News (2097)

  • Internode resorts to disaster recovery

    The email accounts of Internode users were stranded over the weekend as the internet service provider battled a major storage infrastructure failure and was forced to fall back to its disaster recovery centre to restore lost services.

  • VMware reveals ESX 4.0 features

    VMware's forthcoming ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor update will allow users to change the amount of RAM allocated to virtual machines without rebooting them, VMworld 2008 attendees heard this week in the US.

  • Chrome comes to Mac/Linux

    Application portability software developer CodeWeavers has ported a version of Google's Chrome Web browser to Mac OS X and Linux and made the software available for free.

  • Canterbury Uni adopts Vista

    Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK has moved to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system in time for the new academic year.

  • HP considers own Linux-based OS

    Hewlett Packard is reportedly considering building an alternative operating system to Microsoft Windows, based on Linux.

  • Qld education progresses PC project

    Queensland's Department of Education, Training and the Arts has revealed it is most of the way through one of Australia's largest roll-outs of a standard desktop PC and server operating environments, including a standardised Apple Mac installation.

  • Microsoft attacks potential VMWare feature

    Senior Microsoft security strategist Steve Riley last week criticised virtualisation rival VMWare for an idea that could see virtualised operating system images patched while they were still running in memory.

  • 23 Sept launch for Adobe CS4

    Adobe this week said it would launch an update to its flagship Creative Suite software bundle on 23 September.

  • Google Chrome: 5 reasons for and 5 against

    Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome. We spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

  • Google Chrome faster than Firefox, IE, Safari

    Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome as related in the preview actually stack up?

  • iPhone issues caused by power chip?

    Another plausible scenario for the iPhone 3G reception problems primarily experienced in the US has emerged: it's related to faulty power-control software.

  • Clone maker will countersue Apple

    US-based Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday in the US as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anti-competitive business practices.

  • UMPCs on parade at IDF

    A whole gaggle of Atom powered UMPCs turned up at the Intel Developer Forum this week, including offerings from Lenovo, Fujistu, Sharp and Panasonic.

  • Apple sued over iPhone 3G speeds

    An Alabama woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple in the US, claiming the iPhone 3G's speeds were slower than advertised.

  • iPhone patch fixes 3G issues

    Apple has acknowledged the iPhone 3G's reception issues, appearing to confirm that the iPhone OS 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems.

Create an e-mail alert for "os"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
os


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Renai LeMay StartupCamp Melbourne: The review
    StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0.
  • Array Google should come clean on datacentres
    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
  • Array US shows what OPEL could have been
    Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured