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VMware releases public beta of Fusion 2.0: VMware Fusion has released VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1. The public beta, a free download, boasts a handful of industry firsts for Mac virtualization, including true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D acceleration. New features in Fusion...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, VMware Fusion, VMware Inc., Beta, Virtual Machine, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-06
VMware updates Fusion: The company on Wednesday evening announced a free update, Fusion 1.1.2, which adds support for Time Machine backup of virtual machines as well as Windows XP SP3 Boot Camp partitions. According to a post on the VMware company blog, the maintenance update also fixes an issue when...; Tags: VMware Fusion, Apple MacBook, Backup, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Parallels, vmware fusion, Boot Camp battle in real-world tests: Parallels, VMware Fusion, Boot Camp battle in real-world testsI've gone with ParallelsI liked the integration with the MacOS, though at times it creates an odd gui seeing the XP dock bar on the bottom of the Mac screen when using it with two monitors. Speed is exceptional under almost all...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, performance, VMware Inc., VMware Fusion, Microsoft Windows XP, real-world test; Discussion threads 2007-12-19
vmware fusion takes its hat off to Mac OS X: VMware Fusion will run multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris, on a Macintosh along side Mac OS X.; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, VMware Fusion, Apple Macintosh, VMware Inc., Apple Mac OS, Sun Solaris, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Windows; Image galleries 2007-08-03
News to know: Hotspot insecurity; vmware fusion; Microsoft's iPhone: Notable headlines:George Ou: Hamster plus Hotspot equals Web 2.0 meltdown.Ryan Naraine: Blue Pill Project extends VM rootkit cat-and-mouse tussle. OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards.House OKs billions for federal science, tech projects.Larry Dignan: VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift off. Gallery right.Dan Farber: The future of...; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-08-03

vmware fusion for OS X ready to lift off: VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift offThink different?The ability to reboot into different OSs on different partitions is hardly something that is unique to Macs. Typically, when one says "Think Different", they mean "Think outside of the box to come up with a better solution than one could...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Apple Macintosh, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., Leopard, VMware Fusion; Discussion threads 2007-08-02

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Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria: Of the many approaches to x86 systems virtualisation available in the market today, the hypervisor architecture—in which virtual machines are managed by a software layer that is installed on bare metal—has gained the greatest market acceptance. This fact has translated into rapid growth and a large and expanding customer base...; Tags: Hypervisor, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-05-15
HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service: Desktone, the desktop as a service DaaS provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard HP, which has signed on as the first member of Desktone's partner program for desktop virtualization technology. Desktone announced HP's involvement at the same time it unveiled its service provider...; Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Service Provider, Desktone, Virtual-D Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-14
News to know: Zoho; HP; Windows 7; Patch day: Notable headlines: Dennis Howlett: Zoho's Googley login raises interesting questions Ed Bott: The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers News.com: Facebook pulls â€˜stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it Mary Jo Foley: Gates emphasizes PC-phone...; Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues: Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-13
VMware debuts premium Recovery, Stage Manager services: VMware has released two new virtualization management services and bundles to advance its technical lead in the market. To that end, the Palo Alto, Calif. announced Tuesday plans to deliver the VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Stage Manager and a number of bundles combining those with existingÂ products...; Tags: Recovery, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Toshiba Satellite M305-S4826: With a lineup of perfectly serviceable, but not exactly standout mainstream laptops, Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. Aiming to correct this, Toshiba has a whole new look and feel for its mainstream consumer products, with a shiny metallic sheen and...; Tags: Notebooks, Network technology, Toshiba Corp., satellite, Toshiba Satellite; Product reviews 2008-05-12
Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6835: Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second-fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. But the updated Satellite line has a whole new look and feel, with a shiny metallic sheen and a clever new Sleep-and-Charge feature, which lets you charge USB devices even if the laptop is powered off....; Tags: Network technology, Notebooks, Toshiba Satellite brand, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite; Product reviews 2008-05-12
Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse: Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...; Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Is Cisco vulnerable to open source?: Is Cisco vulnerable to open source?What not to love about Cisco routers as Linux app servers[i]"Paper...get your paper, extry, extry, read all about it"[/i][url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26986]FYI[/url]They're close.They'll certainly fulfill the needs of a large chunk of the market, although I'm not getting that they support RIPv2 and cHDLC but not EIGRP. Is...; Tags: open source, Cisco Systems Inc., EIGRP; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
First look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta: Since I'm testing the viability of running Ubuntu on a number of platforms, and paving the way to shift from Internet Explorer to Firefox 3.0, I might as well take a look at the viability of abandoning Microsoft Office and making the leap to OpenOffice.org. Check out the OpenOffice.org...; Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Document, Launch, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Beta, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-09
VMware releases public beta of Fusion 2.0: VMware releases public beta of Fusion 2.0D-Link is NOT Mac friendlyI have wasted all the money I spent on d-link. They say they are compatible, and are not. Customer support had no idea what a Macintosh was. I use netgear. Much more friendly.I still use my g4 and Tiger, though......; Tags: Home networking, Fusion 2.0, VMware Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Unixfication II: Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...; Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Sun xVM Virtualbox puts Mac on x86: The newest version of Sun's xVM Virtualbox adds support for Apple's OSX. (Mac ad satire from Jazebski.Pl in Poland.) The new version is dubbed Version 2.6 and was released during last week's CommunityDays event. This is the first open source virtualization to support the...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Sun xVM Virtualbox, Virtualization, Desktops, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Servers, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-08
News to know: Vista troubleshooting, RIM, XP SP3, Apple, SAP: Notable headlines: XP SP3: Now on Windows Update Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools [See Gallery] David Morgenstern: Is Mac OS X Leopard, Safari 3.x too dark? Larry Dignan: Cisco third...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Update, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07