Microsoft Mira hung up on licensing
News The displays come in two types: those which can be used as either a desktop monitor or a portable tablet, and those which only function as a remote terminal. ViewSonic's 15-inch Airpanel V150, for example, doubles as a monitor and a remote terminal...
[November 28, 2002, 14:44]
Remote control with VNC
News In fact, I have a friend who uses VNC to monitor his UNIX servers from his office using a standard Windows 2000 Professional workstation. I've written several articles on Windows XP's remote desktop feature, but other remote control and terminal...
[May 21, 2002, 11:36]
Improve your Pocket PC support
News Remote Display Control shows actions on a Pocket PC on the monitor of a remotely connected desktop or laptop. ActiveSync allows you to accomplish this by displaying a Pocket PC's screen on a PC's monitor.
[April 17, 2003, 9:31]
Sony reveals VAIO makeover
News From the outside, "type V" looks just like a LCD TV monitor (with a variety of 20-, 17-, and 15-inch screens), and it sports some advanced components, such as a newly developed MPEG hardware encoder and Sony's proprietary "Motion Reality" video...
[May 10, 2004, 17:00]
Lindows tackles DVD, music
News The company plans to begin selling the PCs early next month, with prices starting at $330, or about £211, without a monitor. Linux software maker Lindows took another crack at Microsoft on Tuesday with a package intended to mimic the software giant...
[January 29, 2003, 7:21]
Sony launches TV with Web-pad remote
News These pads, which Microsoft developed under the code name Mira, are typically a 10-inch or 15-inch detachable monitor running Microsoft's Windows CE for Smart Displays operating system. They funnel requests to, and receive data from, a base station...
[August 5, 2003, 12:39]
Smart Displays: a first look review
Reviews A Smart Display is a cordless LCD monitor with a passive touch-sensitive screen, which connects to your main PC over an 802.11b (Wi-Fi) wireless network. ZDNet video: COMDEX: ViewSonic's "smart" monitor on display
[December 3, 2002, 8:47]
Companies escape Sasser infection
News Although Symantec and others that monitor Internet security believed that the recent MSBlast worm had spread to perhaps 500,000 computers, Microsoft later discovered that almost 10 million computers had so far been infected.
[May 5, 2004, 8:40]
WS_FTP Professional 9.0 review
Reviews You can also monitor the progress of your file transfers, as well as schedule the transfer of multiple files within different directories and on different FTP sites. Although this has a Windows XP look and feel and is littered with buttons, it’s...
[August 4, 2004, 8:55]
ViewSonic sets UK launch for Smart Displays
News The V110 can only be used remotely while the V150 doubles as a monitor, but neither can be used as a stand-alone computer, unlike laptops and tablet PCs available in a similar price range. Smart Displays can function as a flat-screen monitor or a...
[February 10, 2003, 13:57]
Firewalls - back to basics
News Inasmuch as they monitor traffic and block inappropriate activity yes. Windows XP comes with a personal firewall. They are however prone to user tampering, can interact with other software on the computer and are vulnerable to attack by viruses or...
[October 9, 2002, 8:54]
Defrag Manager 3.0 review
Reviews VAT) per client, could therefore be a godsend, as it allows you to remotely schedule, deploy, monitor and control the process of defragmenting hard disks on Windows-based networks. The software can also run from a bootable CD to help safely...
[September 30, 2004, 11:20]
