The 10 biggest moments in IT history

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Despite its relatively short lifespan, IT has had some huge watershed moments. Jack Wallen followed the tech timeline to identify the most pivotal events. Read more>>

10 reasons why Windows XP will be around a while

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Windows XP continues to demonstrate formidable staying power. Here are some reasons why many organizations want to hang onto it. Read more

BlackBerry Desktop for Mac coming soon, walk-through posted

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While Windows is still the dominant operating system for people's computers, the Mac OS X community continues to grow and can't be ignored by the mobile operating system creators. Third parties, such as PocketMac and Mark/Space, have developed solutions to sync mobile devices with Apple computers. These solutions are often... Read more

Google Chrome not yet on Mac

Generally I must say that all Mac OS X based browsers including Safari and the Intel optimized Firefox version are relatively slow. This is especially apparent when you run Windows XP under OS X in emulation using VMWare and try any browser, be it IE, FF or the brand spanking new Google browser Google Chrome. Windows based browsers are snappy and fast compared to a just acceptable performance on OS X. Read More or Comment>>>

5 of the best desktop operating systems you never used

Bill Gates’ original dream when he created Microsoft was to have “a computer on every desk and in every home, all running Microsoft software.” Clearly, he accomplished that goal. Depending on whose statistics you want to believe, Windows has a market share in the high 80% - low 90% range. So, unless you run Linux or prefer Mac OS X, chances are you’re a Windows user.

There are other options, or at least there USED to be. Here are a list of five of the best operating systems that you probably never used.

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