PCs
RSS PCsPCs talking and conferencing - HP and Microsoft haven't given up on the dream
News Hewlett-Packard has teamed up with Microsoft to improve the communications features for PCs, capitalising on an emerging industry trend. The two companies are working on a device - code-named Agora - that improves the... [26 Nov 2002]
PCs top of the class in twenty-first century schools
News PCs and PDAs are becoming a common sight in the classroom as teachers switch on to the power of technology as a tool for education. As of March last year the ratio of students to PCs was around five to... [06 Apr 2006]
5 years ago... PCs for free within five years
News 12.11.98: PCs will become so cheap that companies will be giving them away, according to the creator of publication MacWeek Michael Tchong. There are some very cheap PCs about but the market hasn't... [12 Nov 2003]
PCs: the environmental cost
News A report by a coalition of US environmental groups has found that up to 80 per cent of PCs brought to recycling centres in the US end up as toxic waste in the third world, damaging the environment and endangering human... [25 Feb 2002]
PCs, mobiles and PDAs need 'online' TV licence
News TVL said this means the TV licensing regulations cover internet broadcasts on PCs, PDAs and mobile phones but said this would not be an issue for most people as it is covered by the standard household TV licence. [13 Jun 2006]
Dell: PCs still rule the roost
News Dell said the company's recent holiday trial with retail kiosks, where potential customers can try out PCs and peripherals and place orders, were successful enough for it to continue them year-round. After his talk, Dell... [10 Jan 2003]
PCs at five hospitals struck down by virus
News The incident echoes an earlier infection at the Barts and The London NHS Trust, where hospital PCs were struck down by the Mytob worm. The Conficker B virus infected 800 out of the 7,000 PCs at five... [21 Jan 2009]
PCs: CD and DVD Drives
White Paper PCs treat compact discs and DVDs as data suitcases, letting the user store and transport mammoth amounts of large files: digital camera photos, audio books, home movies, and digital music, to name a few. [17 Oct 2007]
PCs become NCs with Sun's JavaPC Engine
News Sun released a Java product yesterday that it hopes will draw enterprises with large numbers of older PCs into the network computing fold. The company's new release, JavaPC Engine 1.0, gives network and Web access to... [01 Jul 1998]
PCs with Intel® vPro Technology Keep Maintenance Tasks in the Background and Classroom Learning in the Foreground
White Paper PCs improve the learning experience by delivering more effective tools for both students and teachers. But managing desktop PCs in educational settings is a real challenge, and schools today have a... [18 Mar 2009]
Call for Dell to sell Linux PCs
News Dell has acknowledged that 83,000 users have urged it to sell PCs with Linux pre-installed but it has fallen short of accepting their suggestion. At the time of writing, more than 83,000 users have supported a request... [26 Feb 2007]
PC's PCs to run on Linux
News According to a statement from netproject, the plan is for the Linux PCs to be configured for optimum security with the use of both smartcards and biometrics for user identification. Software will also be updated over the... [22 Jan 2002]
Microsoft pledges aid for ageing PCs
News Microsoft on Wednesday revealed software that turns older PCs into more modern and secure systems but in the process also makes them less than full-fledged computers. The software, known as Windows Fundamentals for... [13 Jul 2006]
Glasgow kids get classroom PCs and support
News From 1 April, nearly 7,400 Dell PCs will be distributed to the city's pre-12 schools (170 primary and 122 nursery) as part of a contract agreed by the council's education services department. Glasgow City Council has... [22 Feb 2007]
Idle Vista PCs 'to send themselves to sleep'
News Vista PCs will be set to sleep after an hour of inactivity. Microsoft said by putting six PCs to sleep, rather than leaving them on, businesses can save the same amount of carbon emissions that would... [17 Oct 2006]
