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Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.

Have you ever had the need to boot your laptop in a Starbucks, an airport lounge, or a buddy's house, but don't want to go through the agonizing multi-minute procedure of starting up your operating system with all of its managed software and utilities? If you're a corporate Windows user...

Tags: Desktop, NTFS, IM, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Presto Linux Desktop, Application Store, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Internet, Instant Messaging, Open Source, Software, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-01

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Moblin 2.0 - First run (First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks)

Moblin 2.0 - First run (First look: Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop for netbooks)Fedora rocks! I will be a customer!Fedora is in my opinion the 'best' all around Linux distro for me.HOWEVER, the beauty of Linux distro's is choice and others have LOTS of options to choose form to customize...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Moblin 2.0 Linux desktop, Moblin 2.0, First Run, First Look, netbook, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Mozilla wants help to reinvent browser tabs

Mozilla wants help to reinvent browser tabsNo, No, NO!!!I hate this change for changes sake. Tabbing in Firefox is just about perfect.Leave it Alone!RE: Mozilla wants help to reinvent browser tabsSafari's "Top Sites" is already pointing the way ..........Personally, I like the All-in-one-sidebar forsearching my favorites. To be...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, browser tab, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

News to know: Windows 7; Top student laptops; Facebook; Larry Page's commencement speech

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. Ed Bott: How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7? Larry Page's fine commencement speech. Andrew...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, Larry Page, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.

Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.Sounds mighty coolHowever, 20 dollars.... If you don't mind some extra seconds during booting (about 40 to 50 seconds), then a bootable USB memory stick loaded with a live version of Fedora or Ubuntu, will provide the same functionality for free.With Unetbootin...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Internet-desktop, Presto!, Presto, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!RE: Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux![url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/08/nbcolympicscom-linux-users-sol.html]Hate it.[/url]Sticks in the kraw of Open Source folksas they can't stand working with anything MS related.What OS were you using?I was watching...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Web browsers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NBCOlympics.com, Linux!, video, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

A bumper crop of new mashup platforms

While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...

Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax

Blog posts 2007-07-23

Dell to install Google software on PCs, sources say

Dell to install Google software on PCs, sources sayHere's how....You must so busy applying your patches and new virus definitions to have read any of the many articles that have been in the media over the last year. You see both Google and Microsoft realize the amount of money to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, SEARCH, software, PC, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-25

What is a WebOS?

What is a WebOS?Either way, WebOS makes no senseIf you create your own "programming language" for the "apps" that run on WebOS - then it IS a real OS, and it comes with all of the attendant learning-curve/adoption issues.If you are JUST doing Javascript, then it sucks.Javascript should be killed...

Tags: AJAX, Channel management, Operating systems, Desktops, Scripting languages, Yahoo! Inc., WebOS, operating system, desktop, Web

Discussion threads 2006-05-11

An answer to the $100 PC?

An answer to the $100 PC?Why?Why carry around an OS?Why carry around applications?These things are better left on a server.Personal Data, preffered Application Options extensions and themes, and preffered OS options I can understand - for that portability by hand makes perfect sense to me. It does away with...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Knoppix Linux, PC, server, desktop, USB, Microsoft Windows, software

Discussion threads 2005-10-13

Symantec won't 'whine' about Microsoft

Symantec won't 'whine' about MicrosoftRude awakeningMy 5 bucks says that Symantec is in for a rude awakening. I can't think of a market yet that Microsoft has entered yet virtual or otherwise that it hasn't tried to devour, regardless of who gets trampled underfoot. Symantec is going to find out...

Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., mouldy py

Discussion threads 2005-10-11

Xen passes Windows milestone

Xen passes Windows milestoneXen passes Windows milestoneThis is good or bad for Microsoft, I haven't decided which yet. On one hand they surely don't like the idea of booting Windows on another platform, on the other hand companies who do choose to do this will still have to have...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows milestone, operating system

Discussion threads 2005-08-23

Salesforce.com continues enterprise build out

Salesforce.com continues enterprise build outMicrosoft should fear Google, SalesForce, and others, NOT Linux.Starting with businesses, we will transform to accessing all applications online and write for the web, NOT for Windows. This will slowley reduce the dependency on Windows and allow a significant proportion ditch their Windows computers for Linux...

Tags: Scripting languages, Linux, Sales force management, Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft ASP, Web browser, build-out, desktop

Discussion threads 2005-08-18

E-mails give peek at Microsoft strategies

E-mails give peek at Microsoft strategiesInvestors and a false economyWell, basically investors run the company and want MONEY in return.And the stock market is based on a false economy.That's pretty plain talkLet's see: "likened Microsoft's lucrative operating system dominance to a 'toll bridge,'"More commonly called the Microsoft Tax by Linux...

Tags: Investment, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, MSFT, strategy

Discussion threads 2004-03-17

Windows plan underscores Microsoft struggle

Windows plan underscores Microsoft struggleSome points should be made clear1. As to some governments' consideration of Linux, it is a common misconception that they prefer Linux over Windows. In fact, they use Linux to drive a hard bargain with Microsoft. This is especially the case for those nations such as...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows plan, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-02-02