For example, customers are demanding simpler user experiences and faster service delivery and response times. Employees, especially new-generation workers, have …
Apple, Dell, HP laptop owners sue Nvidia over faulty graphics
Owners of Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard laptops have combined their lawsuits against Nvidia in an attempt to force the graphics …
Microsoft plans 10 fake ‘updates’ for Windows 7
Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 …
IBM, Microsoft quibble over Office 2007’s new ODF support
In the latest bout of sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft …
Microsoft delivers XP Mode add-on beta
As promised, Microsoft Corp. today launched the beta of “XP Mode,” the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP …
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 …
Cautious optimism for the future
In the last month alone, we have had Mark Templeton (Citrix), David DeWalt (McAfee) and John Chen (Sybase) in this …
HP still getting heat on Nvidia graphics chips
Months after the problem first surfaced, owners of Hewlett-Packard Co. laptops continue to complain about defective Nvidia graphics cards that …
How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi
Bluetooth last week stopped being chained to the low-power, low-throughput radio that has been both its strength and its weakness. …
Wireless sensor system measures, analyzes energy use
Arch Rock has created a special version of its wireless sensor networking product line to monitor enterprise energy use and …
802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are …
Oracle-Sun union means tough decisions on ID management
Oracle will have to make some significant product decisions and integration plans to address the overlap it has with Sun …
Pan Emirates to upgrade IT infratsructure
To keep pace with its ambitious expansion plans, Pan Emirates has commissioned EMW, The Smart Convergence Experts and leading supplier …
Forrester: Microsoft opens virtual desktop options
Changes that Microsoft Corp. has made to its desktop virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can …
Desktop virtualization and licensing: IT wary of gotchas
CIO Roxanne Reynolds-Lair of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising wanted to bring both Macs and Windows to her …
Bluetooth group to release spec for Wi-Fi
On schedule, Bluetooth is about to get a big boost in data rate and in some cases distance. On April …
Leaked HP memo details XP reprieve until 2010, report says
Microsoft Corp. acknowledged today that it has “broadened the options” for PC makers to continue offering the eight-year-old Windows XP …
Learning curve
NWME: Can you tell us about Fast Lane? We set up in shop in Dubai 13 years back to provide …
Raising the bar
In 2001, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches were introduced, the average per-port cost was $39,000, according to IDC. Today, a …
Mobile Internet Device: A new category?
With Samsung's introduction of the Mondi handheld device at the International CTIA Wireless conference, the question of defining its product …