Should the IT industry follow the path being set by Google and Sun Microsystems, Microsoft will be able to adjust its business model to stay relevant, according to the software giant's platform strategy manager.
A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?
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Asian mobile firms have developed a ringtone that wards off mosquitoes.
A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.
If you're using a Microsoft Windows operating system there is also a good chance that you use Office and Outlook as your email client. But is this really a choice?
British Airways chief information officer Paul Coby can justifiably claim more than most of his peers to have had a tough time coping with the economic slowdown and cuts in IT budgets.
Product design chief John Medica has a big job ahead -- jazzing up Dell's image with computers that capture the public's imagination.
When Paul Coby became British Airways CIO five years ago, the airline's very existence was under threat as a financial crisis engulfed the entire travel industry following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In this Vision Series video interview, Coby explains technology's role in BA's remarkable turnaround.
HP's 21.5-inch monitor is fairly average for its class however, in the face of its limitations, the price doesn't add up.
Microsoft Security Essentials is recommended for those who want something to set and ignore, but users who want more robust configuration choices or don't want to contribute to the cloud should look elsewhere.
MSI's VR603 is a perfectly fine budget laptop marred by the use of the Sentelic touchpad.
The Latitude 2100 is an interesting answer to customising for the needs of schools. As a by-product, Dell has created a robust little netbook that can just as easily be tossed around by any techie who likes to work roughly.
Businesses looking to roll out desktops won't be let down by the solid HP DX2710 small form factor PC, but watch out for the short one-year warranty.
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