Dell launched its first laptop that comes with an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless docking option and Linux module that runs alongside Microsoft Windows software. The Linux suite extends battery life and provide instant access to email and web applications.
Launched today, the Dell Latitude Z is an ultra thin portable that measures just 2.5cm from top to [...]

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Fitted with a touch screen and weighing just 2.91 lbs (1.32 kg), the Dell Latitude 2100 is an ultra-portable with a difference. Originally designed for kids in college, the 2100 has a tough rubberised exterior and sturdy screen hinges. You shouldn’t throw it off a building but it is probably stronger than many laptops.
But don’t [...]

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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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Hping is open-source network testing software, and some time ago one our software gurus compiled a version of Hping to run on the Sharp Zaurus, which is a fairly ancient Linux based mobile device. Although the Zaurus may be long in the tooth, the software should also work on other Linux based devices that use the StrongArm [...]

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Launched in October, the appliance is based on a Dell PowerEdge 2970 server and the Red Hat Application Stack, which includes the Apache web server, MySQL database and JBoss application server.
As well as making it extremely quick and easy for administrators to deploy applications, once deployed, the service and support package makes it easy to [...]

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We explain how to create a simple server virtual machine (VM) running Ubuntu Linux 8.0.4. We chose Ubuntu because it is well supported both by free on-line documentation and also by services companies that you could pay for help and advice.
We assume you are running VMware Workstation 6, but these instructions would work just as [...]

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This article explains how to set up a Ubuntu server as a virtual mail host. The resulting server could be used as a bastion mail server, which accepts email from anywhere on the Internet, provided the email is addressed to a domain hosted by your network.
A further HowTo explains how to convert this configuration so [...]

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We explain how to update our Bastion Mail host configuration so it could be used as an internal mail server, which would accept mail from any user that is logged into this server – they could be connected from anywhere on the Internet, provided they have a user account defined in the “virtual” table in the [...]

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The new Server Core feature in Windows Server 2008 enables Microsoft to compete head to head with open-source Linux as a platform for running Linux and Unix server software.
Windows Server Core is a new text based operating mode in Windows Server 2008 that resembles the non-graphical console used by most Linux server systems.
Server Core systems [...]

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Virtualisation specialist VMware today announced details of the forthcoming VMware Server 2. Like its predecessor, the new suite is designed to run on Linux and Windows hosts is available free of charge. A beta version of Server 2 is available for immediate download from VMware by clicking on this link.
Highlights of the new release include [...]

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