Year after year, breathless pundits announce that the open source OS is on the verge of a tipping point, a …
Quantum releases remote site backup, deduplication appliance
Quantum Corp. announced a new backup appliance for remote offices that combines data deduplication, replication and system-wide monitoring software for …
Seagate announces rewards programme for channel
Seagate Technology has become the first hard disk drive manufacturer to introduce a rewards programme for its EMEA distribution channel …
Shuttle packs Via's Nano into small desktop PCs
Small-PC specialist Shuttle will show off a pair of desktop PCs based on Via Technologies’ Nano processor at the Computex …
Cisco takes on server OEMs
Cisco’s recent interest to enter into the server market has certainly put the spotlight on the battle for data centre …
Beefed-up netbooks now a threat to notebooks
Microsoft and Intel’s attempts to confine netbooks to the low end of the market to protect mainstream notebook PC sales …
Credit crisis finally impacts PC Market
The credit crisis came home to roost for the global PC market in the fourth quarter of 2008, ending a …
SSD performance — is a slowdown inevitable?
The recent revelation that Intel Corp.’s consumer-class solid-state disk (SSD) drives suffer from fragmentation that can cause a significant performance …
Huawei moves up in networking’s big leagues
Huawei Technologies became the third-biggest seller of mobile infrastructure in the world in the first quarter, further expanding its worldwide …
Microsoft to reveal Window 7 prices in June
Microsoft will unveil pricing for Windows 7 in a few weeks, a Web site that has accurately predicted past company …
Rechargeable batteries: Small advances rather than large strides
You can pretty well bank on next year's new computer being significantly more powerful than this year's. But if it's …
VMware updates vSphere
After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualization platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere …
Cloud computing: Pros and cons
ON THE UPSIDE 1. Fast start-up “Cloud computing is really a no-brainer for any start-up because it allows you to …
Start-up costs slow spread of de-duplication
While data de-duplication is a relatively easy way for companies to consolidate storage systems, the technology has yet to attract …
The shape of the coming netbook revolution
The netbook you know today gives just a taste of what's to come. Cheap, portable, and packed with features that …
McAfee to buy Solidcore for whitelisting technology
Security software vendor McAfee Inc. announced it intends to acquire Solidcore Systems for about $33 million in cash and an …
Microsoft to offer goodies in free Hyper-V Server update
Ratcheting up the competition with virtualization market leader VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp. will include a number of advanced features in …
Introducing the Wireless Gigabit Alliance
The Wireless Gigabit Alliance formally launches with a vision of wireless networking in excess of 1Gbps. The short version of …
Desktop Linux: Why it may have lost its chance
It's time we faced it: The Year of the Linux Desktop, long foretold, isn't coming. Year after year, breathless pundits …
HP ProCurve gets into security with new server blade
HP ProCurve is adding a security blade to edge and core switches that enables businesses to insert firewalls, VPNs and …