Linux vendor Novell has issued a joint press release with Microsoft, in which HSBC, a customer of joint technology from the two companies, claims that Windows has a lower total cost of ownership than Linux.
The Queensland state government will simplify its purchasing of desktop and laptop PCs, and mid-range servers with a new two-year whole of government supply arrangement beginning in July.
Research in Motion (RIM) still has no close rival when it comes to mobile e-mail but the Canadian company is going to face increasing competition in the near future, warn analysts.
Microsoft outlined the ways it is complying with a November antitrust settlement in a conference call, but analysts say it is little more than Windows dressing.
Until now, it's been difficult to create and install clustering software, which helps defend high-end computing systems from crashes. But signs point to a gain in speed for the niche.
Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.
There are skilled workers and employers looking for them--but how do we match the two up?
The Dell Studio XPS 13 is a very good laptop. It could have been excellent, but Dell seems to have actually tried too hard in some areas, such as the laptop's design, and we feel it's backfired slightly.
Dell's small-business-focused Vostro 1310 has a temptingly affordable entry-level price, but a realistic specification soon brings it into line with the competition.
Putting a 1GHz Mobile Pentium III chip in a notebook isn't overkill--it's the key to creating a portable that you never have to wait for. Gateway's Solo 9500 excels in almost every performance category.
Can the addition of GPS on HP's latest PDA-phone inject some much-needed oomph back into the dwindling PDA market?
Can the addition of GPS on HP's latest PDA-phone inject some much-needed oomph back into the dwindelling PDA market?
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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Microsoft's Tracey Fellows on Windows 7
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