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Linspire launches 'mass-market' desktop
News For more than a year, we've analysed and studied the user experience to create a Linux product suitable for the mass market," said Robertson in a statement. Linux provider Linspire on Wednesday launched version five of its Linux desktop system...
[March 17, 2005, 14:00]
IDF: Intel to use desktop strength in wireless market
News Intel is set to release its first chips into the wireless market and plans to use its strength in the PC world to get a head start. The challenge is bringing (802.11a) into the market," said Mike Trainor, who manages Intel's mobile platform group.
[September 11, 2002, 15:21]
Yahoo desktop search goes mass market
News Yahoo is set to push its Desktop Search program into general availability on Wednesday. Yahoo Desktop Search includes a new feature called LiveWords, which allows people to highlight text within documents and click a button to search for those...
[September 28, 2005, 10:05]
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Member Review IBM bundles up Workplace
News IBM stepped up its assault on the desktop software market with the introduction of new bundles of its Workplace software that are designed for medium-size businesses and for specific industries. IBM's Workplace initiative is the company's plan to...
[November 10, 2004, 8:08]
Acer Veriton GT range: a first look review
Reviews Acer, already a major force in the notebook market, is now making a play for a greater share of the business desktop market with launch of its new Veriton GT range. Available in tower, mini-tower or traditional desktop formats, the Veriton GT is an...
[February 12, 2004, 11:10]
Novell sues Microsoft over WordPerfect
News Novell filed suit against Microsoft on Friday, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics in the desktop software market during the 1990s. Back in 1996, Novell sold off WordPerfect and its Quattro Pro spreadsheet programs to Corel for about...
[November 15, 2004, 11:00]
Linux: Lost in the trough of disillusionment?
Talkback Two years ago Red Hat, not even thought there would ever be a Linux Desktop market, and most other big Linux distributers seamed to agree with them. It will take two years for the software industry to realize that it is, one year to port and...
[September 10, 2005, 11:22]
Linux vendors hope to ride PC upgrade wave
News Linux vendors are salivating at the prospect of taking market share away from Microsoft's Windows in the PC desktop market as enterprises embark on the biggest desktop refresh since Y2K. Linux's share of the desktop PC market is growing, but is...
[May 21, 2004, 13:10]
Toshiba to hatch Easter desktops
News Notebook PC king Toshiba is likely to hatch its entry to the UK desktop market around Easter next year. The company wants to be a top five desktop seller by 1998 with a six per cent market share, according to one Japanese report.
[December 5, 1996, 11:59]
HP to support Mandrake Linux on the desktop
News France's MandrakeSoft has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard in the open source camp's latest foray into the desktop PC market. So far, however, Linux has mainly succeeded in the server market, where ease-of-use is less important than reliability and...
[January 30, 2002, 17:04]
iPod tipped to boost Apple's desktop share
News Apple can look forward to gaining market share on the desktop as iPod users ditch their PCs in favour of Macs. According to figures from IDC this month, Apple's desktop market share in the US was 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004, up from...
[March 21, 2005, 16:35]
Red Hat ready to tackle Microsoft's desktop dominance
News Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader. Breaking into the desktop market will be tough.
[June 24, 2002, 16:41]
Linux 'missed Aussie desktop wave' - IDC
News A ZDNet UK report said Linux vendors were hoping to take away market share from Microsoft's Windows in the desktop PC market as enterprises enter a desktop refresh cited as the biggest since Y2K. He also believes that Linux vendors will have to...
[May 24, 2004, 10:05]
Linux too technical for the desktop, says Dell
News Dell Computer says Linux is set to make significant headway into the market for graphics workstations, while the dream of a desktop competitor to Windows remains just that -- a dream. Linux has less than 2 percent of the desktop market, according...
[May 23, 2001, 8:48]
Desktops: Kiss Pentium IIIs goodbye
News The Pentium III will be effectively phased out of the desktop market by the end of the year, said Anand Chandrasekher, vice president of microprocessor marketing at Intel, yesterday. The Pentium 4 could also inherit a sizable share of the consumer...
[March 2, 2001, 7:36]
IBM challenges Microsoft's Office
News IBM on Monday is expected to announce new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications. Microsoft controls more than 90 percent of the desktop software market.
[May 10, 2004, 8:40]
Desktop Linux backer gets new chief
News Xandros, inheritor of the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the desktop Linux market, has named a new chief executive and plans to release a new version of its product in late November. Linux for the desktop has been a difficult market to...
[October 30, 2003, 9:45]
Mozilla targets mobile browser market
News Mozilla is hoping to move on from its success in the browser desktop market, to tackle the market for browsers on consumer devices, such as phones, PDAs and television set-top boxes. This market will be harder to tackle than the desktop browser...
[December 8, 2004, 15:50]
