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Free VMware Player 3.0 RC - A worthy upgrade

Compiz support for linux guest?Anyone know if VMware or Virtualbox does this yet?Create vms...If you can create VMs, what is the limit on this? Why is it still "player" - or is it a virtual PC-like product now?RE: Free VMware Player 3.0 RC - A worthy upgradeGreat piece of software....

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Free VMware Player, Free VMware Player 3.0 RC

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

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Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Free VMware Player 3.0 RC - A worthy upgrade

VMware Player 3.0 has hit the Release Candidate RC stage and is available for public download. This latest release brings with it some neat new features. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Player, VMware Player 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, vmware, player, rc, virtual, vm, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2009-10-06

Free VMware Player 3.0 RC - A worthy upgrade

VMware Player 3.0 has hit the Release Candidate RC stage and is available for public download. This latest release brings with it some neat new features. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Player, VMware Player 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Free VMware Player 3.0 RC - A worthy upgrade

VMware Player 3.0 has hit the Release Candidate RC stage and is available for public download. This latest release brings with it some neat new features. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: VMware Inc., VMware Player, VMware Player 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, vmware, player, rc, virtual, vm, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2009-10-06

Microsoft's message to IT pros: Meet us half way with Windows 7

I'll do more than meet Microsoft half way, I'm willing to go the full distance for Microsoft Windows 7!Whatever that means... [nt][b][/b]He will do the Windows 7 party thing.Hosting your Windows 7 party.About Web Apps ...I've noticed that when you go into any of the Office Web Apps in Skydrive,...

Tags: desktop virtualization, Microsoft Office, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Web application, Windows7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?

Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Doesn't this prove that MS patent claims against Linux were a scam?If it really violated their patents, why would they release code for it?RE: Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Microsoft is simply acknowledging that which most "pundits" such as Ms Rooney...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Linux, big deal, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux codeWSFU GPLWindows Services for UNIX has some GPL utilities in it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321712VMWARE Lower TCO, Higher ReliabilitySmart shops will skip virtualization from MS - garbage at its best. Resume generating event at its worst.RE: Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux Code

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?

From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?Alternative media centersCan free alternatives for media centers like XMBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC) or Boxee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxee) serve the purpose on the lower Windows 7 versions lacking Windows Media Center?RE: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?Seriously, a comprehensive...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Edition, Starter, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Apple's iPod touch, iPhone as education tool: Should universities dictate whether you're a Mac or PC?

Apple's iPod touch, iPhone as education tool: Should universities dictate whether you're a Mac or PC?I do understand a need to narrow the support costsbut at the same time I agree that the school or university should not dictate what I purchase for what ever reason.Part of the problem is...

Tags: Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., PC, iPhone-as education tool, Apple iPod Touch, iPhone-a, education tool, Universities, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Windows 7's XP Virtualization: I TOLD YOU SO!

I seem to remember a year ago, I said that if I were to design Windows 7 it would have built-in virtualization to provide perfect Windows XP compatibility. Guess what? It will. It's not often that my predictions come true almost exactly the...

Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, XPM, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-25

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.See where Open Source leads Sun to?The last decade marks the global failure to practice open source as a business model. The saddest part was that it happened despite people warned them not to go that route.Don't know what to...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Research & Development, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware

Citrix on Feb. 23 will detail plans to offer free licenses to its XenServer virtualization application and team with Microsoft to swap support. Citrix and Microsoft will also extend their 20-year partnership into the virtualization market.  In a nutshell, Citrix will work with Microsoft to provide system...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., XenServer, Open Source Virtualization Player, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Parallels ate my virtual machine

Parallels ate my virtual machineThis Will Probably Be Useless.I use VMWare, but I haven't had any corruption situation with it and I use it for my Linux guests. I use Parallels for a Vista Business Professional vm and when the 3.0 guest got converted to the 4.0 guest, it made...

Tags: desktop virtualization, VMware Server, OSX, virtual machine, VMware Inc., disk

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Slicing up Sun

Being employed by a large technology company and being a freelance technology writer has its pitfalls, one of which is from a disclosure perspective: I'm not allowed to talk about strategy and forward-looking statements regarding the company I work for. The risk of...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Open Source, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-03

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMware

Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareAs if...As if Apple, Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and every other MS competitor don't refer to their anti-MS playbook every single day.What exactly is your point with this article, Mary Jo Foley?RE: Microsoft refers to its anti-Linux playbook to attack VMwareBeside the...

Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Linux, anti-Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-22