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Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft turned to Vista's sceptics for help. Microsoft got together a sample of Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista and asked them for... [24 Jul 2008]
Allied Telesyn Revolutionizes the Telco Industry Solution Lays the Foundation for Video Services Over ADSL
White Paper After considering MWT's needs and network requirements, Allied Telesyn presented a full system solution for deploying IP Video over ADSL using its Ethernet-based products. A group of eight Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) in rural... [18 Jul 2008]
Messaging Security Goes Virtual: Improve Email Security and Lower Costs with Virtual Appliances
White Paper Hardware appliances are a great way to encapsulate a customized operating system, required services and an application. Edition free for 45 days When it comes to smart technology investments, few new technologies can match virtualization for drop... [09 Jul 2008]
How File Fragmentation Occurs on Windows XP / Windows Server 2003
White Paper On an active volume, with a dynamic operating system and dynamic utilities, the disk volume free space situation is constantly changing. It was sparked by some users at a past trade show that mentioned that having all the free space defragmented... [07 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Instead of teaching important stuff, like how computers work, what's inside the box, how to put one together, what an operating system is and how it does its job, IP addressing, etc.they seem to be teaching them secretarial skills on what will... [03 Jul 2008]
Swiss University Integrates Linux in a Microsoft Windows Environment
White Paper Using free Microsoft Windows Services for Unix (SFU) version 3.5 software solved the problem and enabled the Linux computers to be integrated into the centralized Windows operating system. At the Swiss Canton of Vaud University of Engineering (EIVD... [01 Jul 2008]
Zittrain: Android holds the key to free future
News Android's battle to be the dominant mobile phone operating system (OS) could decide the future freedom of our technology, according to a leading web academic. Jonathan Zittrain, author of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, said the... [30 Jun 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News Google's Android may not have launched yet but it's already causing major changes in the mobile operating system world. And by saying we're offering the system for free that removes one of the barriers to shipping a phone with Symbian. [24 Jun 2008]
Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the association of open-source software with London's Oyster-card system. In an email sent to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, Stallman criticised the use of open-source... [10 Jun 2008]
The Naked CIO: The V-word
Comment Having a phone or email - come to that, any communication system - can be an irritant for a CIO. But even though these are beneficial, I sometimes end up feeling cheap and ask myself whether the only reason I attend might really be the free food... [09 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up Look, we've got a new operating system out and it's great. In happier news, Microsoft has launched its WorldWide Telescope, a free web-based program that allows web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets. [16 May 2008]
OLPC's Sugar gets sweeter with Windows
News Sugar was designed only to work with a free Linux operating system. Microsoft has reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said yesterday. [16 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo It comes with a choice of operating system: Windows Vista Business or Novell SuSE Linux. The cutting-edge Masternaut Three X telematics system allows a control centre to track 20 gritter lorries that keep a 178km stretch of the M4 motorway in South... [29 Apr 2008]
Microsoft invites hobbyist developers to light a spark
News This qualification guarantees compatibility with the Microsoft's designated Windows Embedded CE operating system requirements. Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice As part of this announcement, Microsoft said it now offers Board... [17 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays
Comment It is now largely complete and, of course, bristles with technology: a new heating system, fire and burglar alarm, radio and TV, broadband and LAN, hubs, switches and wi-fi. Because changing channels involves a longer than natural delay, I tend to... [16 Apr 2008]
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