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Netbook platforms: VIA Nano v. Intel Atom review
Reviews Test models and platforms Introduction Despite the rapidly cooling economic climate, netbooks sold like hot cakes last year. The boom in small, affordable, notebooks looks likely to continue this year.
[February 10, 2009, 16:22]
3GSM: mobile OS developments review
Reviews So, in addition to Palm OS Cobalt (designed for connected smartphones), and Palm OS Garnet (designed for unconnected handhelds), there will -- in due course -- be two other platforms available. PalmSource has not indicated release dates for the new...
[February 16, 2005, 11:50]
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: a first look review
Reviews Slated for a mid-2004 release, the productivity suite includes old favourites Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage, plus a handful of features completely new to the Mac, including Project Center for project management and Compatibility...
[January 13, 2004, 7:45]
Windows 7 v Ubuntu 9.10: an illustrated guide review
Reviews Free tools to facilitate this are available for both platforms, along with commercial patching programs to cope with common Windows and Linux applications. Automatic updates are a feature of both the Microsoft and Ubuntu platforms, with bundled...
[October 26, 2009, 13:34]
Extreme Blue: IBM's student demo review
Reviews The Agora team has designed its infrastructure to be virtual-world-agnostic, allowing it to be plugged into other platforms apart from Second Life. IBM was at pains to point out that Second Life is merely a current example of a virtual world, and...
[September 13, 2007, 14:18]
PDA prizefight: Palm OS 5 v Windows Mobile 2003 review
Reviews We informally surveyed a range of PDA users -- technology editors, first-timers, and hard-core enthusiasts who own models based on both platforms -- and the consensus was clear. For the most part, we left the hardware outside the ring, as features...
[February 26, 2004, 11:25]
Sun Solaris 10 review
Reviews And although Sun is keen to stress support for the whole gamut of x86 platforms, including the latest 64-bit AMD and Intel processors, the lack of all those open source developers churning out code means that hardware compatibility isn’t as...
[April 21, 2005, 9:25]
Running Mac OS X on standard PCs review
Reviews When it comes to the Zephyroth image for AMD platforms, some limitations must be accepted. A recently published image that covers all platforms well is Leo4All. Apple's MacBook Air, iPhone and iPod may be all the rage, but the company's desktop...
[May 14, 2008, 7:46]
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring review
Reviews On the plus side, there's support for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms and we had no problems installing Mandriva Linux onto more recent hardware or a VMware virtual machine. We particularly liked the Mandriva Control Center, which provides one...
[May 28, 2008, 10:42]
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5 review
Reviews Alternatively you can plug in a key of your own — the RX300 S5 certified for use with all the leading platforms, including Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer, as well as VMware. Other vendors' servers can also be managed using ServerView, with...
[August 20, 2009, 12:38]
Inside Firefox 1.5 review
Reviews Now courting roughly 10 percent of the browser market with versions that run on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, Firefox 1.5 continues to make usability and features a cornerstone of its success. Unlike Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5 offers...
[December 7, 2005, 8:55]
IRCXpro Server review
Reviews However, although it’s easy to find an IRC server that runs on Unix platforms, it’s not so easy to find one that runs on Windows. Microsoft bundled one inside its Exchange Server 5.5, but this product was expensive and has long since been superseded.
[March 24, 2003, 10:04]
Inside Intel's Centrino 2 review
Reviews Intel's next generation of portable platforms — codenamed Montevina but officially christened Centrino 2 — was initially scheduled to appear in the first half of 2008. However, delays due to wireless certification and integrated graphics chip...
[July 16, 2008, 11:31]
Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 review
Reviews The extra cost relates directly to Microsoft's decision not to support Exchange Server 2007 on 32-bit platforms. New servers for old The beta software is available in this format, but only for customer evaluation prior to launch: the release code...
[August 23, 2006, 13:15]
VMware Infrastructure 3 review
Reviews In terms of that technology it’s important to understand that VI3 differs from other VMware products -- and, indeed, most other virtualisation platforms -- in that it isn’t dependent on a host operating system.
[September 6, 2006, 12:00]
Windows XP: under the bonnet review
Reviews Rather, it builds on existing code and incorporates many features that have previously been available across different platforms. Windows XP is not a revolutionary product. It also adds some ideas from applications software.
[October 30, 2001, 15:22]
Benchmarks: Intel's 32nm Clarkdale review
Reviews Accompanying the new desktop and mobile platforms are seven new chipsets. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Intel is introducing five Core i7 mobile processors, eight Core i5 CPUs and four Core i3 chips.
[January 5, 2010, 15:36]
Bookeen Cybook Gen3 review
Reviews A number of software solutions exist for reading e-books on each of these platforms. There are several ways to carry and read e-books. Notebooks support them, as do handhelds and even small-screened mobile phones.
[February 28, 2008, 7:31]
IDF: Banias fever breaks out review
Reviews Anand Chandrasekher, vice president of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group, presented information on the company’s upcoming mobile PC platform, which is expected to hit the market in the first half of 2003.
[September 16, 2002, 14:17]
Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron review
Reviews But with current Intel server platforms each bit must run through the frontside bus to the northbridge, which also handles the PCI-Express bus. Codenamed 'Shanghai', the new AMD processors are arriving first in quad-core Opterons for two-, four...
[November 20, 2008, 12:46]
