http://www.itworld.com/windows xx http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. Microsoft, predictably, doesn't think so. Otherwise, Al Gore offered his opinion on the role supercomputers can play to quell climate change, and for the first time we can recollect there were not one, but two, cat-related IT stories that caught our attention. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/85605/chrome-shines-gore-opines-staffs-decline#comments Business Government Green IT Legal Mobile & wireless Operating systems Personal tech Security Software Windows Opinion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85605 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year. http://www.itworld.com/software/85600/microsoft-launches-beta-tests-free-office-2010-streaming-delivery#comments Internet Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85600 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/85584/google-chrome-os-everything-you-need-know Google finally unveiled its Chrome operating system, promising a cloud-based OS that will be fast, simple and secure on netbooks. CIO.com's Shane O'Neill rounds up the latest Chrome OS reviews and news analysis stories. http://www.itworld.com/windows/85584/google-chrome-os-everything-you-need-know#comments Hardware Operating systems Security Software Windows News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:14 -0500 ITworld staff 85584 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/85548/ballmer-windows-7-sales-fantastic Excitable Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually had something to be excited about at yesterday's shareholder meeting, where he announced that Windows 7 sales are "fantastic." http://www.itworld.com/windows/85548/ballmer-windows-7-sales-fantastic#comments Operating systems Software Windows News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:04 -0500 ITworld staff 85548 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/85450/microsoft-windows-chief-decries-standards-grandstanding Microsoft is in the early stages of IE9 development but they are already focusing on standards and the performance gains they can realize by taking advantage of modern PC hardware. http://www.itworld.com/software/85450/microsoft-windows-chief-decries-standards-grandstanding#comments Operating systems Software Windows News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:07 -0500 ITworld staff 85450 at http://www.itworld.com