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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

VMware Player 2.5.2 (Windows)

VMware Player enables PC users to easily run any virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. VMware Player runs virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server, or ESX Server, and also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats. Version 2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VMware Player, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization

Software downloads 2009-04-04

Solving the network storage dilemma

Solving the network storage dilemmaStream from a NAS box?Hi George,How can you stream from a NAS box? In order to stream, you need a streaming codec on the server, and I doubt these NAS boxes support that at least officially.TomNAS Device Low Speed?Over the last 6 months, I have had...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), network storage, network, VMware Player, NAS, server, VMware Inc., NAS Box, storage

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

Zero-day exploit for IE6 flaw released!

Zero-day exploit for IE6 flaw released!Other options - interestingI was just thinking about the Linux momentum and also the problems with all the New Windows, where you always lose something, and quite often a lot eg hardware items.Then I thought about the young folks starting out with computers. They aren't...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Blogging, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, VMware Inc., VMware Player, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Linux, zero-day bug

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

VMWare Player triggers Windows Activation process

VMWare Player triggers Windows Activation processYou can do the same thing withLinux and multiple accounts. No need for VMWare. CTRL+F1 start a new session and login as tom CTRL+F2 start a new session and login as ed Each login account can be setup to specific...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., VMware Player, VMware Inc., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-02-27

VMware gets what it deserves: Accolades

VMware gets what it deserves: AccoladesVMPlayer / Browser-ApplianceWindows users should also know that they have another 'option' at their disposal for if and when venturing onto the internet.VMWare Player's 'Browser-Appliance'.Found at:http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/browserapp.htmlWhat does this do?In puts your internet session into a safe 'sand box' running in a 'virtual machine'...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Windows EULA, VMware Player, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-01-23

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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

Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.

"Hannah Montana Linux" may not be ready to give to your kids yet, but it's an idea that has legs. My partner in crime in the Frugal Tech Show, Ken Hess, who blogs over at Daniweb, recently published his list of Top 10...

Tags: Desktop, Children, Desktop Linux, Netbook, Content Filtering, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

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

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

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

News to know: E-readers; Web OS and IT; VMware; Cisco

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. Dion Hinchcliffe: How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business Oliver Marks: Course Credits as a...

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web, Virtualization, Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Report: Netbooks now one-fifth of portable PC shipments

The point of netbooksis that they are cheap, portable second computers. More expensive portable computers may sell and they may sell well, but they are not competing with the same market. Customers would only want to drop more money for a portable computer if it were going to be their...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It Virtually

RE: Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It VirtuallyI think there is a lack of understanding of Apple's goals here. Mac OS can run perfectly fine on commodity hardware from Dell, etc. they just purposely prevent it from doing so. (Check out all the "Hackintosh" OS X boot-loaders if...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Mac business, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-08-30

VMware goes shopping: Buys SpringSource for $420 million; Can it keep the open source mojo?

VMware said Monday that it will pay $420 million for privately held SpringSource in a bid to become a bigger player in cloud computing application management and the open source community. VMware, a virtualization leader that is angling to become a cloud infrastructure OS giant, said that...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Open Source, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Spring Framework, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-10

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