desktops in news
RSS desktops in newsMassachusetts opts for open docs 'third way'
News But those agencies will be keeping the current application suite - Microsoft Office - on their 50,000 desktops. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format. [03 Aug 2007]
We want iPlayer for Linux and Mac fans, says BBC Trust
News Taylor explained the issue isn’t just about desktops but also mobile phones and media players - many of which run on Linux or Apple software - which the BBC claims it wants to bring iPlayer to. The BBC and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have met... [25 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News While the BBC is committed to platform neutrality, it remains unclear quite how this might now be achieved without essentially creating an entirely separate and parallel service for delivery to non-Windows desktops. [24 Jul 2007]
Mac desktops are "smarter money", says CIO
News Property asset management company Capital & Regional is evaluating Linux desktops and Apple Macs as a way to reduce its dependency on Microsoft. The company has around 700 PC users and currently runs Windows XP Pro and Office XP Pro but its CIO... [10 Jul 2007]
Dell surrenders on bloatware stance
News Pearcy added that "no software" would become the default option on most XPS systems, and an option on Dimension desktops and Inspiron notebooks. Dell has relented on the issue of "bloatware" - the often unwanted programs that come pre-installed on... [25 Jun 2007]
Lean, green, theft-proof machines?
News Whetstone, also looking after a 3,500 employee-strong company, previously had desktops running 24/7 "in case some Microsoft update had to be pushed out". Some users, Towergate's Cope says, initially recoiled at the idea of surrendering their... [06 Jun 2007]
Terabyte storage heading for consumer market
News Hitachi is also launching a one terabyte hard drive for desktops this year aimed squarely at the home PC user, while Microsoft chairman Bill Gates - speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year - said a server for the... [22 May 2007]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Nick Masterson-Jones, IT director at Voca, said: "We are augmenting laptop and BlackBerry technology with highly secure access to desktops from anywhere with an internet connection via Citrix sessions. [18 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. Amid significant customer demand, Dell will return to offering Windows XP as an option on some of its... [20 Apr 2007]
Royal & SunAlliance unveils multimillion IT deals
News IBM will now run the infrastructure - including mainframes, mid-range servers, desktops and ebusiness services - and integrate all 40 or so third-party suppliers' offerings at the insurance company, although both IBM and R&SA will share the... [18 Apr 2007]
CIO Essentials: iTunes, Glastonbury tickets and Bluetooth ads
News The wholesale replacement of all desktops, servers etc, which after all is something the likes of HP and other hardware vendors have a strong vested interest in seeing happen, is not necessarily the only answer to this issue. [10 Apr 2007]
Give IT managers incentive to go green, says HP
News The energy-efficient machines introduced by HP are the HP Compaq dx2250 and dx2300 desktops. HP is getting behind all things sustainable and green, including the idea that IT managers should be given budget incentives to improve IT efficiency. [02 Apr 2007]
Laptops to outstrip desktops by 2011?
News IDC attributes the declining growth to corporate buyers purchasing fewer desktops, especially in the more mature markets. Meanwhile, in the US retail sales of laptops surpassed desktops in 2005. Doug Bell, IDC personal computing program analyst... [21 Mar 2007]
Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect
News The system is apparently used by students and salespeople, who regularly use different PCs, as well as police and the military, who need secure access to their desktops. You may be used to seeing people listen to iPods on the train. [20 Mar 2007]
