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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 review

Research In Motion's (RIM) PlayBook OS 2.0 software has been officially available for about two weeks now, and I've been kicking the tires since I first downloaded it within hours of the release.
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Windows Server 8 beta review

Leap Day brought with it the chance to download the beta release of the next version of Microsoft's server platform, along with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and first looks at the next versions of the company's developer software.
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Windows 8 consumer preview

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is only just becoming available to the public, but we’ve had the opportunity to use it for a few days on a Samsung slate nearly identical to the one we sampled at the BUILD conference for developers last year. While the device we’re using is nearly the same, the operating system itself has undergone a lot of refinement since our initial report last September.
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Mobile & Wireless

Nokia Lumia 710 - Windows Phone 7 unleashed

It lacks flair perhaps but Windows Phone turns the Lumia 710 into an attractive device. Can it really take on Android and the iPhone?
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Operating Systems

MIUI review

As I mentioned earlier in the Ice Cream Sandwich section, if you want a ROM that doesn't look like stock Android, MIUI is a good choice for you. I find it too much like iOS, but I flashed it and gave it a try all the same.
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Operating Systems

CyanogenMod 7 review

CyanogenMod is one of the most popular custom Android operating systems available. If you've heard of an Android ROM in the past few years, you've probably heard about Cyanogen.
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Operating Systems

AOSP Bugless Beast review

Here's another open source ROM that was a delight to test out. AOSP Bugless Beast is very similar to stock Android, and doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles.
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Operating Systems

ViciousMIUI review

If you don’t like how stock Android looks, try ViciousMIUI. It's hugely popular in China, and though I find MIUI a little too much like iOS for my taste, its popularity both abroad and here in the United States is undeniable.
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Operating Systems

Codename Android review

Generally I prefer a ROM that’s as close to vanilla Android as I can get, so plain old Codename Android was an obvious choice. It's the first ROM that I tested.
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Operating Systems

Apple OS X Mountain Lion preview

Here's our first look at Apple's next major update to OS X. Our Apple OS X Mountain Lion review shows the Mac operating system gaining even more iPad features.
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