The appetite of Apple’s Mac App Store users knows no bounds, with now over 100 million Mac apps having been downloaded “in less than one year”, according to Apple’s ‘appy announcement.

Oh father, who art in Heaven – isn’t Jobs supposed to be thy name? Through the Gates a new OS comes, but whose will will be done, on earth and in heaven?

HP’s TouchPad hasn’t yet officially launched in Australia but is already subject to an “instant rebate” of $50 in the US, along with a much-needed 3.0.2 WebOS update.

Microsoft’s newly unveiled Windows 8 demo has showcased the company’s ability to, after a bazillion previous tablet attempts, finally come up with an OS and UI that looks like it might finally marry the tablet and desktop PC worlds into one harmonious union – despite some Apple-like behaviour.

Industry leader Google is set to turn the desktop OS war on its head, with several sources tipping that the company's new Chrome OS is about to make its debut later this week.

Australian CIOs and IT managers remain uncertain about deployment strategies, application support, and the impact on end users from deploying Windows 7, although a recent survey found that they do now have a clear understanding of the features and benefits of it.

Australian businesses are seemingly brushing aside the economic woes of the current downturn and increasingly spending money on mobile services - particularly mobile broadband and smartphones - with total spending in the market predicted to grow to $6.5 billion by the end of this year.

So Google wants to be a player in the operating system market and Microsoft wants to be a search player? Meh.

A no-click vulnerability which impacts Windows XP users has been revealed by Microsoft which admits it is already being exploited in the wild.

Hot on the heels of Android 1.5, Google has demonstrated Android 2.0 in San Francisco. So what can we expect from the next generation open source smartphone OS and when can we expect it?