44 news & feature articles for 'Desktop'
Windows 7 boots slower than Vista?
... boasts that Windows 7 starts up faster than Vista. Windows 7 does not start faster than Vista, it’s time to the desktop measured as around 40 seconds. Startup as the point where the computer is “fully ... read more
Published 12 Oct 2009 in news/microsoft newsNew Windows 7 Top Ten YouTube Videos
... business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and media center PCs. Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, with general retail availability set for October 22, 2009, less than three years after ... read more
Published 15 Sep 2009 in news/microsoft newsAveratec debuts 22-in. D1005 all-in-one PC; $799
... college students head back to the dorm, saving valuable desktop real estate is top of mind. The versatile D1005 is said to be apt for day-to-day Web browsing, social networking, home and business software ... read more
Published 20 Jul 2009 in news/technology newsFeedreader 3.14
... user desktops. With Feedreader, you have instant, convenient access to the up-to-the-minute news you need, without information overload. Feedreader automatically downloads updates from your favorite ... read more
Published 22 Apr 2009 in news/software newsLenovo's New ThinkStation 'Supercomputers' Are Fast, Green, Enormous data storage
Lenovo added new ThinkStation desktops, the S20 and D20, which the PC maker is billing as personal “supercomputers” that are specifically tailored for digital designers, geophysicists or anyone ... read more
Published 24 Mar 2009 in news/technology newsDell debuts its latest multi-touch PC
On Thursday, Dell fired a shot across Apple's bow with the introduction of the Dell Studio One 19 all-in-one desktop, unleashed its latest multi-touch PC in Japan, and it looks like the company has managed ... read more
Published 12 Mar 2009 in news/technology newsDell's Luxury Notebook, 'Adamo,' Unveiled
At an early morning CES press conference Friday, Dell showed a host of new products, including a new netbook, USB TV tuner, and a high-power gaming desktop. It also offered the press a peak at its mysterious ... read more
Published 10 Jan 2009 in news/technology newsGoogle leaps forward with Chrome 2.0 dev. preview
... commitment to making Chrome a serious contender on the desktop. Google makes Chrome available to end users through three separate channels: stable, beta, and developer preview. The stable channel, which ... read more
Published 09 Jan 2009 in news/technology newsMicrosoft spells out Vista SP2 contents
... 4, the current version of Microsoft's desktop search engine. Microsoft issued Search 4 to Vista users via Windows Update last July as a separate update. Reduces resources required for sidebar gadgets. ... read more
Published 04 Dec 2008 in news/technology newsIBM To Enterprise: Ditch Windows For Our "Microsoft-Free" Terminals (MSFT)
... units or hard drives. IBM, based in Armonk, N.Y., says pricing for the Virtual Linux Desktop would range from $59 to $289 per user, depending on what software and service level the customer chose. ... read more
Published 04 Dec 2008 in news/technology newsFedora 10 released, brimming with new features
... is a promising step forward for Fedora and it introduces some important new features and technologies that bring more robustness and usability to the desktop user experience. Fedora 10 is built ... read more
Published 25 Nov 2008 in news/software newsMicrosoft finally to bring Office to the Web, Windows smart phones
After teasing the market multiple times, Microsoft Corp. plans to finally confirm today that it's bringing its most money-making desktop software franchise online and to smart phones. Microsoft will ... read more
Published 29 Oct 2008 in news/technology newsA first look at Windows 7’s pre-beta PDC release
... desktop), which contain some significant revisions to core Windows features. Some of the tweaks to the Windows interface are blindingly obvious, at least in retrospect. Explorer windows now include ... read more
Published 29 Oct 2008 in news/technology newsMicrosoft Unveils Windows Azure 'Cloud' OS
Microsoft on Monday unveiled Azure, a software and services platform that's a key part of a strategy that sees the company lessening its emphasis on desktop software and shifting more resources to Web-based ... read more
Published 28 Oct 2008 in news/technology newsDetails about Microsoft's cloud computing expected at conference
... the company toward developing software that straddles the desktop and the Internet, and it foreshadowed Bill Gates' handoff of leadership to Ozzie. Microsoft's cloud-platform strategy has come out in ... read more
Published 27 Oct 2008 in news/technology newsIt's Official: Windows 7 at PDC, WinHEC
Microsoft has confirmed that attendees of its two forthcoming developer conferences get an early version of Windows 7, the next version of its desktop client. The company made the news official on ... read more
Published 26 Sep 2008 in news/technology newsGoogle's G1 Takes On iPhone and Mobile Web
... of popular programs like Gmail and Maps, but in a dedicated button for Google Search on the keyboard as well. The link between the desktop Internet and the mobile Web was underscored in a surprise ... read more
Published 24 Sep 2008 in news/technology newsIntel Releases Its New Dual-core Atom 300 Processor
Intel introduced today its new dual-core Atom 300 processor, which retails for $43. It has two 1.6 GHz processor cores and 1 MB of Level 2 cache, being designed for desktop computers. It also supports ... read more
Published 23 Sep 2008 in news/technology newsNvidia Cutting 360 Workers as Competition with Intel, AMD Intensifies
... processor units) and chip sets for desktop and notebooks, as well as high-end discrete graphics for gaming PCs, the company is facing increased competition from AMD and Intel. In August, AMD released ... read more
Published 19 Sep 2008 in news/technology newsApple Blocks Competing Podcaster On App Store, Devs React
... section of iTunes." The decision was clearly taken to block competition, as Podcaster is superior to the desktop iTunes podcast system, in that it allows you to download podcasts directly to ... read more
Published 16 Sep 2008 in news/apple news
