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Microsoft previews 64-bit operating system
News The changes enable the chips to run 32- and 64-bit software and operating systems. In addition, computers using the Athlon 64 or Opteron chips can run 64-bit operating systems, but continue to use 32-bit software in some instances, where it does...
[February 5, 2004, 8:15]
Virtualisation gets a harder edge
News Companies such as VMware and, more recently, XenSource, first made their names with standalone virtualisation software that let customers run several operating systems simultaneously on a single computer.
[September 10, 2007, 16:54]
Microsoft to license SCO Group Unix rights
News Microsoft is acquiring the rights to Unix technology from SCO Group, a move that could impact the battle between Windows and Linux in the market for computer operating systems. Microsoft's Windows has a monopoly in the market for desktop operating...
[May 19, 2003, 7:33]
T-Mobile Austria Looks to IBM Tivoli Netcool Software for End-to-End Visibility of Its Wireless Networks
White Papers The T-Mobile Austria IT infrastructure includes a mix of hardware and operating systems. T-Mobile runs a number of operating systems including Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, Solaris, HP-UX and Linux.
[April 19, 2007, 1:00]
Users are biggest threat to mobile-phone security
News The same trickery is being used against mobile-phone users, despite attempts by companies to create relatively secure operating systems, such as the market leader, Symbian. Users are the weakest link when it comes to protecting information systems...
[July 13, 2007, 9:59]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Linux is not *an* operating system, it is a a whole group of operating systems. And so, there is no one (centrel, big, .patch management but many different, robust, efficient and well established, patch mangement systems.
[November 18, 2005, 20:00]
A Year Ago: Judge rules that Microsoft must be split in two
News Calling Microsoft "untrustworthy," US district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson signed off on a Department of Justice proposal to split the company into two parts: one that would sell operating systems and another that would sell applications and run...
[June 8, 2001, 6:28]
Judge rules that Microsoft must be split in two
News Calling Microsoft "untrustworthy," US district judge Thomas Penfield Jackson signed off on a Department of Justice proposal to split the company into two parts: one that would sell operating systems and another that would sell applications and run...
[June 8, 2000, 16:20]
Migrating and Consolidating Print Servers
White Papers They are now able to consolidate server functions into fewer, higher performance systems while migrating them to more modern operating systems. Consolidating server systems offers benefits for all types of servers.
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
Microsoft wraps up patches for Christmas
News The software giant released five patches to fix nine issues in its Windows operating systems on Tuesday, with none of the security holes rated as a serious threat. The fixes variously affect a number of Windows operating systems.
[December 15, 2004, 7:55]
How to talk to Microsoft about Linux
Talkback Most Linux operating systems are available for free to download and install. I had been using Windows since Windows 95 came out and I upgraded to Windows 98 and Win98 SE and then to WindowsXP when those operating systems first appeared to the public.
[June 23, 2004, 20:04]
FreeBSD platform adds Sun's DTrace tool
News DTrace, which was introduced for Sun's Solaris operating system in late 2003, allows programmers and systems administrators to trace kernel and application problems on production systems, delivering a more powerful level of tracking than had...
[January 5, 2009, 7:45]
Xen update adds desktops graphics
News Xen lets a single computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously, which is useful today as a way to replace servers with one, more efficiently used computer. So far, however, that promise has been hampered by a major weakness: the inability...
[December 29, 2006, 8:14]
Disk Write Copy Personal Edition
Downloads ® XP Professional including 64-bit support operating systems. ® 2003 including 64-bit support operating systems, you must purchase Disk Write Copy Server Edition. Disk Write Copy Personal Edition is intended for home usage on Microsoft Windows�
[October 3, 2008, 8:34]
US Report: IMAP Worm strikes again
News The intrusion appears to be aimed at Internet service providers' Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) servers, which manage e-mail systems. The program quietly takes over key components of the root, or central, program and uses the host computer...
[November 30, 1998, 17:51]
Now Solaris is serious about x86 - SunSoft
News While SunSoft - the software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems - has long made its operating software available on Intel-based systems, the firm claims this is the first time Intel has agreed to set up porting centres to help software vendors...
[December 17, 1997, 12:52]
Austrian Securities Agency Enhances IT Security With New Operating System
White Papers OeKB's systems ran on the Windows 2000 operating system. OeKB updated its operating systems to Windows Vista in less than four months. However, while updates for Windows 2000 may still be available, the life cycle of the operating system is...
[June 11, 2008, 1:01]
Why Windows is still the big OS wheel
News For the moment, it's the same old operating systems and browsers. With the PC Expo trade show just around the corner, thoughts turn to hardware -- PCs, NetPCs, legacy-free systems, handhelds, cell phones, smart phones.
[June 16, 2000, 13:17]
Windows refund is a 'PR stunt' - Microsoft
News Organisers at www.thenoodle.com, a Web services site, have created a "Windows Refund Center" meant to appeal to users of Linux, NetWare, OS/2, BSD, BeOS and other alternative operating systems who balk at paying what they are calling a "Microsoft...
[January 22, 1999, 9:51]
Software Company Extends Windows-Based Authentication to Linux Systems
White Papers The company's data center includes platforms running the Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems, used for development and testing. However, securing and managing user access to the multiple Linux systems was inconsistent and time consuming.
[November 6, 2007, 0:00]
