items tagged with Windows Desktop
Microsoft to give Tech-Ed attendees HP netbook with ethical choice attached
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-30 06:58:40
When paying around $2,000 for a technical conference you expect some good swag to take away. Microsoft's annual Tech-Ed event ups the ante this year with attendees receiving a free HP netbook with Windows 7. There is a small catch however with an ethical choice being attached.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-30 06:58:40
When paying around $2,000 for a technical conference you expect some good swag to take away. Microsoft's annual Tech-Ed event ups the ante this year with attendees receiving a free HP netbook with Windows 7. There is a small catch however with an ethical choice being attached.
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The netbook belongs to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 03:42:18
Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 03:42:18
Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it.
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:40:47
Microsoft seems bent on making netbook users know they’re running the cheapest version of Windows 7. After relenting on the previous restriction only three apps could run at one time the company now will lock the operating system desktop so the default wallpaper can not be changed.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:40:47
Microsoft seems bent on making netbook users know they’re running the cheapest version of Windows 7. After relenting on the previous restriction only three apps could run at one time the company now will lock the operating system desktop so the default wallpaper can not be changed.
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Windows 7 desktop virtualisation opens new possibilities
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-21 04:33:34
Microsoft Windows 7 brings new levels of virtualisation to the desktop. This includes natively booting from virtual hard disks and XP Mode. Both open exciting new possibilities for enterprise deployments and software distribution.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-21 04:33:34
Microsoft Windows 7 brings new levels of virtualisation to the desktop. This includes natively booting from virtual hard disks and XP Mode. Both open exciting new possibilities for enterprise deployments and software distribution.
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Why enterprises will embrace Windows 7
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 09:09:14
I've just finished reading an article about how Windows 7 will be panned by enterprises which are now supposedly skeptical about Windows because of their bad experience with Vista. What's more, many of these enterprises will supposedly be moving to desktop Linux. Hogwash.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-14 09:09:14
I've just finished reading an article about how Windows 7 will be panned by enterprises which are now supposedly skeptical about Windows because of their bad experience with Vista. What's more, many of these enterprises will supposedly be moving to desktop Linux. Hogwash.
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Why the IBM Linux desktop will fail
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-12-07 04:12:57
If one was to believe IBM, the days of the Microsoft desktop are numbered, soon to be cut short by a combination of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, IBM's Lotus range of office applications and a virtual desktop from Virtual Bridges. The trouble is IBM's solution is nothing new and addresses none of the issues associated with moving away from Microsoft.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-12-07 04:12:57
If one was to believe IBM, the days of the Microsoft desktop are numbered, soon to be cut short by a combination of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, IBM's Lotus range of office applications and a virtual desktop from Virtual Bridges. The trouble is IBM's solution is nothing new and addresses none of the issues associated with moving away from Microsoft.
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The extremely vocal desktop Linux tinority
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-17 00:54:31
Neither Ubuntu nor any other brand of Linux is ever going to make it as a mainstream desktop operating system. Listen to a roar of protests from some of the millions of Linux desktop users around the world. Very loud they are but in the scheme of things their numbers are tiny - they are a tinority.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-17 00:54:31
Neither Ubuntu nor any other brand of Linux is ever going to make it as a mainstream desktop operating system. Listen to a roar of protests from some of the millions of Linux desktop users around the world. Very loud they are but in the scheme of things their numbers are tiny - they are a tinority.
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Cool video of awesome new Windows 7 taskbar
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 21:00:07
Want to see what the new Windows 7 taskbar and Aero peek features look like, along with the Windows 7 boot screen and some touch screen goodness?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 21:00:07
Want to see what the new Windows 7 taskbar and Aero peek features look like, along with the Windows 7 boot screen and some touch screen goodness?
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Linux incognito part three: Windows Vista
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-27 08:13:06
Here's how to skin Linux to give a Windows Vista appearance. You can help provide a familiar look and feel to your Windows-trained friends and family as you coax them towards Linux. Or you can enjoy the satisfaction of having something looking like Vista actually run with stability.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-27 08:13:06
Here's how to skin Linux to give a Windows Vista appearance. You can help provide a familiar look and feel to your Windows-trained friends and family as you coax them towards Linux. Or you can enjoy the satisfaction of having something looking like Vista actually run with stability.
