Speaking at an Intel sponsored event promoting the latest range of Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, a BMW IT Manager said the car giant had begun migrating its 85,000 Windows desktops from XP to Windows 7.
The fact that anyone is upgrading XP to anything is somewhat remarkable.
Windows XP was launched 10 years ago, and [...]

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In January Intel launched its flagship Core i5-5xx and i7-6xx series processors. Based on the new 32nm Nehalem architecture, these chips are Intel’s current state of the art products.
No doubt the Core i7-6xx series will be a popular choice in server systems and with people looking for the very highest performance workstations for video editing [...]

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Apple fans argue Snow Leopard Server is functionally equivalent to Windows Server running Microsoft Exchange, Office Communications Server, SQL Server, SharePoint and a third party anti-spam engine, but that Snow Leopard Server costs much less than Windows.
And with OS X there are no additional per-user license fees to pay for each of these apps.
Hardware costs [...]

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Later today Microsoft will announce the price of Office 2010 at the CES show in Las Vegas. But while the software giant is ready to announce the price for customers in the USA, it will take a little longer before people in the rest of the world will be told the price for the new [...]

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Today Microsoft finally launched the consumer versions of its Windows 7 operating system. While the software ushers in several new features like a much improved Task Bar, the most ground breaking is new support for Touch Screen devices.
Experts say it will take time before software such as office tools and consumer titles will be updated [...]

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Launched in August, Apple’s Snow Leopard server operating system includes a new beefed up mail server that supports Push email to the iPhone.
Following the update, Snow Leopard will contact users whenever it receives new mail. Without Push, each user’s mail software must poll the server every few minutes to see if new mail has arrived.
Adding [...]

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The Latitude Z is Dell’s brand new ultra-thin laptop. In terms of shape and size it’s aimed squarely at the MacBook Air.
Although one runs Windows and the other Mac OS X, both are excellent platforms for office applications, web browsing and email.
In fact, two have even more in common because both come with a fair [...]

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The options for firms buying server virtualization tools opened up enormously following the launch of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 about one year ago. Later this month the Microsoft will release Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. This update adds some vital functions, notably Live Migration, which will force many IT organizations to ask themselves why they are [...]

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Microsoft’s move to add its Hyper-V driver software into the Linux kernel is not a sinister ploy to sink open source software. Rather it’s a sign of how vitally important virtualization is to the server software market place.  Few customers would take Hyper-V seriously until it runs Linux software as well as competing hypervisors.
Without this [...]

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Internet telephone specialist Skype has launched a new version of its iPhone software optimized for work with the latest Apple iPhone OS 3 software and iPhone 3GS hardware.
Skype on the iPhone enables users to make free Skype to Skype voice calls and have free text based chat sessions with other Skype users.
In our tests, the [...]

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