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RSS desktops in newsDefra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) hopes to cut power bills and CO2 emissions by introducing one laptop per worker. [16 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News He added: "Ultimately it'll be [corporate customers] that decide whether they want their whole corporate base with iTunes on their desktops or whether they're going to limit it to a certain few - however they want to do it. [04 Jul 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News As of 30 June, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream laptops and desktops. HP has been offering business desktops, notebooks and workstations with the option to downgrade to Windows XP Pro from... [16 Jun 2008]
HP rolls out mass overhaul of PCs
News At one time, the exterior design of a product was the way to stand out but, with a category in decline, such as desktops, a unique software experience could attract attention. HP, the world's largest PC manufacturer, rolled out 50 new products on... [11 Jun 2008]
Lenovo puts Olympic tech through its paces
News In preparation for the Olympics, Lenovo is training 580 engineers to operate and troubleshoot the notebooks and desktops. Over 300 Lenovo engineers will be involved in a three-day comprehensive technology rehearsal next month, in what is described... [30 May 2008]
Microsoft gets touchy-feely in Windows 7
News The ability to use touch to give users fingertip control of their screens could help revolutionise how computer desktops and mobile phones are controlled and would be an alternative to existing mouse, keyboard and pen-based user controls. [28 May 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News DeviceVM hopes to have "numerous Splashtop-enabled motherboards, desktops and laptops available internationally in 2008", the company said. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards... [19 May 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
News Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its desktops and laptops, and says that by 2010 they will consume 25 per cent less energy than today. The company said it will do this by continuing to integrate what it calls energy-smart... [16 May 2008]
Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive
News HP said it plans to continue selling the "pre-downgraded" desktops, notebooks and workstations to its business customers until 30 July 2009. Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are... [28 Apr 2008]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News As a public, for-profit company, Red Hat must create products and technologies with an eye on the bottom line, and with desktops this is much harder to do than with servers. The desktop market suffers from having one dominant vendor, and some... [21 Apr 2008]
Thin clients the route to skinny emissions?
News Stephen Yeo, strategic director of worldwide marketing for IGEL Technology, claimed that "the thin-client industry has just over 10 per cent of the commercial desktops across Western Europe [and], if that percentage were to rise to 50 per cent, it... [28 Mar 2008]
IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups
News According to IBM, Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 supports laptops, desktops, kiosks and mobile-device clients. IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and... [26 Mar 2008]
Microsoft mobile - king of open world?
News Smith would like to see mobile phones head in the same direction as desktops, which allow users to run everything from multiple operating systems to a free range of applications. The world has been turned upside down for Linux developers, thanks to... [20 Mar 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News And desktops may become less popular with a 57 per cent increase in the number of laptops and a 134 per cent increase in PDAs predicted over the next two years. According to the research, the number of desktops is set to fall by around two per cent. [10 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News The Softchoice survey also showed that of 113,000 desktops checked from over 400 US organisations, 50 per cent of the machines wouldn't be able to meet the basic Vista requirements. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more... [06 Mar 2008]
