Intels Extreme Processors Coming to Notebooks
There is no news that some companies and individuals install mobile processors into desktops to make them quieter and keep power consumption low, while other are installing high-performance desktop chips into mobile computers in order to run demanding applications faster.
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31.1.2007 Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks and desktops?
Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard will likely celebrate this Thanksgiving season by attempting to crush their competitors with low-price desktops and notebooks, according to a Web site that tracks bargains
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Windows-based Eee PC to outsell Linux version - Another blow for Linux
Newsflash from ASUS - the company is predicting that the XP Home version of the Eee PC will outsell the Linux-based version by 3 to 2.
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13.3.2008 Microsoft Is Gearing Up for Windows 7 Downloads
Even with Microsoft increasingly opening up on Windows Vista's successor, the hunger for Windows 7 details is far from being satiated.
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20.8.2008 Free Windows 7 Downloads Discontinued
The free Windows 7 ride is now truly and indisputably over! And, if you have failed to get on board this far, chances that youll be able to do so moving onward are very slim. On August 20th, 2009 Microsoft discontinued the free downloads of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100.
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21.8.2009 Windows Server 2008 RC0 Downloads
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility and reliability of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust web and applications platform for building connected applications and services.
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26.9.2007 Microsoft Limits Windows Vista Beta2 Downloads
The demand for the Windows Vista Beta2 faced by the US giant has overcome the capabilities of the servers reserved for the online delivery of the recently released operating
system by the sheer amount of the simultaneous downloads.
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13.6.2006 Windows Vista SP2 RC official downloads
The download pages and TechNet website are now updated with the SP2 RC information.
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4.3.2009 Windows Server Evaluation Editions Free Downloads Bonanza
Microsoft is usually mute when it comes down to critics related to its product and traditionally quiet when it comes to reports thrashing Windows Vista.
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28.7.2008 Windows Server Evaluation Editions Free Downloads Bonanza
Microsoft is offering a veritable bonanza of Windows Server evaluation editions free downloads. Packaged under the label Windows Embedded Server Products Evaluation Software, a number of no less than ten products are offered at no charge for evaluation purposes only.
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29.7.2008 Windows 7 Release Candidate downloads will end August 15th
Still on the Windows 7 Beta,? You need to move to the RC and fast. Starting July 1st, the Beta will start to reboot every 2 hrs and expire Aug 1st.
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23.6.2009 Free Windows Vista and XP SP2 Downloads Updated and up for Grabs
This week, Microsoft has updated the set of offerings which permit end users to access free copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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21.3.2008 Vista Downloads Maxing Out Its Servers
Order the DVD instead, Microsoft says, as downloads of Windows Vista Beta 2 cause the company's servers to experience extremely high demand.
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13.6.2006 Free Opera Hits 1 Million Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera Software removed the ads and license fee from its popular Web browser, Opera 8.5 has been downloaded by over 1 million people, the company said Thursday. The number is double Opera's previous download record, which it achieved in April with version 8.0.
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Firefox Tops 200 Million Downloads
The Mozilla Corporation on Monday celebrated the 200 millionth download of its open source Firefox Web browser, with the community planning parties to commemorate the event. The milestone was hit one year and nine months after the debut of Firefox 1.0.
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3.8.2006 Microsoft: Vista SP1 RTM Downloads Available, but Not for You!
Only for MSDN subscriber! Make no mistake about it. The final bits of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are available for download, but this does not mean that end users can get their grabby hands all over the service pack.
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15.2.2008 Office 2007 Downloads Top 200,000
In the first 24 hours since going live, Microsoft counted 200,000 downloads of Office 2007 Beta 2. While the company provided no estimates of how many users it expected to try the new release, Microsoft officials said they were excited by the numbers. BetaNews alone pushed over 5,500 downloads of Office 2007.
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26.5.2006 Firefox reaches 2 million downloads in 24 hours
Mozilla recently posted that just 24 hours after releasing Firefox 2.0 to the public on 24th October.
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29.10.2006 Microsoft claims E3 record for Xbox Live downloads
Following the gaming mayhem at last week's E3 expo in the US, Microsoft has claimed that over 1.5 million gamers connected to its Xbox Live service at the event.
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19.5.2006 DirectX 9.0 and 10.1 Downloads for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
August 2008 has been synonymous with three separate releases of DirectX for a variety of Windows operating systems. The DirectX refreshes are tailored to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, but also to Windows Server 2003.
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Over 10 Million Custom XP Downloads Get Chinese Pirates Jail Sentences
Chinese authorities cracked down on a group of four software pirates for offering a custom-built copy of Windows XP, which was downloaded in excess of 10 million times.
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24.8.2009 Microsoft: Some Free Vista (+SP1) to Go Along with the Free XP SP2 Downloads?
Free downloads of Microsoft's operating systems have been made available throughout 2007, and the Redmond company is ready to take it one step further.
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5.2.2008 Why Windows is less secure than Linux ?
Windows is inherently harder to secure than Linux. There I said it. The simple truth.
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15.4.2006 The Linux lesson Windows needs
Gartner analysts are running about in Las Vegas, hair on fire, shouting that Windows is collapsing. Or about to collapse. Or something.
