Ever since HP announced  back in August that it was discontinuing its webOS tablets and phones, I have been hoping that it would open-source the technology–and sure enough, that’s just what it’s decided to do. It was a long time in coming, but the news was announcedearlier...

The secure boot mechanism planned for Microsoft’s Windows 8 has already provoked considerable outcry from Linux users worried that the technology will make it impossible to install their favorite free and open source operating system on Windows 8 certified PCs. Now, none other than the Free Software...

Windows Server 8 is categorically different than its predecessor versions. There’s an argument to say that it’s not actually Windows. It’s pre-beta, and it’s an enormous statement covering many positions on the chess board. Windows 8 Server editions are preferred to be run, according to...

An awful lot of things have changed about PCs over the past few decades. One that hasn’t has been the way we input information into them. We still use the QWERTY keyboard, which was invented by typewriter pioneer Christopher Shoales in 1873 and has been a part of the PC nearly as long as there have...

When Apple launched the iPad in the spring of 2010, pundits assumed that a slew of competitors would quickly follow, all powered by Google’s Android operating system. These iPad alternatives were supposed to beat Apple on pricing while adding features that the original iPad lacked, such as cameras and...