Analysts: Thin clients remain niche
Vendors such as HP and Citrix, are attempting to bring back the thin client model, which analysts say remains niche for now although enterprise acceptance is growing.
Optimize storage during downturn, firms urged
During difficult times, Asian businesses need to look at strategies for lowering operating expenditure and better managing data growth, says analyst.
Telcos warned: Join Google's cloud
Telcos looking to offer cloud services to their customers would do well to get into bed with Google, analyst house Gartner has warned.
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Green Hills spins off Integrity operating system
Spinoff company aims to bring military-grade virtualization to corporations.
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Texas University launches security tech incubator
Institute for Cyber Security's incubator at University of Texas at San Antonio to initially help start-ups focused on protecting companies from Web application attacks and threats with using online mashups.
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Mathematica 7 arrives with built-in human genome
The newest version of the software gets new data sets, image processing abilities, and built-in support for quad-core chips.
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Advertising could fund future broadband
The leaders of two of Australia's largest ISP's see a viable business model in offering free or discounted broadband connectivity, sponsored by advertisements targeted according to a user's Web surfing habits.
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Security firms slam Microsoft 'capitulation'
Major security companies have criticized Microsoft's OneCare security software and the software giant's decision to stop charging for the offering.
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Apple's Snow Leopard due early 2009
According to an Apple executive's presentation, the OS X update could debut at the beginning of next year, slightly earlier than expected.
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Microsoft, Novell prepare 'Moonlight' beta
As Microsoft hits the second anniversary of its deal with Novell, the software makers announce they are nearly ready with a beta version of the Linux-based Silverlight player.
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Microsoft hiring could be slow through 2010
At shareholders meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer says he expects headcount growth to be much slower for some time to come.
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Master data management set to thrive in downturn
Gartner says the market for software that creates a master, or single view, of data will grow by almost 25 percent this year.
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Ballmer: 'We are done' with Yahoo acquisition idea
Speaking at its shareholder meeting, Microsoft's CEO reiterates that Microsoft remains open to some sort of search partnership, but says there are no active discussions in that area.
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iPhone calls up No. 1 ranking for mobile metrics
Apple's popular smartphone captures the top spot worldwide for advertiser requests on the mobile-ad network AdMob for the month of October.
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Sun aims HPC at small organizations
New storage, cluster systems and software aim to take high-performance computing to smaller organizations, departments and branch offices.
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Google's Schmidt calls for more innovation, stronger infrastructure
The CEO on Monday laid out broad policy proposals for Washington that include opening up the government and investing in infrastructure.
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Microsoft to offer free consumer security suite
Software giant cans fee-based security and Windows Live OneCare service in favor of free consumer software focused on protecting PCs against malware.
Find more stories in: Security, Antivirus software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Live, OneCare, Websense Inc., software, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc.
LHC restart gets reset to June
Famous CERN particle accelerator could be rebooted when warm weather returns, following repairs as expensive as US$16 million stemming from a September helium leak.
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