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11.4.2008 MS: Windows More Reliable Than Linux
Microsoft made a statement on Thursday that is sure to rile its detractors: the Windows Server operating system is being chosen in greater numbers by corporations over UNIX and Linux for its reliability.
To support the claim, Microsoft said companies such as Altera, Rayovac, and CompUSA cited that fact in their decisions to choose the Windows platform.
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24.3.2006 Windows vs. Linux vs. Mac OS X
There has been a consistent amount of ink spilled over comparing Windows, Linux and Mac OS X this month. The reports have generated some controversy, because they point out that Windows delivers a more secure platform than Linux and Mac OS X.
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30.3.2007 Linux Is Copying Windows Vista
Forget about Windows Vista! Introducing Vixta, an open source, Linux-based, copy of Vista. Generally speaking, Linux, open source, Microsoft and Windows are by no means aligned concepts.
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11.10.2007 Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear with Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form of 'netbooks' - lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors.
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24.12.2008 Windows kicks Linux to the curb
Last July Linux had a huge opportunity to beat Windows in the red-hot netbook market (see Linux for housewives. XP for geeks. ). But faster than Id expected Microsoft has kicked Linux to the curb, claiming an 80% attach rate for netbooks.
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26.1.2009 New virus threatens Linux and Windows PCs
Hackers have released code for a cross-platform virus that could infect Linux and Windows computers.
The virus, which has been given the names Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a, was reported at the end of last week by security firm Kaspersky Lab. Researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that can run on Windows, as well as other operating systems that have been largely ignored by hackers.
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10.4.2006Asus' Eee Linux PC to become Windows machine
Asustek has said that nearly 66% of upcoming Eee PCs will be shipped with Windows XP, summarily putting the Linux-based Xandros operating system the
sub-notebooks used to exclusively feature into the minority...
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14.03.2008Acer installing Linux on notebooks, but not Ubuntu
Acer did not preinstall the
Ubuntu Linux distribution on a
batch of Aspire notebooks for
sale in Singapore, but instead
is installing a different
version of the open-source
operating system, local
dealers said.
Memory World (S) Ltd. is
selling an Aspire 5107Z
notebook with Ubuntu
installed. Priced at S$999
(US$660), it comes with a
1.73GHz Intel Core Duo
processor, a 15.4-inch screen,
1GB of DDR2 (double data rate
2) memory, an 80GB hard disk,
and a one-year international
warranty.
While Memory World's
offer has attracted attention
outside Singapore for the use
of Ubuntu on a notebook, Acer
did not ship these notebooks
with the Linux distribution
preinstalled, said Ignatius
Beh, a Memory World sales
executive.
"We actually installed it
ourselves," Beh said. Acer
shipped the notebooks to
Memory World with another
version of Linux installed, he
said. ..
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01.08.2007Lenovo to Ship Linux on Select Notebooks
Following in the footsteps of
Dell, Lenovo said Monday that
it plans to give both
consumers and businesses the
option to have Linux installed
as the default operating
system over Windows on select
models...
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06.08.2007Everex to launch Linux notebooks under $300 next year
After introducing a $198 Linux desktop Wednesday, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year.
The laptops will come with 12.1-inch to 17-inch screens and run the GOS version of OS, built on Ubuntu Linux 7.10. It will include icons providing
one-click access to Web sites like Facebook and multiple Google Web applications.
The company also plans to introduce other
mobile devices like ultramobile PCs, said Paul Kim, director of marketing for Everex, a U.S. subsidiary of Taiwanese firm First International
Computer.
The notebooks will be introduced in the first half of next year, Kim said. The company provided no additional details,
other than saying the mobile devices will be competitively priced.
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02.11.2007Oracle adds systems management perq to Linux OS support
As a new perquisite for customers of its Linux OS or database support, Oracle today announced free downloads and support for Oracle Clusterware, a
systems management package for both Red Hat Linux and Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux."..
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26.03.2008Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
Adam Pash: There's no doubt that Linuxparticularly Ubuntuis a killer operating system full of excellent apps, but for about a million reasons,
you're stuck running Windows as your main operating system. We understand, these things happen. But what about all those killer Linux apps you've
left behind when you decided to live the Windows life? Sure you could dual-boot or run Linux in the confines of a virtual machine window, but
wouldn't it be great if you could run those apps side-by-side with your Windows appslike Linux users can do with WINE or OS X can do with Parallels
or VMWare? You can, and today I'll show you how to seamlessly run your favorite Linux applications directly in Windows with a free software called
andLinux.
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21.02.2008Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form
of 'netbooks' - A lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel 's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial
amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors. They're designed mainly for browsing the Web, handling e-mail, writing memos, and taking care of
simple word-processing or spreadsheet chores. Netbook sales will reach an estimated 60% growth in 2010, compared with 18% growth for standard
notebooks says a September BNP Paribas report. So obvious is the future in Netbooks.
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23.12.2008Asustek plans to launch touch panel notebooks in 1H09
Asustek Computer is planning to launch notebooks featuring a touch panel in the first or second quarter of 2009, according to sources at panel makers,
in addition to Eee PCs as previously reported.
