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Kerala Shuts Windows, Schools to Use Only Linux The Indian Express: "Kerala is all set to become the first state in the country to completely banish Microsoft and allow only GNU/Linux free software to be used in the mandatory IT test at the state SSLC examinations..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your datacenter can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total lifecycle environmental impact. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Time to dump Windows? InfoWorld's "Save XP" petition asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP available indefinitely, not end most sales on June 30 as currently planned, has prompted many readers to suggest that maybe the best answer for those who don't like Vista is to switch to another operat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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It's not Vista: Windows Server 2008 gets nod from IT It may look like Windows Vista. It shares the same code base as Vista. It even rolls in Vista's first Service Pack. But in terms of customer adoption plans, Windows Server 2008 is no Vista.A new Computerworld su Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OS shoot-out: Windows vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux The Mac's been on a roll, both due to its highly regarded Mac OS X Leopard operating system and to an unhappy reception for Microsoft's Windows Vista. The result: For the first time in memory, the Mac's market share has hit 9.1 percent, according to IDC data, and Wind Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows 7: The Linux killer Microsoft has long been worried about Linux competition in the server market. When it came to ordinary PCs and laptops, however, it knew it had little to fear.But that was then. Now Microsoft may fear Linux on t Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft eases hardware terms for Windows XP on low-cost PCs Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to documents seen by IDG News Service.While June 30 marked the last Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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If Windows is a dead end, what's next? The writing is on the wall. Despite a major push to sell the much-maligned Windows Vista, customers aren't buying. Nearly two years after Vista's release, Windows XP remains the standard desktop OS in business, and Microsoft has extended its availability three times ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OLPC switch to Windows on XO is 'muddled,' developers say Open-source developers should stop bickering, unite, and jointly develop a Windows user interface to make XO laptops more appealing to users, One Laptop Per Child Chairman Nicholas Negroponte has urged in a public note to that community. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows Server 2008: Windows also rises We suppose it happens in families too, where one twin seems charmed from the start while the other lives under a shadow. Certainly that's the case with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, the one almost universally heralded and the other widely snubbed. Still, isn' Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Clean your Windows registry, speed up your PC Let's start with a little quiz. I say, "Big, bloated, and full of errors." What do you say? Right, "Windows Registry." One more: "Messing with it is risky." If you guessed the Registry again, you pass. While fooling around with your Windows Registry does involve some Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Another Windows XP reprieve unlikely Microsoft may be set to extend Windows XP 's availability for low-cost laptops and a new generation of handheld devices, but it won't give the aged operating system a general reprieve from its June 30 retail and OEM cut-off, analysts said Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows update servers score 100% uptime, beat competitors Microsoft's Windows beat operating system rivals Mac OS X and Ubuntu in a three-month test of update server uptime, a Swedish uptime monitoring company said. According to Ping Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Worst Windows flaws of the past decade June 25, 1998, and June 30, 2008, marked two important milestones in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows OS -- the passing of the torch from Windows 95 to Windows 98, and the less seemly transition from XP to Vista. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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How to speed up Windows Vista SP1 may not give your system much more oomph, but there are other ways to speed Vista up. Spending a few minutes (or a few dollars) optimizing your Vista PC can help it get its groove on.Get flashy: If you have Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows' days may be numbered Could Microsoft be switching away from Windows?Some very interesting documents have been leaking out of Microsoft. They clearly indicate, believe it or not, that Microsoft is considering shifting its users from Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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New Windows Server will lead march to 64-bit OS The launch of a new family of Windows server products this week will kick-start a broad shift among customers to 64-bit versions of Microsoft's server software, analysts and customers said.Microsoft CEO Steve Ba Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows coming on dual-boot OLPC The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft plan to make both Windows and Linux available on a version of the project's XO laptop, the companies said Thursday.The parties expect to deliver a dual-boot XO syst Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Run Windows Apps in Linux with Wine 1.0 lifehacker: "No matter how easy Linux distributions make it for newcomers to install and use a free, open-source operating system, nearly everyone has at least one program that only works in Windows..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Microsoft mulling 'Instant On' feature for Windows Microsoft is considering giving its Windows client OS the capability to be turned on very rapidly by allowing users only limited access to the OS, a concept it's calling "Instant On," according to a survey Microsoft conducted. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |