desktops new operating system
Open source Ubuntu announces 'need for an adventurous mountain goat'
News Intrepid Ibex developers will also concentrate on user interaction in the release, to offer the same user experience on both desktops and UMPCs [ultra-mobile PCs], according to Shuttleworth. Open-source operating system Ubuntu is developed by... [22 Feb 2008]
Nokia to buy Trolltech and keep it on the Qt
News In practice, Qt is the only set of libraries and tools available on all desktops and on mobiles. Qt is used to develop graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and is the main GUI toolkit for the KDE Linux project, one of the two main desktop environments... [28 Jan 2008]
Travel Company Boosts Relationships and Traffic With Customer Alerts
White Paper By offering the gadget for Windows Sidebar to customers, Expedia increases customer satisfaction, gains a persistent presence on customers' desktops, and can easily distribute updated versions of the gadget. [17 Jan 2008]
Professional Services Firm Saves on Desktop Management With New Operating System
White Paper Windows Vista is now running on 32 desktops in a combination of lab and pilot deployments. Beca Group needed to reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining an ageing desktop operating system. The company also needed a more stable, secure desktop... [17 Jan 2008]
New Operating System Helps Global Construction Company Maintain Data Integrity
White Paper In preparation for the impending release of Windows Vista, Kingspan has been evaluating the new Microsoft operating system and, in particular, features such as Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption and Windows Rights Management, which help safeguard... [05 Nov 2007]
Psst! Don't want Vista? You're not alone...
News A spokeswoman said: "For business desktops, workstations and select business notebooks and tablet PCs, customers can configure their systems to include the XP Pro restore disc for little or no charge. [24 Sep 2007]
Vista: Can Service Pack 1 spur adoption?
News While most businesses have yet to start deploying Vista in significant numbers, Microsoft is touting a few large companies that have started putting the operating system onto a sizable number of desktops. [04 Sep 2007]
Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista
Case Study Online shopping giant Tesco.com has migrated 2,000 desktops to Windows Vista with increased security and energy saving among the key reasons for the switch. Tesco.com IT and new technologies manager, Nick Lansley, explained there were three factors... [31 May 2007]
LANDesk Management Solutions and PCs With Intel Centrino Pro or Intel vPro Processor Technology
LANDesk, an Avocent company, delivers cost-effective and intelligent systems, security, and process management solutions to simplify IT management of workflows, desktops, servers, and mobile devices. The new capabilities allow LANDesk solutions to... [17 May 2007]
LANDesk Management Solutions and PCs With Intel Centrino Pro or Intel vPro Processor Technology
White Paper LANDesk, an Avocent company, delivers cost-effective and intelligent systems, security, and process management solutions to simplify IT management of workflows, desktops, servers, and mobile devices. The new capabilities allow LANDesk solutions to... [17 May 2007]
Red Hat touts desktop Linux for developing world
News Red Hat chief technology officer, Brian Stevens, said in a statement: "Commercial customers are still begging for desktop security and manageability for their knowledge workers; consumers are rapidly adopting new online services and applications... [10 May 2007]
Dell U-turns on offering only Vista PCs
News Starting immediately, Dell said, it is adding XP Home and Professional as options on four Inspiron laptop models and two Dimension desktops. In a statement last week, Microsoft said such a move is normal after a new operating system comes out. [20 Apr 2007]
Vista off-limits, say two US gov agencies
News This includes including running Linux on desktops and using Google's online applications, she said. The agencies have cited fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to... [14 Mar 2007]
Cisco's comms suite goes mobile
News Until now, Cisco's Unified Communications software worked on desktops but not mobile devices. In the first release of the software available this spring, the new Unified Mobile Communicator will work on smart phones running Microsoft's Windows... [06 Mar 2007]
Call for Dell to sell Linux PCs
News We are listening and, as a result, we are working with Novell to certify corporate client products for Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. While Dell responded to four other suggestions from... [26 Feb 2007]
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