Desktop Software
333 Stories
Will virtualization bend or break licensing rules?
Insight perspective Implementing virtualization without studying your licenses could lead to some unpleasant surprises, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Software licensing, Virtualization, IT budgeting, Gartner Inc., application virtualization, Procurement, asset management, compliance, client-server, desktop software
S'pore startup to plug managed services hole
News Value Advantage wants to help managed services providers penetrate SME market, and address "disconnect" in how technology is packaged and sold.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Service level management, Services, Business, Canadian company, Greg Lipper, Small And Medium Enterprise, CEO, COO, Asia-Pacific
Orange Option ICON2 USB Modem
Reviews It's not particularly stylish and the desktop software is short on features, but if you want a reliable USB 3G modem that's ready for 7.2Mbps operation, Orange's Option ICON2 seems like a good choice.
US$2.27B: The price of pirate desktop software in the UK
News More than a quarter of the desktop software installed in the United Kingdom last year was pirated.
Tags: Piracy, Business applications, Apple Inc., Egypt, Piracy, Business Software Alliance, International Data Corp., software company, software, desktop software
Critical Adobe Reader hole discovered
News Core Security has warned of a vulnerability in version 8.1.2 of Adobe Reader that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer.
Tags: Business applications, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Vulnerability, software, allocation, Core Security Technologies, JavaScript, desktop software, News.com
Mozilla's e-mail group looks toward the cloud
News Mozilla Messaging, while about to release Thunderbird 3 desktop e-mail software, also turning its attention to cloud computing with Raindrop project.
Tags: E-mail clients, Mozilla Thunderbird, Google Inc., E-mail, E-mail clients, Thunderbird 3, Raindrop, Mozilla Messaging, advertisement, software
Aussie organizations shun Office 2010
News No large Australian organization is known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Training, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows XP, KPMG Consulting Inc., Microsoft Office, desktop, Benefit, Microsoft Windows
HP to offer Suse desktop Linux to small businesses
News Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop will be offered with the HP Compaq dc5850 to business and education customers in the United States for US$519.
Tags: Business applications, Linux, Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Small Business, Novell Inc., Desktop Linux, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SuSE
Ubuntu gets Web-based file sync and sharing
News Beta-testing is under way for the Ubuntu One synchronization service for those running the Jaunty Jackalope version of the Linux software, aka Ubuntu 9.04.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, Linux, desktop
WeSync 1.5
Product Reviews WeSync 1.5
Tags: Palm Inc., Calendar, IBM Lotus Notes, handheld computing, Palm VII, WeSync 1.5, handheld, desktop, Web Site, built-In
Google polishes competition charm offensive
News A month-long appeal to paint Google as a friendly face in a big Internet comes to San Francisco in a potential preview of Google's anti-antitrust talking points.
Tags: Search, Christine Varney, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Advertisement, antitrust, revenue, Internet, Search
To challenge Google, Microsoft might want to think Apple
News Redmond's challenge is to prove the Windows experience is worth paying for. If it is looking for a game plan, it might want to look at how the Mac has tackled the PC.
Tags: Investor relations, Public relations, Forecasting, Network administration/implementation, Standards, Growth strategies and tools, Innovation, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser
Microsoft to discontinue MS Money
News The software maker has notified financial institutions that it plans to stop selling its long-running personal finance program, CNET News has learned.
Tags: Personal applications, Financial Company, financial, Web Site, Web, Personal applications, Intuit Inc.
Japan gives OK to Sun desktop suite
News The Japanese government has approved Sun Microsystems' open-source desktop software for use within one of its ministries, Sun is expected to announce.
Tags: Open source
Red Hat bails on consumer Linux desktop
News Red Hat's desktop software unit reveals company has shelved plans to launch desktop Linux for the consumer market.
Tags: Open source, Linux desktop OS
