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- VMWare delivers open source client
- VMWare delivers open source clientThin is thin in a VM or notThin computing does keep getting better but it's antithetical to what users want - a real PC. Sure it "saves" money, is "secure", can easily be upgradeable/patchable, corporate-compliant, blah blah but it's not a real PC. Whether...
- Tags: Desktops, Utility computing, VMware Inc., open source client, Thin Computing, PC, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- Is 2007 the year to get Wyse about thin computing? Maybe
- Of course. What else would you expect John Kish pictured left, the CEO of the company that claims itself to be the global leader in thin computing, to say? At Wyse, every year is probably the year of thin computing. How could they be anything else? But here we are...
- Tags: John Kish, computing, Wyse Technology Inc., Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- AMD/ATI merger is one of equal problems
- AMD/ATI merger is one of equal problemsMaybe its for the fabsDesigning chips and manufacturing chips are two different things. I'm pretty sure that ATI doesn't use the latest cutting edge fabs - 65nm, and investing in that technology will cost an arm and a leg. As GPUs get beefier, they...
- Tags: Thin clients, Mergers & Acquisitions, merger, Wyse Technology Inc., thin client, ATI Technologies Inc., Thin Computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, AMD/ATI merger
- Discussion threads 2006-07-25
- The network computer--it's baaack
- The network computer--it's baaackthats a funny joke....Anymore friday jokes floating around?first off, web based applications are 'ok' at best. Even the most fancy java apps, are SLOW, Difficult to Manage and hard to implement on every type of browser.this is a flash in the pain solution to networking apps.Thin computing...
- Tags: Thin clients, Channel management, WiMAX, Thin Computing, Larry E., Web Based App, Thin Client Computing, network, Web, point-of-sale, computing, network computer, PC, computer
- Discussion threads 2004-11-19
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- Asus K60IJ-RBLX05
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. Buying a budget laptop often means cutting corners, so let's take a look at the Asus K60IJ-RBLX05. With a 16-inch screen and a...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, ASUS, processor, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-19
- HP Envy 15-1050nr
- A big brother to HP's 13-inch Envy 13, this upscale 15-inch model crams more computing power into a midsize laptop than anyone outside of Alienware's m15x. And while that system is a 10-pound monster, the Envy 15 manages to be both slim and reasonably lightweight, partially by ditching the internal...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Notebooks, DVD, Branding, Consumer electronics, Envy 15, Hewlett-Packard Co., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed
- You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...
- Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Gateway NV7802u
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Gateway continues to offer some of the best bang-for-your-buck retail laptops. The NV7802u is a fine example: It's a 17-inch wide-screen model with a...
- Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp., laptop computer
- Product reviews 2009-11-13
- Asus UL50AG-RBBBK05
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. This year has undoubtedly been defined, if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shave size--and even...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, ASUS, laptop computer, processor
- Product reviews 2009-11-11
- Cloud Computing and Its Security in Higher Education
- Interest in cloud computing has witnessed a significant surge in the past few years. The basic tenet of this concept entails the reduction of in-house data centers and the delegation of a portion or all of the Information Technology infrastructure capability to a third party. This holds the promise of...
- Tags: Education, Security, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-11-03
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- 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. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- My budget administrator has made it very clear that I need to have all of my ducks in a row very early for the FY 2011 budget process. The nearly year-long delay that municipalities tend to feel in terms of budget crunches is certainly going to be on her...
- Tags: PC, Thin Client, Server, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards
- No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...
- Tags: Video cards, HD 4890, card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., video card, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists
- Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Oracle unveils Exadata 2 [video]
- I disagree...[i]"The future is about moving from the data center to the desktop - delivering previously impossibly analytics on massive amounts of data to everyone that needs it. Companies want to learn something. Predict. Adapt as fast possible, without super computers and without great expense or a single massive check...
- Tags: Thin clients, Data centers, video, Oracle Corp., thin client
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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