Companies are shying away from outsourcing 'megadeals' in favour of spreading smaller contracts between several suppliers.
Novell has released the last public version of OpenSuse 11.0 for testing -- but significant problems still need to be ironed out before the software's final release later this month.
Microsoft announced Friday it's appealing the US$1.39 billion fine the European Commission imposed for failure to comply with its historic 2004 antitrust order against the Redmond giant.
An update to the popular Unix-like distribution includes new security features, drivers, software packages and bug fixes.
Linus Torvalds has released the latest version of the "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, which includes changes to Wi-Fi support, virtualisation, real-time scheduling and file systems.
The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.
Apple has updated its MacBook and MacBook Pro lineups with Intel's Penryn processors, while bringing multitouch trackpads to MacBook Pros
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in many iterations and distributions of Linux.
An error in the workings of Linux kernel versions 2.6.17 to 2.6.24.1 can give local users access to root privileges.
Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel co-ordinator, admits that the timing of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel was a mistake.
Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.
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Improvements to the processor, chipset and wireless components of Intel's latest mobile platform should result in a new generation of faster notebooks with longer battery life. Business systems will also get Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT) for the first time, while Turbo Memory should reduce the frequency of hard disk accesses, saving power and boosting performance.
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
Security is an essential requirement to providing a reliable, consistent IT infrastructure. In this report, we look at how one financial concern battles viruses and showcase a string of antivirus solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses.
In August, Microsoft released a dozen security bulletins, rating nine as critical threats. (The remaining three are important threats.) With that many updates in a single month, how do you know which ones to concentrate on first?
Many businesses find that tracking blogs and online discussion groups yields candid -- and crucial -- information about their products, services and competitors.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of the development kernel, is cracking down on developers who add last-minute changes to the kernel.
Over time, users begin to notice that their system is slow or that it hangs. While the possibilities for system slowdown are endless, we identify 10 common troubleshooting areas to examine before you suggest to management that it's time for an upgrade.
Software-based phones are coming to the fore as big changes come to the way people make calls.
Hardy Heron is an incremental set of advances on earlier versions, but all the advances are in the right direction. Unfortunately, a known and unfixed bug means we can't currently recommend it for enterprise use.
Market newcomer i-mate have recently released Australia's first HSUPA enabled smartphones in an exclusive deal with Telstra, the i-mate Ultimate 8502 and 9502. We had a look at the smaller sibling and were very impressed with what we found.
NComputing's L230 thin client is an option if you need to add a group of low-impact users to an existing Ethernet LAN. However, you'll need to ensure that the host PC is adequately specified to deliver acceptable performance to the terminals attached to it.
HTC's Touch Dual is an excellent PDA smartphone that makes up for absent features with its pocket-friendly profile.
So close yet so far: the feature-packed W960i smartphone stands out on paper but is held back by a clunky processor and a laggy interface.
The P1i has most of the bells and whistles a business user could want, but the user interface is a little quirky.
With its super-elegant new design and a strong configuration, Apple's new iMac competes with the PC desktop market better than perhaps any previous Mac to date.
Corporate users can't go wrong with the Dell Latitude D630, which integrates Intel's latest mobile platform with a business-friendly feature set and a long-lived extended battery.
The Brother MFC-440CN is a very flexible multifunction printer well suited to light use in a home or small office.
This is a good choice for compute-intensive applications, but the System x3455's restricted storage and availability options limit its use when it comes to general hosting duties.
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