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Linux incognito part two: Windows XP
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-24 19:25:42
For an awful lot of people their first encounter with a computer will invariably be Microsoft Windows. This straight away creates a barrier against considering alternate operating systems because they look different to what the user has been accustomed to. Here's how to paint a Windows facade over Linux and remove that obstacle.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-24 19:25:42
For an awful lot of people their first encounter with a computer will invariably be Microsoft Windows. This straight away creates a barrier against considering alternate operating systems because they look different to what the user has been accustomed to. Here's how to paint a Windows facade over Linux and remove that obstacle.
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10 reasons to stick with Vista and forget Linux
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-08 05:39:50
Windows Vista is in the news again, thanks to the incomprehensible start to the new campaign featuring Gates and Seinfeld, but also because of the growing threat to Windows Vista posed by different flavours of Linux, XP and Mac OS X. But none of those things stop Vista from being Microsoft’s best OS yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-08 05:39:50
Windows Vista is in the news again, thanks to the incomprehensible start to the new campaign featuring Gates and Seinfeld, but also because of the growing threat to Windows Vista posed by different flavours of Linux, XP and Mac OS X. But none of those things stop Vista from being Microsoft’s best OS yet.
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Useful desktop tools for Windows, Part 1 - MyVitalAgent
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-08-13 03:08:56
MyVitalAgent is a free PC utility that can help you to keep an eye on Internet traffic. At a glance, you can monitor activities such as FTP, e-mail and Web sites visited, via a nifty graphical user interface. Here's a summary of MyVitalAgent, together with a Flash video demonstration.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-08-13 03:08:56
MyVitalAgent is a free PC utility that can help you to keep an eye on Internet traffic. At a glance, you can monitor activities such as FTP, e-mail and Web sites visited, via a nifty graphical user interface. Here's a summary of MyVitalAgent, together with a Flash video demonstration.
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Microsoft pleasantly shocks users with no critical Vista updates
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-03 17:13:34
For the first time this year, Microsoft will release no 'critical' updates for Windows or other software on July's Patch Tuesday. The company has already issued a total of 22 critical security bulletins this year, so the news comes as a welcome surprise.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-03 17:13:34
For the first time this year, Microsoft will release no 'critical' updates for Windows or other software on July's Patch Tuesday. The company has already issued a total of 22 critical security bulletins this year, so the news comes as a welcome surprise.
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Goodbye to Bill Gates on June 27... but it’s not goodbye forever!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 07:24:26
Bill Gates stops his “day to day” work at Microsoft on Friday June 27, to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and its work in health, vaccines, education and more. But he remains Microsoft’s Chairman – and its largest single shareholder – so he won’t be too far away if Steve Ballmer wants to have a chat!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 07:24:26
Bill Gates stops his “day to day” work at Microsoft on Friday June 27, to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and its work in health, vaccines, education and more. But he remains Microsoft’s Chairman – and its largest single shareholder – so he won’t be too far away if Steve Ballmer wants to have a chat!
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Ballmer: Vista “not a failure” but here’s a Windows 7 demo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-29 06:27:55
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were two of the star attractions at the D6: All Things Digital conference with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. They answered lots of questions, said Vista’s not a failure and gave a teensy Windows 7 preview. When will this new trickle of Window 7 information start turning into a flood?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-29 06:27:55
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were two of the star attractions at the D6: All Things Digital conference with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. They answered lots of questions, said Vista’s not a failure and gave a teensy Windows 7 preview. When will this new trickle of Window 7 information start turning into a flood?
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Warhammer Online Collector’s Edition revealed
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-05-28 22:08:44
Electronic Arts have thrown the cloak back and given details on the Warhammer Online Collectors Edition.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-05-28 22:08:44
Electronic Arts have thrown the cloak back and given details on the Warhammer Online Collectors Edition.
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Looking afar, with Microsoft's WWT
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-05-16 22:06:03
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-05-16 22:06:03
If you ever wanted to travel through space, visit galaxies, ponder supernovas, learn about dark matter, and get close to black holes, then now can experience these things right from your Windows desktop using the free WorldWide Telescope (released a few days ago by Microsoft Research).
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