operating systems

Hello MobileMe, Bye .Mac

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:15:32 -0500

New change is coming as .Mac has mutated into MobileMe, though as of the moment the (login required) version of the .Mac site is still up and probably will be around for a while changes are announced to the .Mac membership.

UPENN Discourages Students From Using OS Vista

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:56 -0500

University of Pennsylvania technology officials are recommending to students and faculty members that they not install Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 on their computers, according to an article published Friday in Information Week. The operating system is an upgrade to Microsoft's Windows Vista.

IBM Accelerates Desktop Customer Choice With Support for Ubuntu, Red Hat, Novell Software

harminka — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:40:42 -0600

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it will offer an integrated Open Collaboration Client Solution with support for Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system from Canonical Ltd. that is especially popular for desktops, laptops and thin clients.

Apple to put on sale new operating system

Dinka — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:11:38 -0500

Apple Inc.'s online store is taking pre-orders for the next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard". It will be available Oct. 26 for $129 (€91).

Trolltech Releases Technology Preview of Qt for Windows CE

harminka — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:40:01 -0500

Trolltech® released an initial technology preview of Qt® for Windows® CE (Qt/WinCE) to its commercial customers and the open source community for testing and feedback. Qt/WinCE is a port of the Qt API and developer tools to the Windows CE operating system.

VMware CTO Sees Linux Advantage In Virtualizing Data Center

harminka — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:36:39 -0500

Two LinuxWorld speakers in San Francisco have made back to back predictions that Linux will play an increasingly commanding role in the rapid growth field of server virtualization, but it's not immediately clear why that should be so.

AMD Announces Support for Industry’s First x86 Native Quad-Core Solution

harminka — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:37:46 -0500

AMD today announced that leading x86 operating system (OS) and virtual infrastructure (VI) vendors are embracing support for AMD’s native Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, code-named “Barcelona.”

Facebook Acquires Parakey

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:04:26 -0500

Facebook, social networking website, acquired Parakey to make services better for its users.

Apple Presents Near Final Mac OS X Leopard

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:38:44 -0500

Apple today unveiled a near final version of Mac OSÃ‚Â® X Leopard, the sixth major release of the world's most advanced operating system.

Dell Unveils Linux PCs

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:55:06 -0500

Dell unveils it new PCs preloaded with Ubuntu Linux operating system. Customers have three choices while buying Dell's new computers: they can take a PC with no operating system installed, a PC with Windows OS, and a PC preloaded with Ubuntu Linux.

Microsoft Sold 40 Million Vista

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 16 May 2007 04:18:10 -0500

On Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2007 in Los Angeles Bill Gates said that Microsoft has already sold 40 million licenses on operating system Windows Vista in 100 days since the release.

JavaFX Mobile - New Software For Smart Phones

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:22:57 -0500

Sun Microsystem provides new Linux-Java based operating system for mobile devices such as smart phones.