Twitter has helped Dell sell its products, suggesting a model by which the popular social networking site could assist other companies in generating revenue
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Does Your Business Need Mac’s Snow Leopard Or Windows 7?
The latest Mac OS runs faster 64 bit apps and supports MS Exchange, but will that be enough to convince companies to take it onboard?
Windows 7 Will Feature Improved Power Management
Some of the new features also are designed to give IT professionals more control and flexibility over management of the energy-efficiency capabilities of Windows 7 OS systems
Palm Appoints Former Apple Exec As CEO
Palm announced it has promoted Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple employee and the man behind the Palm Pre, to the position of chairman and CEO
O2 Gouges Customers For New iPhone 3G S
Cashing in on the end of an agreement, and clearing the decks for the Palm Pre? Apart from the price rise, it's all rumour
Apple Teams Up With TomTom On iPhone Sat Nav
Apple has used the opportunity of the WWDC to roll out a number of products, including Safari 4, the iPhone 3G S and new versions of its popular laptop lines
Tough Times Need Disruptive Technologies
The recession is encouraging interest in ‘green' IT, virtual servers and desktops, the growth of cloud computing and the rise of the netbook.
Apple Uncages OSX Update Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard will feature several improvements, including an updated version of QuickTime and full support for Microsoft Exchange servers
Jobs Misses Apple’s WDC Conference
The number of iPhone and iTouch users continues to spiral up despite the recession: from 1 million active users in 2002 to 25m in 2007 to an estimated 75m in 2009
Microsoft and OpenDocument Format – At Last Some Compatibility?
Microsoft supports ODF and OpenOffice is Office-compatible. We'd be in file format heaven, if it weren't for the difference between ODF 1.1 and 1.2, says Jason Brooks
Google Android – Better For Netbooks Than Windows 7
It might seem strange to put a phone operating system on a netbook, but Don Reisinger thinks it might be a better choice than Windows 7.
Palm Pre Grabs Limelight Before New iPhone Rolls In
With Apple's new iPhone to be announced any time now, Palm made the most of its launch window
Acer Android Netbook Will Have Windows Too
Laptop maker hedges its bets - and puts paid to hopes of an Android-fuelled price crash
Apple’s Nehalem-Based Xserve: Cheap And Feature-Packed
It is feature-rich and easy to use - but does Apple's Xserve get the full benefit out of its Nehalem processor?
Intel Expands Beyond PC With Wind River
The deal will help Intel expand deeper into such areas as embedded systems, mobile devices such as smartphones and consumer electronics
Microsoft Bing: At Last Google Has A Rival
After all the excitement, how does Bing measure up? Jim Rapoza has been using it non-stop since it launched, so he knows
Gartner: Invest Now For The Recovery
Use green IT, virtualisation and the cloud to prepare for future growth, says analyst firm
HP Widget Nags You To Switch Your PC Off
Power To Change initiative aims to encourage users to turn off PCs at night
Freescale Targets Chips At Netbooks
Freescale Semiconductor expects its chips to be in netbooks — or “smartbooks,” as it calls them — shipping later this year
Microsoft: Windows 2008 RC2 Will Improve Virtualisation
Microsoft is betting that Windows 7 and Windows 2008 RC2 server will be the substantial hits it needs to reverse its fortunes in a slumping economy
Sony Ericsson Satio Has “Half The iPhone’s Carbon Footprint”
Green consumers may want to know - but Sony Ericsson isn't planning to market the Satio as a green phone
How Do Phones Go Green?
You can improve the manufacture of phones - and then there's the problems of chargers and recycling
Microsoft Sets Ship Date For Windows 7
Rumors abound that Windows 7 will also be ported onto mininotebooks, aka netbooks
XP Mode Could Make Windows 7 A Must-Have
Windows XP mode will be a major selling point for Windows 7- and it's the single feature that will make most companies jump at the chance to have Windows 7, says Don Reisinger.
Psion And Intel Settle Over Netbook Name
The fight centered on whether a company could own the right to the term “netbook.”
Netbooks Are Not a Business Solution
Machines that are underpowered and hamper your employees' productivity are not going to catch on anytime soon.
What Windows 7 Means … For Apple
With the annoying stuff from Vista removed and the ability to run a virtual instance of XP within Windows 7, Apple should worry
Microsoft Allies Rally Against EU
An industry body partly funded by Microsoft has come to its defence
First Ever Intel Core i7 Laptop Launched
The Intel Core i7 processor will power a new laptop being offered by AVADirect. Expected benefits include triple-channel memory and DDR3 memory running up to 1333MHz.
US Department Loses 20 Percent Of Computers
The report also finds that many PCs are not encrypted, and the disposal process for computers is not uniform