PC World - Linux fans in general and Ubuntu users in particular are already well acquainted with the many desktop environments that are available for distributions of the free and open-source operating system. While Ubuntu Linux has ...
Tags: Linux fans, open-source operating system, GNObuntu, Ubuntu Linux
If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
Tags: PC industry, PC, Internet, IDF
PC World - Fans of Linux may recall the "31 Flavors of Fun" project I wrote about last month through which ambitious developer Todd Robinson planned to "create, and release, a complete desktop operating system each and every day for the ...
Tags: "31 Flavors of Fun"project, Linux, desktop operating system
PC World - It's been a busy few months lately in the world of Linux distributions, and August appears to be no exception. Hard on the heels of the 19 new distros I wrote about the other day resulting from this month's "31 Flavors of Fun" ...
Tags: PCLinuxOS, "31 Flavors of Fun"project, Bodhi Linux, Damn Small Linux
IDG News Service - Apple's iOS continued to deliver more revenue per advertising impression to content publishers than any other mobile operating system in the quarter that ended in June, according to an Opera Software report. IOS edged ...
Tags: Apple's iOS, mobile operating system, Opera Software, Android devices
Nokia's Lumia smartphones struggled to lift the Finnish handset provider's market share in China, while domestic vendors ZTE, Huawei Technologies and Lenovo overtook Apple in smartphone shipments in the second quarter, according to research ...
Tags: Nokia, Lumia smartphone, China, ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo, Apple
Microsoft updated its Visual Studio software Wednesday so that the IDE reflects many of the changes that challenge developers, including mobility and cloud computing. "From our perspective, the world of software development is changing, ...
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McAfee is expanding its mobile security software for Android tablets and smartphones, as it sees an increase in threats targeting Android devices, the Intel subsidiary announced on Monday. The new Mobile Security software has features ...
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IDG News Service - Lenovo's ThinkPad team plans to release more ultrabook models, and remains "bullish" about the upcoming release of Microsoft's Windows 8, according to company executives, who also said on Monday that the famed PC unit ...
Tags: Lenovo, ThinkPad, ultrabook model, Windows 8, PC unit
Microsoft today said it will patch at least 14 vulnerabilities next week, including four in Internet Explorer (IE), making it three months in a row that the company has plugged holes in its browser. Of the nine updates set for Aug. 14, ...
Tags: Microsoft, vulnerabilities, IE, browser
Infoworld - OpenStack, the open source "cloud operating system," has stirred community excitement and attracted a vendor following, including Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Red Hat. But until now one thing has been lacking: A high-profile ...
Tags: OpenStack, cloud operating system, eBay, Cloud Architect
Computerworld - Western Digital on Monday announced what it said is the industry's thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks, a 5mm-thick model with 500GB of storage capacity. The drives, equivalent to about one-fifth of an inch thick with a ...
Tags: Ultrabooks, hybrid drive, storage capacity, spinning disk, NAND flash
Computerworld - The idea that public cloud-based services will radically transform in-house IT operations is ever more evident at Netflix. Netflix no longer wants to run a data center in support of its in-house corporate IT services. It ...
Tags: cloud-based services, IT operations, Netflix, software-as-a-service
More Mac users took to OS X Mountain Lion last month even as its explosive growth in August slowed dramatically, Web measurement company Net Applications said Monday. The ebbing uptake fit earlier OS X upgrade trajectories. Mountain ...
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Apple has received rare praise from a leading rights advocacy group for incorporating important new privacy enhancing features in its recently released iOS 6 operating system. In a blog post on Monday, the Center for Democracy and ...
Tags: iOS 6, Apple, rights advocacy group, privacy enhancing features