Touch screens have mostly been limited to business-minded Tablet PCs. But HP's TouchSmart tx2 gets props for bringing touch to …
Flavors of Windows 7
Windows Me may not have had much going for it, but it has one claim to fame: It was the …
Lenovo buys a startup
Lenovo said Switchbox is developing “new consumer technologies,” but details about its projects are largely a mystery. Its development work …
Microsoft Gulf announces availability of Windows 7 Beta in English and Arabic
Windows 7 and Windows Live will help people communicate, share and get more done. The beta version of Windows 7, …
Citrix invests in desktop virtualization
Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining itself as a virtualization company, first purchasing the desktop and …
Smart steps for corporate mobile devices
If you've ever let a stranger borrow your corporate smartphone, you may have just given him a gift of your …
Samsung plans new netbook, smart phones
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to follow up its NC10 netbook in the coming few months with a new model and …
Microsoft to merge Windows Live and Office Live
Microsoft seems closer to rebranding its search engine and Live online services under the Kumo name, something that's been rumored …
Microsoft delays Vista SP2, says report
Microsoft Corp. has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, and the company will now …
Microsoft beta lets old Windows apps run on Vista
Microsoft has released the first public beta of a tool that solves one of the chief complaints businesses have with …
1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable to worm attack
The worm that has infected several million Windows PCs is causing havoc because nearly a third of all systems remain …
Russians start selling Wi-Fi encryption cracker
The Russian security company that caused a stir some months by talking up its cracking tool for recovering Wi-Fi encryption …
HP enhances portfolio of data centre management software
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced new features for its suite of data centre management software. The improvements encompass both physical and …
Citrix, Novell make a valid run at VMware ESX virtualization crown
VMware and Microsoft should be taking the competition in the server virtualization market very seriously because open source Xen-based products …
Windows 7 beta shows off task bar, UI goodies
The just-released Beta 1 version of Windows 7 is a solid, fast-performing, stable operating system that appears to be just …
Fault tolerant technology in Windows
Microsoft and Marathon Technologies last week unveiled a partnership and a joint development agreement to bring fault tolerant options to …
Microsoft, Novell partnership yields identity technology
Novell unveiled support for a federation protocol in its identity software that represents the first fruits of its 18-month-old interoperability …
Microsoft releases Windows 7 beta
The beta was scheduled to become available for download on Friday afternoon, although Microsoft at least temporarily postponed the release …
Windows Server 2008 R2 beta airs
Lost in the Windows 7 hype, Microsoft also released the beta of Windows Server 2008 R2, which is the companion …
Microsoft postpones Windows 7 public beta
The company did not offer a new schedule for delivering the beta of its newest operating system. “Due to very …