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Operating Systems ComputerworldUK Operating Systems is your essential resource for all the latest news, analysis, case studies and reviews of Windows, Linux, Unix, Macintosh OS, Netware, open source operating systems, OS-390 and Solaris.
Top news story
Vista required 20% fewer patches than XP in 2007
Microsoft claims Windows Vista is less prone to bugs than Windows XP, with security strategy director Jeff Jones claiming the newer OS required 20 percent fewer fixes in 2007 than the four-year-old Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Jones said that Microsoft plugged 45 holes in Vista during 2007 compared to 56 in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the version of the aging operating system that was supplanted by SP3 only last week.
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- EU won't seek new antitrust complaint against Microsoft
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes six vulnerabilites
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News analysis
Scott Charney: Microsoft's axe man
Meet the man who can order Microsoft's product back to the drawing board even before it is shipped.
Opinion
The WLAN wars are back - with a vengeance
The debates about wireless LAN architectures have got more complex, if anything. Craig Mathias explains why WLANs may never grow up and settle down.
Opinion
Ubuntu Linux upgrade: Why you should try it
The final release of Ubuntu 8.04 next week should silence those who say Linux is too complex for the non-techie.
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In-depth
Windows XP vs Vista: What you need to know
With Microsoft due to release Windows XP Service Pack 3 at the end of the month and then effectively kill one of its best liked operating systems in June. It will do so despite the fact that there has been a huge backlash against Windows Vista, one that's led many people to plan to skip the upgrade cycle and wait for Vista's successor before dumping XP.
News analysis
Microsoft patched critical Windows bug in XP SP3 early
The appearance and disappearance of a Windows XP installation snafu indicates that Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in XP's still-unfinished Service Pack 3 (SP3) weeks before it fixed any other version of Windows.
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Technology
Cisco rootkit hack threatens Internet
A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has worrying implications for the Internet.
Management
Yahoo hit with hostile bid from Icahn
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn plans to replace Yahoo's entire board with a 10-member slate, he informed company Chairman Roy Bostock in an open letter.
Community
Is SharePoint the 21st Century trojan horse?
The "dirty little secret" of SharePoint is it brings Windows, SQLServer, .NET, SharePoint portal into the datacentre, and drives users to new versions of Office, IE and Vista.
Toolbox
HP to buy EDS for £7.13 billion
Hewlett-Packard has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion (£7.13bn), or $25.00 (£12.8) per share.
