from PC World by Marc Ferranti, IDG News Service The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry. Acquisitions among big vendors continued to reshape the market, operating-system wars extended to mobile battlefields, microblogging became a powerful source of real-time information, [...]

by Stephen Williams Did you put off buying a new computer after the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system? Join the crowd. According to DigiTimes, a Taiwanese-based electronics news site, the release of the new OS in late October didn’t translate into “strong” demand for PCs and hardware that came loaded with the system. The story also notes that a PC sales upswing is unlikely for [...]

By Claudine Beaumont Apple says that consumers may turn to Mac computers because Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7, is ‘complex and expensive’ The criticism comes from Brian Croll, vice president of Apple’s Mac OS X worldwide product marketing. He said that Microsoft users were tired of the “headaches” caused by the Windows operating system, and expects [...]

After deciding to shift to a Windows Vista OS, you need to decide on which Windows Vista version you should pick. Before you consider shelling out $400 for a Windows Vista Ultimate license, you really should ask yourself exactly what features you need and want so you can decide whether the price is right. Windows Vista Home Basic This is the most rudimentary version of Vista available. It has the [...]