How about an operating system for the Web? How about the Web? The idea of a Web operating system has been bandied about for some time, and a few systems are appearing. The central idea of a Web ...

This issue of the Network World on Web Applications newsletter is a milestone: The 800th issue! That means our 900th issue will be Oct. 2 next year and the grand 1,000th issue is due Sept. 16, 2008.

I still don’t fully get the whole Web operating system concept. Why run an OS inside a browser when your browser is running in an OS to begin with? But AjaxWindows, a Web OS and application suite that ...

It looks like the Web operating system is becoming more than just a concept and an argument for marginalizing desktop OSes. Take a look around and you can see several companies thinking more broadly ...

Throughout the day I’ve been pondering the state of Facebook and how it functions as an operating system. Last night’s design change made me realize that Facebook is indeed trying to become the web OS ...

With much fanfare, the Google Chrome OS launched last week. Chrome OS is a Web operating system that boots quickly, right into a browser. In other words, it's your existing laptop with everything but ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...