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RSS desktop in newsRevealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News Wonder no longer - in a poll of more than 350 silicon.com readers who were asked to decide which was their favourite Microsoft desktop operating system, Windows XP came out the clear winner, grabbing more than half (52... [09 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Getting green on the desktop… The most common steps that companies are taking to implement green policies are related to desktop infrastructure. Research group Forrester claims that 55 per cent of energy... [29 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN, also sounded a note of caution: "Whilst not being afraid to use open source in some dedicated or server type applications, our desktop is dominated by Microsoft compatible... [28 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Microsoft's Windows 7 desktop The poor sales of Windows Vista means that today the seven-year-old Windows XP is still the desktop OS of choice for businesses worldwide. With software spending down 16.5... [21 Oct 2009]
Apple unveils iMac, MacBook revamp
News Apple rolled out revamped desktop and laptop lines this week, introducing a redesigned iMac and MacBook laptop. Apple also updated its Mac Mini line, and unveiled a multitouch mouse. Apple has revamped the iMac [21 Oct 2009]
Home Office inks £430m deals with Atos Origin, Fujitsu
News The extensions, a £330m agreement with Fujitsu and a £100m deal with Atos, cover services - including applications hosting, desktop services, networks and supporting infrastructure - for around 24,000 staff across the... [12 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News BAA still has a lot of work to do with its Windows 7 roll out as it discovered that 95 per cent of its desktop and laptop estate were below the spec required to run the operating system. Airport operator BAA is hoping... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News He added that Microsoft is likely to integrate its work around the Azure cloud platform into the desktop environment. And for some, the whole idea of a desktop OS may have had its day. This is kind of... [08 Oct 2009]
Adobe's Flash coming to smartphones, netbooks
News Flash is ubiquitous on the desktop - now Adobe is hoping it can repeat the trick with mobiles. The company has just announced Flash Player 10.1 which will let users view Flash video and play Flash games on smartphones,... [05 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News Apple's desktop market share has been inching up for some time and, if analyst stats are right, now hovers around the eight per cent mark. But the business world remains immune to the pull of Apple's hardware, with few -... [02 Oct 2009]
Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
News On average the highest earners across all sectors are database managers, who earn £41,743 each year and the lowest are desktop support and software engineers who are paid £36,681. IT workers chasing the big bucks should... [01 Oct 2009]
Nokia buys social network for travellers
News The current service, which runs on the desktop and platforms including the iPhone, Flickr and Twitter, will remain unchanged under the deal. Nokia has bought a social network for travellers. The Dopplr service aims to... [29 Sep 2009]
Dell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News The secondary processor - used mostly in smartphones - also draws much less power than a more robust desktop or notebook processor and so while it's running in the background it doesn't drain the battery as fast: using... [29 Sep 2009]
HM Treasury strikes five-year IT services deal
News The services include providing desktop, laptop and multifunctional devices, secure service desk support, data storage and disaster recovery facilities. HM Treasury has struck a five-year deal with Fujitsu to provide a... [25 Sep 2009]
HP video conferencing and collaboration tools reach for the sky
News Using an advanced video codec, rich applications and video are compressed and shared over a standard network, and intended to run as smoothly as if they were hosted on the user's local desktop. But customers who buy an... [23 Sep 2009]
