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Bye bye browser?
Blog They’re going to be the first real operating systems of the modern web. With traditional code you need to push new applications to every desktop every time there’s a change. On one side there’s Flash and Silverlight and the rich internet...
[November 6, 2009, 20:16]
Parallels supports Windows 7, Snow Leopard
News Parallels has introduced support for the recently launched Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating systems in version 5 of its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualisation product. Parallels Desktop allows users to run Windows, Linux or other...
[November 5, 2009, 15:20]
ADmitMac
Downloads This plug-in allows administrators to implement Apple's Mac OS X desktop management (MCX) settings for Active Directory domain users. As a result, administrators can manage their domain users consistently regardless of which operating system...
[November 3, 2009, 14:16]
Operating systems boost the bottom line for Apple and Microsoft
Blog While I’ve been away on holiday and doing work things, both Apple and Microsoft have brought their long-awaited new desktop operating systems to market, along with a decent set of financial results. Over half shipped with the new Snow Leopard...
[October 27, 2009, 11:07]
JBuddy Messenger
Downloads JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which means it's suited to run on most modern operating systems. JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client.
[October 26, 2009, 15:38]
Windows 7 v Ubuntu 9.10: an illustrated guide review
Reviews Tools to help with large-scale rollouts are available for both operating systems. Windows, as the dominant desktop operating system, is a prime target for hackers, and so there are numerous security enhancements in Windows 7.
[October 26, 2009, 13:34]
Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: Maturity or stagnation?
Leader Beneath their skins, the operating systems are remarkably similar. Which wouldn't be so bad, were there no real problems left to fix on the desktop. It's hard, because it requires huge imagination and creativity to shift it away from the windowed...
[October 22, 2009, 13:01]
Web Log Storming
Downloads You can learn which countries your visitors come from, and which operating systems and browsers they use. Web Log Storming is an interactive, desktop-based web log analyzer for Windows. A whole new concept of Web site statistics makes it clearly...
[October 19, 2009, 11:51]
Who buys Windows these days?
Talkback Bottom line: folks argue about which horse must win or lose the desktop/server operating systems races for no better reason than they worship in the church of Operating System X. I'd love to know the numbers too.how many OEM installations, how many...
[October 15, 2009, 15:14]
Ten reasons Windows 7 could flop
Comment But overall, XP is still the keeper of the crown for Windows operating systems. Picking up where my last point left off, Windows XP is still the king of Microsoft operating systems. Instead of improving on it, Microsoft should have picked up XP...
[October 9, 2009, 14:30]
What?
Talkback MS operating systems default icon picture size's on disk these days have a larger footprint than they once did, thus contributing to ridiculous overly sized Operating system and memory usage. "Iolo said it measured not the time it takes for the...
[October 8, 2009, 20:38]
VMware hits back at Microsoft cost criticism
News However, Sjostedt said Microsoft's main business model of selling desktop and server operating systems was being threatened by virtualisation and bespoke operating systems. The money is all in management tools and services [rather than the...
[October 6, 2009, 17:10]
Adobe takes Flash to smartphones
News With Google investing heavily in smartphone and netbook operating systems, Flash support is likely to be increasingly important to it. Adobe has introduced Flash Player 10.1, which will allow people to view Flash videos and games on their...
[October 5, 2009, 12:57]
Ten key moments that shaped IT
Comment All other operating systems would begin to mimic this new de facto standard desktop. William Moggridge, working for Grid Systems Corporation, designed the Compass Computer, which finally entered the market in 1991.
[October 2, 2009, 14:34]
Pipes, clouds and scarcity
Blog Microsoft Research made some interesting announcements this week, around two new research operating systems, Barrelfish and Helios. And if you think have the perfect 24x7x365 network at high speed and low cost, we have a bridge we'd like to sell...
[October 2, 2009, 8:35]
HP "Entertainment PC" Revisited
Blog The two which had Linux preloaded were both rather old SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) systems, which worked reasonably well, but were nowhere near as complete or pleasant as the newer Linux distributions that I loaded.
[September 29, 2009, 14:27]
Ballmer describes the 'new normal'
Blog The complexity of these systems forces IT departments to focus too much of their time and too many of their resources on providing basic services and protecting security. A new generation of business solutions is eliminating the barriers between...
[September 29, 2009, 14:12]
VMPs - Virtual Machine Practices
Blog When it comes to operating systems, especially Linux distros, trying as many as you like, yes you can. Not a problem on 64 bit systems. You can shutdown dotNet related services, indexing service, help & support services, DCOM, Terminal Server like...
[September 21, 2009, 9:13]
Windows 7, consistently, everywhere
Blog The company (if you buy the proposition) reckons that they their framework allows developers to build applications and user interfaces once, and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code.
[September 21, 2009, 8:24]
Ten reasons Linux is the best choice for netbooks
Comment It plays well with other operating systems, it is secure and fast. Just like any other software in the open-source community, Linux netbook operating systems will continue to improve at a much faster rate than the Windows operating systems for...
[September 18, 2009, 13:48]
