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Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?

At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...

Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Details of AMD's Phenom II desktop chips keep leaking out

AMD will announce its second-generation Phenom quad-core chips at the big Consumer Electronics Show in January. But at the current rate at which the company is leaking information about its first 45nm desktop processors, there may not be much left to say by the time they get to Vegas. ...

Tags: Desktop, AMD Phenom, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Core, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-21

First Core i7 desktops from Dell, Alienware and Gateway

Now that Intel has officially released its Core i7 processor, fresh desktops are arriving daily. Dell has released four systems with Core i7 processors, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming rigs. Gateway also announced two FX-series gaming systems. Notably absent is HP, which has yet to announce...

Tags: Desktop, Alienware, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., Memory, Core, Gateway FX6800-01, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Flash Memory, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-19

SOA, BPM cozy up to desktop with TIBCO, OpenSpan partnership

Together the products cover SOA infrastructure requirements while ushering the services to the prevalent clients. The proper paths for SOA workflows and processes out to the user has been a subject of much and varied discourse over the past few years. There is no right answer; the more the better....

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Desktop, Partnership, BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner, Business Process, OpenSpan, OpenSpan Platform, TIBCO iProcess Suite, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, It Operations

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Central Desktop launches Enterprise SaaS suite

When it comes to online collaboration, Central Desktop has been serving small and medium-sized businesses for some time with the tools they need to manage versions of files, emails related to a project and calendaring tools designed to keep team members in sync. Now, as rocky economic...

Tags: Desktop, Software-as-a-service, Client-server, Tool, Productivity, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Oracle Gadgets: Flexible Desktop Access to CRM Data Goldmines...

Oracle, who have several code line families to care for and nurture, are announcing Siebel CRM 8.1.1 today, and more intriguingly from a collaboration perspective 'Oracle Customer Relationship Management CRM Gadgets for Sales', more evidence of the effort being put into Social CRM by Oracle. As the...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Access, Oracle Corp., Data, Siebel Systems Inc., Gadget, CRM, Sales Strategy, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-12

What's next after server virtualization? Desktop virtualization

There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to embark on the journey to client consolidation or desktop virtualization. The goal here is to reduce the costs of hardware, software and to reduce administrative and operational expenses....

Tags: Desktop, Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Supplier, Client System, Server Virtualization, Parallels, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience

Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experienceProbably didn't want to distract testers...Microsoft probably didn't want to distract testers from focusing on more important items, so they left these trivial eye-candy features hidden.RE: Windows 7 - The"(for 32-bit Vista … no 64-bit version available yet)"Nice slip there ;)Underwhelmed...These features are profoundly...

Tags: desktop virtualization, Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Developers, virtual desktop, Microsoft Windows 7, desktop, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Compiz

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Aviary launches with brand new domain, pricing model

This is a bit old, but I haven't had time to dig in and play with the public version of Aviary until recently. After a long beta period they've officially taken the wraps off of Phoenix, their bitmap editing tool and consolidated everything under the aviary.com domain. The launch not...

Tags: Desktop, Domain, Pricing Strategy, Tool, Aviary, Productivity, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Show of hands: Who wants multi-touch on a PC (and why)?

Even after seeing all the glitzy multi-touch Windows 7 demos last week, I still don't understand the appeal. Who really wants to have to touch their laptop or desktop screens to perform tasks that are easier and better done with a mouse and keyboard? by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Desktop, PC, Multi-touch, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Harnessing a multicore future

Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...

Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Intel's Core i7 gets put to the test

Intel won't announce its new Core i7 chips until later this month, but the first real reviews are popping up all over the place today. Based on the early previews, I expected to see good numbers and Core i7, formerly known as Nehalem, delivers. These first Core...

Tags: Desktop, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Core Microarchitecture, Core, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Better late than never: Microsoft Office Web apps percolating

When Microsoft announced this week that its next version of Office will include web apps there was no real surprise. But it reminded me of Steven Wright on Dr. Katz when he acknowledged that he usually had four or five cups of coffee before his first cup of coffee. Knowledge...

Tags: Desktop, Web, Knowledge Worker, Web Application, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Channel Management, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2008-11-01

BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?

What's driven Microsoft from day one, and continues to do so, is that Microsoft is the software company for Joe the Plumber. That's their constituency, not necessarily Joe the Developer. They cater to Joe the Developer, Joe the CIO, and Joe the Analyst certainly likes to check in on what...

Tags: Software, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Joe, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Gardner, Desktop, SOA, Apple Macs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Virtualization, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Pricing, Middleware, Storage Management, Hardware, Marketing, Storage

Blog posts 2008-10-31

VoiceMailer (zip)

VoiceMailer is a desktop application that will allow you to send and receive voice mail via your existing pop3 mail box. Default port numbers are set for GMail service. Though other pop3 mail service users can easily modify these port numbers to suit their service provider requirements. This version is...

Tags: Desktop, POP3, Port Number, VoiceMailer

Software downloads 2008-10-31

Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Changer (exe)

Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Changer is the program for using Macromedia Flash files as desktop wallpapers. After installation you can see these files as desktop wallpaper. Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Changer can change these files by user request. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Desktop, Desktop Wallpaper, Interactive Desktop Wallpaper Changer

Software downloads 2008-10-30

Microsoft's Live Framework: A (revised) picture is worth a thousand words

Microsoft's Live Framework: A revised picture is worth a thousand wordsAre you saying......that MS expects developers to use their online Mesh service so SL apps can be made to run offline? Shouldn't it be easy to recompile a SL app as a WPF one and run it offline?I say -MeshMashFashFlashsorry,......that...

Tags: online Mesh service, Mesh service, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

And, did I mention the new Dell thin client?

If you had any doubt that the arc of desktop virtualization will follow in the footprints of its older sibling, server virtualization, consider this: Dell has introduced its first thin client hardware, the OptiPlex FX160. Gartner predicts that deployments of virtualized PCs will grow from less than...

Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Thin Client, Thin Clients, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"Exactly, its not about making money.Which is why it never will. The Linux community is anti-profit. Every profit making scheme is labeled as "evil" and a corruption of the FOSS way of life.Absolutely Correct!It is a...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, thing technology need, SJVN, Linux desktop, Ubuntu, desktop, Linux, barn, Shuttleworth

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?

How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?So what exactly is the problem?Do a little research on the device you're buying, and make sure it comes with the software you want. If you're an RPM guy, don't by the Ubuntu-based netbook.Don't you do research before you buy a...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Linux Standard Base, distro, Ubuntu, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-10-27