Archive for the 'Desktops' Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
What ought to be Apple’s next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and…
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video games, Apple Macintosh, iPhone, Touch Screen, Keyboards, tablet, Jo Best, Apple, Components, Monitors & Displays, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, silicon.com, Desktops, Games |
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Company founder Michael Dell expresses doubts about the netbook form factor and discusses the company’s push into services, as well as growing customer interest in green IT. Netbooks are unlikely to change the shape of the PC market, according to Michael Dell. A number of hardware…
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Netbooks, Steve Ranger silicon.com, Michael Dell, netbook, Dell, PCs, Dell Computer Corp., Hardware, PC, Desktops, Productivity |
Monday, September 15th, 2008
The answer to many of our security problems could be found in chips that are used to store credentials and user certificates says Wave Systems CEO Steven Sprague. While static passwords are still the most widely employed type of user authentication credential today, they are fast losing ground to…
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Humans, Authentication, CEO, VPN, LAN, Wave Systems Corp., Steven K. Sprague, security chips, passwords, Password, PC, Special to ZDNet, Hardware, Desktops, Security, compliance, PKI, Phone |
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use. Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, is hiring a team to help make open-source software on the…
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GNome, KDE, Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, GTK, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk, Ubuntu, Hardware, Operating Systems, Open source, Desktops, Linux, Software |
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
There are now over a billion PCs in active use, according to analyst firm Gartner, with the number predicted to double by 2014. There are now more than a billion PCs in active use worldwide, according to analyst house Gartner. On Gartner’s…
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Emerging Market, PCs, Gartner, Gartner Inc., David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, PC, Desktops, Hardware |
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Until now, Gadgets–the mini applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop–have only been available on Windows and Mac. Google has announced the first release of Google Gadgets for Linux. Google Desktop has been available for some time now on the Windows, Mac, and…
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Desktops, Open source, Linux, UNIX, Hosts, Applications, Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, News.com, Google Inc., Software |
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Florida-based Psystar, the company advertising a Mac-compatible system, has attracted criticism from the hackers who created the underlying software. A Florida-based firm advertising cheap, Mac-compatible systems running on standardized hardware has created a swirl of controversy this week–and drawn an angry response from one of the principal hackers involved…
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Open Computer, Psystar, Mac clone, Mac OS X, white box, Apple Macintosh, Matthew Broersma, Hardware, PC, Desktops, Hacker, Apple Inc. |
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Big Blue says it’s not getting back into the PC market, despite selling “Microsoft-free” PCs running Linux and OpenOffice in Eastern Europe. IBM has said it is not getting back into the PC market, despite selling “Microsoft-free” PCs running Linux and OpenOffice in Eastern Europe. “We’re not…
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
There’s a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV? Clear your mind. Now, create a mental picture around the words “energy executive.” Then do the same around “Internet employee.” In the first…
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Desktops, PC, Telecom & Utilities, Michael Kanellos, Flaw, Corporate and financial, Cellular Phones, Hardware, CNET Networks Inc., Personal Technology, Consumer electronics, Phone, Cell Phone, Games |
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Even though economic concerns may cut demand, Dell showed signs of revival in fourth quarter while HP’s growth slowed, says IDC. Dell returned to double-digit percentage growth in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter as its new retail sales strategy began to pay off, while rival Hewlett-Packard’s…
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PC, Growth, International Data Corp., Desktops, Sales Force Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Reuters, Dell Computer Corp., Hardware, U.S., Sales |
