Malware could be behind an issue with Windows 7 that sees users experience a completely black screen when they log on to their computers, T3.com reports.
Microsoft have so far struggled to identify the cause of the the so-called “black screen of death”. Now, it appears that malicious software such as Daonol might be to blame for the problem, which is also affecting machines running on Windows XP and Vista.
Microsoft have issued a fix for the …

Google have announced the new version of their Android mobile phone operating system, which has many improvements over the last version.
Android 2.0 will support multiple accounts for email and contact synchronisation and a combined inbox lets the user look at messages from a number of sources in one place. SMS handling has also been polished and one can now search saved messages and automatically delete old messages after a predefined time limit, Mobile Computer reports.
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Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7 is going on sale tomorrow, Microsoft are hoping that the successor to Vista will be more of a hit with users when it launches, the BBC reports.
In the UK some computer stores are due to open at midnight so keen PC users can get their hands on the software.
Microsoft have also encouraged people to hold Windows 7 launch parties and have gone as far as to prepare party packs …

Windows 7 is complete and the final code of Microsoft’s new operating system has been sent to manufacturers, the AP reports.
Companies that have long-term agreements to buy Microsoft software in bulk will be able to download and start installing Windows 7 in a few weeks.
Then starting 22nd October, Windows 7 will come on new PCs, and will be available for people to buy separately and install on their existing machines.

Google released names of nine of their initial partners they have enlisted to develop and market their Chrome operating system to the masses as early as the second half of 2010, the IT Pro Portal reports.
The hardware partners are: Acer, Asus, Toshiba, HP, Lenovo, Freescale, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. Adobe is the software partner which means that Flash will be bundled with Chrome OS at launch.
Dell are missing from the list and they told PC Pro …

Google are developing their own operating system (OS) – Google Chrome OS – for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system, the BBC reports.
Chrome OS will be aimed initially at netbooks, and netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010.
“We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds,” Sundar Pichai, …

I have been using Windows 7 Beta for more than four months now and I have to admit, I have never ever been more satisfied with Windows. It’s really nice and fun when everything (most things) works like it has to be, the OS doesn’t die from every little operation and most things are actually a lot faster than they were in previous versions of Windows, especially in Vista.
Today Microsoft made public 7’s Release Candidate …