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RSS fiveWindows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News The five things you need to be thinking about now, as identified by analyst house Gartner, for one. October's highlights on silicon.com were all about software - from fresh rumblings in the perennial Mac vs PC debate, to... [09 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News Windows Vista, the operating system between XP and Windows 7, unsurprising scored poorly with a mere five per cent of readers surveyed choosing it as their favourite desktop OS. Of the rest, Windows 2000 (eight per cent)... [09 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine? Part II
Comment When working from home in the mornings I usually have five or six Firefox browser tabs open, one or two Internet Explorer windows for access our VPN and content management system (CMS), and a word processing application. [09 Nov 2009]
Photos: Android marches onto even more smartphones
Photo There's also a WebKit browser and a five-megapixel camera. It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS platform - and the number of smartphones with Android inside is on the up. [06 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News The alternative is to simply extend your hardware refresh cycle to five years, or whenever it is ascertained the business needs of your users aren't being met.and in the datacentre It's no surprise that for some... [29 Oct 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News If you have five people working together on a blog post you are amazed how quickly it can be done," he said of Google's own experience with using Wave. It may have only been launched a few months ago but Google's Wave... [28 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet While analyst house ABI Research notes that AR technology has been with us for more than 15 years, the company is predicting dramatic growth in the take-up of the tech over the next five years - driven by mobile... [27 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News As virtualisation advances and the choice of hardware and OS becomes less important, CIOs need to develop a five- to eight-year plan around client computing, says Gartner. Rather than building a datacentre designed to... [22 Oct 2009]
Five Reasons to Choose SmartDraw over Visio® for Your Organization
White Paper Looking for an alternative to Microsoft Visio®? Give the power to create diagrams, document processes, and build better presentations to all your usersnot just those with the patience and technical skill to use Visio. [21 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC Trust, the body that oversees the BBC, announced yesterday it thought... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Longbottom said this is a huge advantage in the enterprise market: "There is a lot of software out there in the business market that is five to 15 years old that needs to be able to run on Windows 7. After its launch... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
News Today, Windows XP is installed on four out of five new PCs. In just 12 months, Windows 7 will become the standard operating system for business PCs, analysts believe. Currently, eight out of 10 new PCs run Windows XP,... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo Acer, a partner for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has also launched special editions of the Aspire 4810T and Aspire 1410 (pictured above) laptops to celebrate the events - with the... [16 Oct 2009]
Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V Technology Introduction
White Paper Taking an estimated three to five days, the Dell Consultant will assist your team by providing hands-on instruction, configuration best practice as well as usage guidance. Dell'sHyper-V Technology Introduction for... [15 Oct 2009]
Photos: Second coming for touchscreen BlackBerry
Photo The device runs on the BlackBerry 5.0 operating system and RIM claims the battery will provide between five and six hours of talk time. RIM today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone, the company's... [15 Oct 2009]
