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Spy program snoops on cell phones

March 30, 2006 Software hides itself on phones to secretly capture data, leading one security company to label it a Trojan horse. TAGS: security company, F-Secure Corp., cell phone, trojan horse, security, monitor, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Short Take: Dell to include Linux its PCs

August 9, 1999 Dell will preinstall the Linux operating system on its laptops and home computers in the coming months, extending the operating system availability from servers, workstations, and business desktops... TAGS: Short take, portable computer, Linux, spokesman, home PC, workstation, Dell Dimension, Dell, operating system, server, laptop computer, PC

Linspire offers free version of OS

April 24, 2006 Linspire plans to offer a free version of its Linux operating system, called Freespire. TAGS: Linspire, free version, Linux, operating system

Intel shows off 80-core processor

February 11, 2007 The chip unveiled at IDF works, but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome before an 80-core chip shows up in a living room. TAGS: transistor, Intel, memory chip, Intel x86, manufacturing, researcher, server, operating system, PC

Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-side

June 15, 2006 Parallels promises to let both OSes do their thing on a Mac at the same time, unlike Apple's BootCamp. TAGS: Apple Boot Camp, Apple Macintosh, virtualization, Apple Computer, CAD, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Rethinking software licensing

August 29, 2006 SWsoft CEO Serguei Beloussov says virtualization is creating new issues for buyers and sellers of software. TAGS: virtualization, software company, buyer, asset, operating system, server

Microsoft patches Xbox 360

March 5, 2007 Vulnerability could have let Xbox owners run their own applications or operating systems like Linux on the console. TAGS: Microsoft Xbox, hacker, console, Xbox 360, game console, Linux, fix, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Microsoft makes Zune Vista-friendly

December 20, 2006 Player now works with new operating system, thanks to software update that also adds unspecified security updates. TAGS: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Microsoft to invest $150 million in Apple

August 6, 1997 Unlikely bedfellows Bill Gates and Steve Jobs join to announce Microsoft's $150 million investment in Apple and extensive agreements. TAGS: Dwight Davis, CFO, Bill Gates, Apple Computer, programming language, Microsoft Office, investment, Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs, Java, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista

July 6, 2009 Microsoft aims to make a much different first impression with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, its oft-maligned predecessor. TAGS: Ina Fried, Product Spotlight, Windows 7, Del.icio.us, margin, Digg, software company, Microsoft Windows Vista, font, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, operating system

Beware the 'pod slurping' employee

February 15, 2006 With iPod, app creator warns, "you could probably have every business document in a medium-size firm" in 2 minutes. TAGS: Burton, threat, Apple iPod, minute, Apple Computer, security, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

The next generation of security threats

December 5, 2007 Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern. TAGS: security threat, Del.icio.us, Digg, hacker, security, generation, conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, threat, rootkit, Microsoft Corp., developer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Adobe fixes PDF reader flaws

July 12, 2006 If left unpatched, vulnerabilities in Adobe Systems' PDF reader software could put Windows, Mac users at risk of cyberattack. TAGS: PDF reader, Adobe Systems Inc., cyberattack, flaw, Adobe Acrobat, vulnerability, buffer-overflow, risk, Adobe PDF, Apple Mac OS, security, Apple Macintosh, operating system, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay

September 27, 2007 Customers, not quite ready for Vista, persuade the company to allow PC makers to keep selling XP for an additional five months. TAGS: PC company, computer company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Fujitsu, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

Red Hat unveils fully open-source hypervisor

June 19, 2008 Linux company says the product, now in beta, will complement--not compete with--its existing virtualization strategy based on Xen.(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK) TAGS: hypervisor, virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Xen, embedded Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, KVM, open source, VMware, virtual machine, announcement, Linux, operating system, server

Windows Vista available to developers

November 17, 2006 Members of MSDN and TechNet can download the final code of the new OS. Plus, some testers of Vista will get free copies. TAGS: Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Vista, code, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Linux tool speeds up computer forensics for cops

March 6, 2008 Australian students build Linux-based tool that allows investigators to collect forensic data without compromising its integrity. TAGS: integrity, police, Linux, operating system, hard drive

Virtualization homes in on desktops

September 17, 2007 Software makers are eyeing more ways the one-computer-as-many approach can help businesses and beyond. TAGS: virtualization, virtual machine, VMware, XenSource Inc., server, operating system, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Which company is more successful: Apple or Microsoft?

March 29, 2006 Readers weigh in on which computer company has had the bigger impact on the tech industry. TAGS: Apple Computer, computer company, Apple iPod, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows

Lenovo, Microsoft extend partnership

April 18, 2006 Companies extend their working relationship to promote the Windows operating system around the world, TAGS: Lenovo, China, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows
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