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(Photos: With computers, it's nice to share)

(Photos: With computers, it's nice to share)Ncomputing CostsI've installed a couple Ncomputing units and have found that they work . . . ok. There are a few shortcomings. For instance they don't support USB keyboards and mice. Also, I'm not sure where you got your pricing from...

Tags: Mice, PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, NComputing, mouse, computer, photograph, Peanut Butter Pointer

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Emerging tech from Microsoft could reduce costs in classrooms

Emerging tech from Microsoft could reduce costs in classroomsMicrosoftOn the leading edge of technology as usual. and driving technology into the future. demo Silverlight today! Get Vista today. Don't believe the anti-ms crowd. Vista is created from extremely good and robust codebase of server 2003. It's the OS of Now...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, NComputing, Microsoft Corp., monitor, operating system, MPX

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

NComputing's $70 PC

NComputing's $70 PCThe $70 computer paradigmThis can prove to be an interesting social experiment, if it is applied in an innovative way. If the initiaters are welling to share super-computing technology muscle and initiate wireless access solutions, I will be supportive of the concept. Which, it is just the modern...

Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, NComputing, PC

Discussion threads 2006-09-27

NComputing's $70 PC

NComputing is taking the old time sharing concept and applying it to PCs for about $70 per user. "NComputing is a way to deploy technology at the bottom end of the economic spectrum," said company CEO Steve Dukker during his six-minute demo at DemoFall 2006. Todays energy efficient $350 PC...

Tags: NComputing, PC, Steve Dukker

Blog posts 2006-09-27

The $100 laptop is here, only it's just $70

The battle of the inexpensive laptops is heating up as a Korean company touts its cheapest and durable laptop ever, reports eSchool News. nComputing's CEO, Stephen Dukker, announced that his company is going to make a series of products that will turn a single computer into an interconnected network...

Tags: Stephen Dukker, NComputing

Blog posts 2006-09-25

Additional Resources

Photos: With computers, it's nice to share

NComputing aims to lower the cost of computer access across the globe by letting multiple users share the computing resources of a single PC or server. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Computer, Productivity, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-09

My father, the casemodder

My father, the casemodderTwo modsInstead of attaching the whole PC to the La-Z-Boy maybe a thin client connection to the PC in the home office would be cleaner.Also, I'm thinking of those newer couches where you have the table that can be folded down in between the two reclining ends....

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, Thin clients, Monitors & displays, PC Box, PC, thin client, wireless, LCD, keyboard

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Negroponte's big lie

Nicholas Negroponte is working nothing less than a fraud on international governments by washing his hands of support, deployment and maintenance issues. Those costs and tasks are shifted back onto OLPC's government customers, probably the worst possible candidates for an IT support organization. I talked yesterday with...

Tags: PC, One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, Nicholas Negroponte, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Thin is in: Considering the green impact of desktop virtualization and thin clients

When it comes to making existing tech more green, many of the most meaningful ("real" if you will) energy-efficiency policies point back to the hottest/coolest technology in the entire tech industry: virtualization. Which makes sense, because virtualization is, after all, about saving money by doing more with less. ...

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, PC, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-08

TrueCafe (exe)

Friendly cyber cafe software with a complete set of features for cyber cafe management: tickets, license keys, pre-paid and post-paid sessions, timers, pricing, point-of-sale, terminal protection, print charging, reports, instant messenger, URL log, traffic calculation, NComputing, and Terminal Server support. Cut down your game licensing expenses using the license key...

Tags: Printing, TrueCafe, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2007-12-12

The Devon IT thin clients are headed back, but thin really is in

The Devon IT thin clients are headed back, but thin really is incheap terminal serverI agree Safebook is a great product for mobile all in one thin client, however the pricing of USD599 is still too high for mass deploymentAs for the back end server you can go with low...

Tags: Thin clients, computer lab, thin client, Devon IT, Devon, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Dell offers new thin client solution

At the Gartner IT Expo in Orlando Dell announced what it calls and has trademarked On-Demand Desktop Streaming. Basically, the company has dressed up a thin client-based,  solution, using Citrix software for streaming operating systems, applications and data, with a fancy name using the current buzzwords"on demand" and "streaming." ...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Thin Client, Dell Optiplex, Thin Clients, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-10