A new Microsoft add-on for Windows 7 that will let some users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine …
Via may seek greater role for Nano in servers
Via Technologies may try to extend the use of its Nano processors from netbooks to servers in a potential challenge …
IBM eyes the future of virtualization
The future of technology always has roots in the past. And the past is indeed long in the case of …
Motorola pushes ahead with Android phones by holiday season
Motorola Inc. is on track to have Android-based smartphones on sale in stores in time for the holiday buying season, …
NAC software eases access rights assignments
Avenda Systems is announcing support for MAC OS X devices in its NAC gear that makes it possible to run …
Windows 7 could launch as early as August
Although Microsoft Corp. refuses to name a delivery date for Windows 7, it could launch the new operating system as …
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 …
Acer working on several Android devices
Acer Inc. is already working on several different devices using Google Iinc.'s Android operating system and software, and it plans …
On the offense
Showtime Arabia is the leading Pay TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, with the significant subscriber base …
New zero-day exploit targets Adobe Reader
Adobe Systems Inc. today confirmed that it's investigating reports that its popular PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical …
Win 7, Snow Leopard could give graphics chip a spark
Graphics chip shipments fell during the first quarter this year, but could stabilize later this year as people look to …
Windows Mobile to get voice command capability
Microsoft has high hopes that a new speech-recognition application for the forthcoming Windows Mobile operating system will be attractive enough …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
IE 8: Its Security Is Worth the Download
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 in March, and whether to install it is likely your biggest update decision right now. …
Group proposes cloud management standard
The Distributed Management Task Force announced it had formed a group to tackle management and interoperability issues that will arise …
AMD launches energy-efficient Shanghai Opteron EE
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip maker AMD Inc. on Wednesday — the sixth anniversary of the birth of its Opteron processor — …
Hands on: Running Windows 7 on a netbook
Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company planned to equip netbooks with the Starter …
VMware looks to bring data centers under the cloud
VMware Inc. last week launched the long-awaited upgrade of its core virtualization software, which it calls a cloud operating system. …
‘First Android netbook to cost about $250’
The first netbook computer running the Google Inc.-backed Android mobile operating system on a low-cost ARM chip could become available …
Developers to get Windows 7 RC next week
Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system next week, …