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RSS desktop in news'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News In a written answer to Parliament, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Goggins revealed that no memory sticks or desktop computers have been lost or stolen from his department between 2001 and 2008. [18 Nov 2008]
Qualcomm Brews up an SDK for mobile OS
News Adobe said the installed base of Flash on mobile devices has now surpassed that on the desktop, with the number of devices shipping with Flash expected to surpass one billion early next year. Qualcomm on Monday... [18 Nov 2008]
Ubuntu comes to netbooks with chip deal
News Canonical has announced it is to develop a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM's Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processor architectures. ARM-based processors have traditionally been used in... [17 Nov 2008]
PC vendors under the microscope
News Accordingly, just last week HP announced it was cutting the price of the Envy 133 notebook from $2,100 to $1,900, and it also bumped the price of its Blackbird 002 gaming desktop from $2,000 to $1,800. [17 Nov 2008]
Microsoft announces Live Mesh developer Framework
News It's what lets developers use the mesh technology to add online components to their desktop applications, or conversely, to give online applications an offline component. While it was Windows Azure that got much of the... [03 Nov 2008]
BBC puts software licensing in the spotlight
News It added that all commercial off-the-shelf applications installed on the BBC standard desktop are monitored regularly, and any applications installed that show as not being used for six months or more are removed and... [31 Oct 2008]
Microsoft building an Office in the cloud
News Elop said that not all of the editing capabilities of the desktop products are in the browser versions. After years of questioning the value of web-based productivity applications, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday it will... [29 Oct 2008]
Canonical readies its latest Ubuntu Linux for launch
News Ubuntu 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex in the company's alphabetically ascending naming convention, is the latest instalment of Linux for desktop computers and servers in the company's six-month release cycle. [28 Oct 2008]
Vista SP2 on its way to make things beta
News In addition to Blu-ray, Vista SP2 will add support for Bluetooth 2.1 as well as include Windows Search 4.0, the latest version of Microsoft's desktop search technology. The next update to Windows Vista will enter beta... [27 Oct 2008]
Google Earth maps onto the iPhone
News There are now ads in Google Maps for desktop computers, and Google Earth for PCs shows "very limited" ads right now, Birch said, but currently there are no ads on the iPhone version of Google Earth but Birch said Google... [27 Oct 2008]
BlackBerry apps get their own online store
News The version 4.6 browser packaged in the BlackBerry Bold, for instance, will operate much more like a desktop browser, with greater support for CSS, Ajax, HTML, XHTML, and DOM L2 code. RIM has announced two major... [22 Oct 2008]
Opera mobile gets Symbian support
News Together, these tools will help developers pick through bugs in JavaScript, CSS and DOM code on an actual mobile phone, not just on a desktop emulator. There's been a lot of activity recently in the world of mobile... [20 Oct 2008]
Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News And while Jobs admitted his company has looked into it, it's passing on making a laptop version of HP's TouchSmart PC, the desktop with a touchscreen monitor. We're seeing some vendors using touchscreens but it's... [15 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News Every firm with critical data should be giving its employees [password tokens] because otherwise compromise is just as simple as having a key-logging piece of spyware on the desktop. The World Bank Group was first... [13 Oct 2008]
Cotswold council signs £2m support contract
News The contract will involve desktop and server support alongside application development and business continuity for the council's 500 staff. Cotswold District Council has signed a five-year, £2m deal for IT support... [09 Oct 2008]