Asustek's new touch panel notebooks are expected to take advantage of Windows 7, said
the sources. Asustek showed concept notebooks featuring two touch panels during Computex 2008.
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16.10.2008Are instant on notebooks the future?
Dell has previewed a new instant on technology that allows users to carry out basic tasks on their notebooks without having to boot up into Windows.
Is this the future for notebooks?
The technology, called Dell Latitude ON, will feature on the Latitude E4200 and E4300 in the
next few months. It will allow users to have near-instant access to a Linux-based environment that offers email, calendar, attachments, contacts (yes,
these are going to have to be cloud computing-based since youre not going to want to have to reenter the same data more than once) and a web browser,
all without ever needing to boot into the main operating system. An added advantage of Dell Latitude ON its that it extends the battery life from
hours to days. Sweet.
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14.08.2008CES Trend #5: Notebooks becoming the PC of choice
At CES 2008 next week, manufacturers won't be showing off hot new desktops; instead, sleek new notebooks will take center stage. In the United
States, notebooks are already outpacing desktop PC sales by a small margin and it won't be much longer before the rest of the world catches up...
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04.01.2008Linux not essential to Eee PC success: ASUS
Penguin-powered mini notebooks are selling like hotcakes. But will they finally bring Linux into the mainstream? Dont count on it.
Theyre tiny, theyre portable, and theyve rewritten the rules in the traditionally feature-heavy notebook market. Despite years in which Linux has
been ignored by mainstream notebook makers, Linux-based mini-notebook PCs drove a spike in sales during 2007 that suggest the operating system could
finally be hitting the mainstream.
Or could it?
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14.07.2008Windows Thrashes SUSE Linux in
Study
Linux bashing is nothing new
for Microsoft, which has set
up a dedicated Web site to
detail why customers should
choose Windows Server over the
open source operating system.
This week at the IT Forum,
Microsoft announced the
results of a new study that
shows Windows as more reliable
and easier to manage than
Linux...
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16.11.2005Phoenix BIOS with hypervisor to premiere Monday in NEC laptops
BetaNews has learned that, on Monday, NEC will roll out plans to include remotely manageable anti-virus technology in PC notebooks, running outside of
the Windows OS in Linux-based HyperSpace firmware from Phoenix Technologies...
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12.07.2008Phoenix firmware with hypervisor to premiere Monday in NEC laptops
BetaNews has learned that, on Monday, NEC will roll out plans to include remotely manageable anti-virus technology in PC notebooks, running outside of
the Windows OS in Linux-based HyperSpace firmware from Phoenix Technologies...
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14.07.2008Microsoft and Novell to 'convert' China to Windows and SuSE Linux
Microsoft and Novell announced extensive plans to convert "unsupported Linux users" in China to combined implementations of Windows/SuSE
Linux, just as Red Hat admitted to delaying its release of an international Linux desktop...
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21.04.2008Microsoft Says No Windows Virtualization on Top of Linux
Microsoft will not allow
Windows Vista or Windows XP to
be virtualized on top of
Linux, Sam Ramji, the director
of Microsoft's open-source
software lab, said at the
annual LinuxWorld Conference
and Expo here Aug. 7.
"What we have
heard predominantly from
customers is that they want to
be able to mix and match their
data center applications, but
we haven't seen significant
demand for Linux applications
on the desktop or for desktop
virtualization on top of
Linux," Ramji said in an
address titled "Linux and
Windows Interoperability: On
the Metal and on the
Wire."
But, he said that while he
does hear a lot of requests
for this from developers in
the Linux community, the
feedback Microsoft is getting
from customers and its
Interoperability Executive
Customer Council with regard
to the desktop is that they
want .Net and Java
interoperability...
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08.08.2007OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS for laptops
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops
aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.
"We are working with them very closely to
make a dual-boot system so that, like on an Apple, you can boot either one up. The version that's up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast,
it's very, very successful. We're working very hard to do both," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC.
It's a brand new
development for the XO laptops, as the low-cost notebooks are known, and came about because of Microsoft's friendlier attitude towards open source
software.
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09.01.2008Linux: Coming soon to a Windows laptop near you
The Linux Foundation's
Jim Zemlin
provides an interesting twist on the most cutting-edge Windows machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and others: they're all running Linux.
No, he's not talking about dual-boot systems. (OK, kind of.) Instead he's talking about "fast boot," which an increasing number
of computer manufacturers are delivering via Linux-based solutions from DeviceVM and others. Resource hound that it is, Microsoft apparently needs
some help from Linux getting started from the once "cancerous" Linux.
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31.10.2008OSDL Declines Linux vs. Windows Study
Microsoft approached the Open Source Development Labs at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo about carrying out a study to compare its operating system with Linux, however the group balked at the idea saying it would likely be used as fodder for anti-Linux marketing...
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01.09.2005Linux.com won't be a news site, but instead a place for Linux
As first reported by " target="_blank">my
friend and colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at Computerworld yesterday, probably the most important domain name that a Linux-associated
entity could ever want, Linux.com, was sold by SourceForge, and is now in the hands of the Linux Foundation.
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