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Articles Posted on 22 October 2009

Majority Of UK Firms To Migrate To Windows 7 Before 2011

Majority Of UK Firms To Migrate To Windows 7 Before 2011

News Software

A survey carried out by research analyst firm Forrester Research found out that the majority of UK businesses questioned are looking forward to move to Windows 7 over the next 12 months.53 percent of the UK decision makers probed...


DSGi Giving Discounts On Windows 7 Computers When Trading In Laptops

DSGi Giving Discounts On Windows 7 Computers When Trading In Laptops

News Software

DSGi, the owners of PC World, Currys and Dixons and one of Europe's largest computer retailers, announced yesterday during the official UK launch of Windows 7 in London that they would be giving up to £100 cashback when...


£27.90 Windows 7 Resource Kit Book

£27.90 Windows 7 Resource Kit Book

News Software

In-depth and comprehensive, this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer your Windows 7 system. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best - Microsoft Most Valuable...


Buy Windows 7 For Less Through Microsoft Technet Direct

Buy Windows 7 For Less Through Microsoft Technet Direct

News Software

Users can download all the versions of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, plus more than 200 other Microsoft applications from Technet Direct, which Microsoft describes as the essential resource for the IT professional but...


Security Issues Still Solved Using "Piecemeal" Approach

Security Issues Still Solved Using "Piecemeal" Approach

News Security

The tendency to tackle myriad information security challenges in a piecemeal manner has become the biggest bane for organisations which exposes them to significant security risks, according to remarks made by RSA chief executive...


50 Percent of ISO 27001 Companies Not Respecting Security Rules

50 Percent of ISO 27001 Companies Not Respecting Security Rules

News Security

If the findings of a recent survey by Quocirca are to be believed, nearly 50 percent of organisations in Europe that claim to have attained the ISO 27001 standards are apparently sharing their privileged user accounts and are not...


European Commission Floats Idea Of Web Accessibility Legislation

European Commission Floats Idea Of Web Accessibility Legislation

News Software

The European Commission has proposed legislating to ensure that all EU nations adopt accessibility rules designed to ease disabled people's access to the web. Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has for the...


Microsoft Starts Selling Computers Online

Microsoft Starts Selling Computers Online

News Mobile & Telco

In what comes across as a major surprise for industry watchers, software giant computer giant Microsoft has started to sell personal computers through its revamped online store.   The move by Microsoft to start selling...


Virtualisation, Cloud Computing Still High On Tech Agenda

Virtualisation, Cloud Computing Still High On Tech Agenda

News Hardware

Amongst the several technologies that hogged the limelight at the recent Gartner Symposium held in Orlando, Virtualization and Cloud computing came on tops as numerous analysts pondered over the directions these technologies will...


Barnes & Noble Introduces Nook eBook Reader

Barnes & Noble Introduces Nook eBook Reader

News Software

US largest brick and mortar independent bookstore, Barnes and Nobles, has launched a new eBook reader, the Nook, that comes with a prominent secondary colour touchscreen display that can be used as a keyboard. Unsurprisingly, the...


Life After Windows 7 : Pondering Over Windows 8

Life After Windows 7 : Pondering Over Windows 8

News Software

Now that Windows 7 has been launched, it is time to think about the next version of Windows, which has been dubbed Windows 8 already. Windows 7 came out two years and nine months after the release of Vista and using the same time...


ARM Launches Cortex A5 Processor For Cheaper Smartphones, Smartbooks

ARM Launches Cortex A5 Processor For Cheaper Smartphones, Smartbooks

News Hardware

British processor designer ARM has announced the launch of its Cortex-A5 MPCore microprocessor family, a range of products that's squarely aimed at devices like smartphones, set top boxes, consumer electronics as well as non x86...


VMWare Revenues Keep On Growing

VMWare Revenues Keep On Growing

News Hardware

VMware has exhibited signs of recovery in its third-quarter financial results after the plummeting economy had a big bite off from its profits and revenues, as the leader in virtualization technology has topped Wall...


Windows 7 OS To Encourage Virtualization Reckons VMWare

Windows 7 OS To Encourage Virtualization Reckons VMWare

News Software

The release of the Microsoft’s latest OS upgrade Windows 7 should step-up the adoption of virtualisation technology, but it won’t essentially induce a significant shift from physical to virtual desktops, according to...


IBM To Sell Voltaire's 10GbE Switches

IBM To Sell Voltaire's 10GbE Switches

News Hardware

Voltaire, the worldwide leader in server and storage switches, has announced that it is further extending its reseller agreement with IBM that would see the latter selling Voltaire’s new 10GB Ethernet switches, codenamed as...


20 Percent Of US Internet Users Now Tweet Says Pew

20 Percent Of US Internet Users Now Tweet Says Pew

News Security

A recent study has discovered that around one in five internet users is either tweeting on Twitter or using other such service to stay connected with their friends and colleagues. The research document from Pew Internet &...


Windows 7 Becomes Amazon's Biggest Pre-order Ever

Windows 7 Becomes Amazon's Biggest Pre-order Ever

News Software

Retail giant Amazon has confirmed that Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has surpassed J.K. Rowling’s last novel, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, and Nintendo Wii to become the...


Wikipedia To Collaborate With HP On Personalised Magazine Venture

Wikipedia To Collaborate With HP On Personalised Magazine Venture

News Web

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's founder, has announced that he has entered into an agreement with MagCloud, the printing service of computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard’s that will let users create their own customised print...


Google, Microsoft Strike Partnership With Twitter

Google, Microsoft Strike Partnership With Twitter

News Web

Microblogging phenomenon Twitter has of late emerged as the most sought after property on the internet after it announced deals with the two biggest names of the Silicon Valley, Microsoft and Google, on the same day. Of the two,...


Apple Finally Upgrades Mac Mini PC

Apple Finally Upgrades Mac Mini PC

News Hardware

Apple has finally managed to upgrade the tiny, small form factor Mac Mini although the changes are not as substantial as for the iMac for example; one big difference though is Mac OS X Server coming to the diminutive...


£89 Dell GX260 Intel P4 512MB, 15" TFT Monitor, Windows XP Pro

£89 Dell GX260 Intel P4 512MB, 15" TFT Monitor, Windows XP Pro

News Hardware

Dell's OptiPlex series combines power, functionality, versatility and ease of maintenance all in one machine. Built with business in mind, yet well suited for the home user, the OptiPlex series is a computer that offers a perfect...

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