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Why assume Vista will be the way of the future?
Talkback Don't write off the chances of thin client/Web 2.0 becoming the dominant business IT environment well within the time frame of students already within the school system. I've been using Google Docs a _lot_ recently, and can feel just how thin the...
[January 18, 2007, 16:13]
Sun aims to improve storage efficiency
News Last week HP launched its own "thin provisioning" products — its name for dynamic provisioning. The downside with dynamic or thin provisioning is that it can affect performance, but HDS believes that this problem has been solved with dynamic...
[May 22, 2007, 13:32]
Fully equipped: the mobile professional review
Reviews Thin & light What you select will vary according to what you do: if you require no-compromise productivity on the road, for example, you'll need a well-featured 'thin-and-light' notebook; as portability becomes more important, you'll consider...
[November 26, 2007, 12:44]
NEC sets sail with Transmeta's Crusoe
News It is fitted with a 10.4-inch reflective thin-film transistor (TFT) display and a lithium-ion polymer battery of NEC's own design. Li-ion polymer batteries are thin and flat, which make them much sought after, but they have been a long time coming...
[October 17, 2000, 14:34]
Proxim: 802.11n to bring back 'fat' access points
News The company has seen its venerable range of standalone products overtaken by centralised systems with 'thin' access points, which can only operate under central control. With the intelligence centred in the controller, these systems use thin or...
[November 17, 2008, 16:01]
Dell Latitude X200 review
Reviews The system unit is commendably thin and light, measuring 27.3cm wide by 22.6cm deep by 1.98-2.4cm high and with a claimed weight of just 1.27kg -- although our review sample actually tipped the scales at 1.31kg.
[May 15, 2002, 11:34]
UK charity builds Linux network on a shoestring
News Holland said the network was based on Linux Terminal Server, a free open-source add-on package for Linux that connects low-powered thin client terminals to a Linux server. The thing to remember is that thin-client PCs run over the network at the...
[September 16, 2004, 15:10]
Linux gets warm reception in Chile
News In a pilot project computers were set-up as thin clients running Linux, connected to a central server. Other organisations have already discovered the potential cost-savings of using thin clients running Linux.
[January 13, 2005, 13:10]
Toshiba TG01 review
Reviews Despite being ultra-thin, the edges of the TG01 do carry some buttons and connectors. The shell is too thin to house a stylus, but one is provided on a lanyard. The TG01 is exceptionally thin at 9.9mm — a factor that helps keep the weight down to...
[July 29, 2009, 7:20]
Fujitsu LifeBook S7220 review
Reviews Weighing 2.2kg and measuring 33.4cm by 24.2cm by 3.7cm, the LifeBook S7220 falls into the 'thin-and-light' rather than 'ultraportable' (sub-2kg) category. They are rather thin and we found them a little awkward to use.
[July 6, 2009, 16:49]
A challenge to all Linux Users in the World
Blog Comment Adding more thin clients would be cost free. It has fifteen thin clients with local sound and removable media access and far more application programs than are available at work. At work this year we got a new (enterprise) server/thin client system...
[May 27, 2007, 15:25]
Toshiba Portégé 2000 review
Reviews Toshiba has packed this ultra-thin system with an array of new technologies and high-end features. Ultra-thin notebooks traditionally deliver only average performance, and the Portégé 2000 is no exception.
[April 23, 2002, 21:56]
Western Digital plans 3-inch hard drive
News Called Portfolio, the product will be aimed at portable PCs, including the emerging breed of ultra-thin notebooks, he said. Unlike most products in the class, they use thin-film heads rather than the pricey magneto-resistive heads that are...
[September 25, 1996, 16:18]
HP upgrades storage array
News A major development of the 24000 is that it is the first HP system to offer "thin provisioning", a feature that is fast becoming popular with companies, especially in the virtualisation world. To save resources, many IT managers might prefer to...
[May 14, 2007, 17:28]
'CubeBook' reports prime Mac rumour mill
News Ever since Apple discontinued its Duo line of dockable PowerBooks in 1997and cancelled the lightweight PowerBook 2400 a year later, there have been constant grassroots efforts lobbying Apple to resurrect a thin-and-light PowerBook along the lines...
[December 14, 2000, 12:20]
Apple PowerBook G4 (12in., SuperDrive) review
Reviews PowerBook G4 is smaller than the 12in.iBook G4, measuring a modest 27.7cm wide by 21.8cm deep by 3cm high; at 2.1kg, it's on the lighter side of the thin-and-light spectrum. The system played our test DVD for 3.1 hours -- about average for...
[January 10, 2006, 10:30]
Photos: Technology Showcase at IDF review
Reviews Wafer thin Thin is in as this demonstrates. Is this the future of the unwired home? This breadboard uses pre-standard 802.11n to relay high-definition digital entertainment to notebooks around the house, and includes voice over IP so you can make...
[April 17, 2007, 12:50]
Via announces cheap laptop chip
News You will see thin and light notebooks under $800 and possibly lower than that," said Richard Brown, associate vice-president of international marketing for Via. In the USA notebooks classed as being 'thin and light' typically weigh 2.3kg or less...
[May 27, 2005, 16:15]
Pogo review
Reviews The problem with using a thin client over the GSM network is that bandwidth is limited to 9.6Kbit/s, compared to a standard wired modem at around 40Kbit/s. Pogo is essentially a mobile thin client. Even when it's switched off, the Pogo looks cool.
[November 26, 2001, 23:00]
Strengths of Open Source opposing Microsoft patent threats
Blog At the head of one table, one places a server hardware running Windows Server 2007 prepared as a thin client server with well-known applications: MS Office, Adobe suite, Interne Explorer 7, Outlook, for example.
[June 4, 2007, 3:35]
