating Systems

Microsoft releases ‘service pack 2’ for Windows 7

The rollup is a service pack by function if not by name

Google I/O 2016: Android N hits beta, boasts VR and more

Microsoft’s sale of feature phone biz erodes smartphone commitment

Sells the bare-bones feature phone part of the disastrous Nokia deal for $350M

Microsoft issues cumulative roll-up pack for Windows 7

The bad news? Bundle of five years of fixes available only on Microsoft's Update Catalog, a hard-to-navigate site that mandates IE

The shift in open source: A new kind of platform war

Open source has shifted to become a critical piece of any software company’s business strategy. But why?

5 things Apple’s Tim Cook needs to do on his trip to India

Tim Cook is on his first visit to the country, a potentially high-growth market

Apple’s Tim Cook woos app developers in India

The company claims “tens of thousands” of developers of iOS apps in India

iPhone 7 said to be ‘more complex’ than previous models

Apple's top two suppliers started hiring employees earlier than usual due to a 'more complex' iPhone 7 design

Five questions for Google to answer at its big I/O conference

What's next for Google?

Microsoft makes final, aggressive Windows 10 upgrade push

Wraps up 'phased approach' as it switches upgrade to Recommended; interprets closing the notification as upgrade approval