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- Build a Vista-compatible office PC for $305 (software not included)
- A reader set me an email challenge the other day - put together a cheap yet well spec-ed and relatively powerful office PC that's up to the challenge of running Vista. To make the challenge even harder, the whole package (PC, keyboard, mouse, LCD panel and Vista OS) had to...
- Tags: LCD Panel, Mouse, PC, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, CPU, LCD, RAM, ASUS M2A-VM, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Mice, Serial ATA, Desktops, Tv & Home Theater, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Storage, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-03-08
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- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!
- The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way
- I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- 2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced
- Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...
- Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Ubuntu, Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Amazon's S3 outage: Is the cloud too complicated?
- Amazon's S3 outage: Is the cloud too complicated?It's a matter of infrastructure - and transparencyLarry,Your analysis is partially correct, but there is a second factor. Some cloud providers have taken a "you're better off not knowing" approach to the infrastructure their systems are based on. What server is your VM...
- Tags: Manufacturing, cloud computing, Down Time, outage, S3 Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Tough love: Linux needs more haters
- Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Sony VAIO VGN-FW140
- Sony's new VAIO FW140 covers a few firsts for us. It's the first 16-inch laptop we've gotten our hands on--and the display's movie-friendly 16:9 aspect ratio will become more popular in the next year or two (we've already seen it in the excellent 18-inch Acer Aspire 8920). It's also the...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Sony Vaio Laptop, keyboard tray, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo, keyboard
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, Linux, Open Source, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Download resources 2008-07-15
- Security is hard, accept it
- Security is hard, accept itso...?So do you see the next decade as just more of the same? Highly motivated funded badguys continuing to find holes in the reams of code constantly being released by an ever more incompetant Microsoft? You don't see any breaktrhoughs on the horizon? ...
- Tags: Games, Mmmm, SECURITY IS, security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Dianne Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware
- Dianne Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMwareMost likely outcome"How do you think VMware will change?"My guess is that M$ will try to squeeze VMware out, as it did for Netscape. Hyper-V on its own has been announced at $28. As M$'$ VM management suite matures it will be bundled...
- Tags: Storage, Storage management, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Dianne Greene
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Now I know what to do with those Eees!
- I'm really enamored of the Asus line of Eees. I really want one for myself (I'd much rather take a cheap 7" Eee on vacation next week than my Macbook since I just want a place to download pictures, write, and catch up on homework), but I have a...
- Tags: Class, Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V
- Microsoft finally launches Hyper-VvmIBM is the only company out there whose hardware is capable of supporting VM in the real worldWhen you run enough Virtual machines to justify the expense of VM software and gain the advantage of fewer boxes, the I/O is likely to kill you unless the virtual...
- Tags: desktop virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper
- VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...
- Tags: Operating systems, value-add, VMware Inc., open source, Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light
- VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue lightVMwhereVirtualization is a crock. It makes perfect sense to single-tasker people that just can't understand how more than one application can run on a server. But I digress - and I won't elaborate on this.VMwhere is great for Development environments. You can whip one up,...
- Tags: Storage management, Operating systems, VMwhere, cloud computing, virtualization, server, Greene, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- How to make sweet lemonade out of sour Vista lemons
- In a previous article I talked about some of the ways Microsoft might be able to learn from its mistakes with Windows Vista and deliver a winner with Windows 7. I also hit pretty close to home with a number of readers when I talked about the real world problems...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
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