Microsoft's new anti-malware solution, Microsoft Security Essentials, is now available for free download to Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users.

A whistle-blower over on Overclock.net has posted details of how Best Buy staff are trained to counter buyers' interest in the Linux operating system.

First look at Alienware's new M17x gaming laptop.

Over the past few days I've been taking Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks for a spin. Can Intel compete with its long-time partner Microsoft in the operating system game?

Over the past few days a huge number of electrons have been inconvenienced to bring you news about a new Windows 7 feature called XP Mode. In this post I'm going to take a closer look at this technology and what you need to make it work for you.

Taking a first look at Windows 7 RC (build 7100)

With the final release of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" only days away (scheduled for April 23, 2009), let's take a look at the Release Candidate.

I like finding risk-free ways to try out Linux distros because I can show them to folks who are curious about Linux but not yet ready to throw the Windows discs into the trash can. One way to try Linux while keeping your Windows installation intact is to use Portable Ubuntu.

As Acer announces the AspireRevo, the first small-form-factor PC (nettop) based around NVIDIA's Ion platform which combines an NVIDIA GPU and Intel Atom microprocessor.

Rather than give you a blow-by-blow account of everything that's different about Windows 7 build 7057 compared to every previous build that we've seen (I'll leave that to others), I'm going to concentrate on the one area that interests me (and many of my readers) the most - performance.