Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Why are universities not more enamored of open source?
- Why are universities not more enamored of open source?Never mind selling the researchThe guaranteed money is in selling the student body.Universities are in a great position to cut deals with businesses where they tack on a charge to student fees for a "service" that the students may or may not...
- Tags: Operating systems, Financial accounting, Universities, Windoze O/S, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- Study shows governments' open-source embrace
- Study shows governments' open-source embraceAnd the best part is...Less tax money paid to support many of the proprietary system offerings! Hey what a concept! Pay less for software and licensing, get the same task completed which means more tax money to be spent on say, schools, health care and many...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Vertical industries, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., software, Windoze O/S, TOC, open source, Study shows government
- Discussion threads 2004-09-02
Additional Resources
- Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans
- the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC
- My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts
- Not too worried here......Been using group policy for a long time with font downloads always being disabled for all users on my network. I am patching no doubt, but much less concerned knowing I have always had this blocked. I'm coveredno windoze , no threat.Again with the fear...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, font, Microsoft Windows, malware attack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, malware, Windows7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- The real pros and cons of server virtualization
- YepVMwear is starting to look like Windoze - adding unneeded functionality just because it can. Moving VMs around from server to server live - is COOL. But why do you need it? If you are on a consolidation binge and utilization is king, then there will be no "extra" capacity...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Virtualization, server virtualization, VMwear, server
- Discussion threads 2009-11-07
- Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?
- My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...
- Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Firefox hit by multiple drive-by download flaws
- Thank god I am still using 3.0.xxxI still don't understand why the need to make all things software larger and more featured. Also I will never understand why people rush to use the latest larger, bloated package...Bigger is always better......that's why we're fat! =DIE still more secure than FF...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, NoScript, Microsoft Corp., Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Infected sites rising at alarming rate
- A testament to...bad programmers and not bad software. Just more evidence that there are plenty of IT people that are no where qualified to be doing what they are doing.Hosted PHP Apps Like WordPress can be a DangerI used a plain vanilla install of Wordpress installed on a low cost...
- Tags: Linux, Servers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, server
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Yes, Ubuntu can absolutely be the default Windows alternative
- This "commercial" spoof is much betterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-22EpQOm8c:)2010: Year of Linux!!!*snickers*Dawson, you're such a tool.AwesomeNot a fan of South Park but that was hilarious.Chrome OSChrome OS isn't vaporware. It's actively developed, and you can download the beta here:http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Chrome-OS-50930.shtmlI had hopes Google was going to push out something special, kind of like...
- Tags: Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, netbook, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Why Android is beating Windows Mobile
- So, the analysts have it wrong.because they do not agree with your assesment, but they have it correct when they do?That seems quite selective, but then again, it could be true. That is why when I see anaylyst that believe that Android (for as good as an operating system that...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds
- This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...
- Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- 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
- Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown
- iTunes? Quicktime?Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!Not.Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.Of course it is an adwhat else did you expect from a fan boy?Seriously, iTunes...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple-hardware, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Dual boot Android/XP Acer netbook available for pre-order
- I just can't envision Android being a winner on netbooksUnless a great deal of additional development went into it to deal with peripherals and to deal with non-Dalvik/Java programs, I don't see Android as being useful on a netbook. Unless it has phone call capabilities which I doubt, and even...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, dual boot, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Podcast: Can Windows 7 erase Vista memories?
- I am a linux user, but...I believe it CAN erase memories of vista just like XP erased ME. Don't get me wrong, I hate M$, but I do think they can, unfortunately, survive vista, and in all fairness, vista is not as bad as people think, it's pretty bad, but...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, podcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Vista memory, memory
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooks
- O.o[i]Looks like Michael Dell is pushing for people to upgrade to the newest Dell laptops/desktops and Windows 7.[/i]He has to. It's how they make money.RE: Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooksNetbooks are about travel and portability. Am I going to give up my quadcore desktop? ...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Time to ditch Windows for online banking and shopping
- Instead of a live CDWould I be able to install Linux in Windows and do the same?Amen! Happened today to a gov't computerhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/10/computer_hacker_steals_479000.htmlYet another infected computer stealing OUR money.Absolutely ridiculous and irresponsible article!Show me an instance where a flaw in Vista/7 has led to a user being compromised? ...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, exploit, phishing, Linux, operating system, Adrian, online banking
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Why the big Android bandwagon?
- One minor nit to pickTo succeed, however, it will have to deliver products as good or better than the iPhone, at the same or less cost, with just as many apps.It needs just as many good apps. It doesn't need all the flashlights or fart apps or things like that....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Smart phones, Branding, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts