Eric Lai - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 4/03/2010 N. Korea develops operating system with Windows-like GUI, Linux guts

The North Korean government appears to have developed its own graphical Linux-based "Red Star" operating system, though its people still prefer that s...

Article | 3/03/2010 Dell is latest to unveil 'zero client' hardware for VDI

Jumping on the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) bandwagon, Dell has announced its first 'zero client' device aimed at large enterprises.

Article | 24/02/2010 Twitter growth prompts switch from MySQL to 'NoSQL' database

Ryan King, an engineer at Twitter, today told the blog MyNoSQL that the social networking company plans to move from MySQL to the Cassandra database f...

Article | 19/02/2010 Apple disses our DRM for iPad, Adobe says

Apple Inc. will not use Adobe Systems Inc.'s e-book digital rights management (DRM) technology, an Adobe executive said on Wednesday.

Article | 18/02/2010 Wired app for iPad avoids Apple's Flash blockade, ePub format

At the TED conference last week, Wired magazine showed off a new digital version of its publication that's targeted at tablets like Apple Inc.'s iPad ...

Article | 8/02/2010 CIOs clamor for usage-based pricing

Sick of overpaying for features they don't need or use, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140456">enterprise</a> software customers are...

Article | 12/02/2010 Exploding batteries on planes: Rare and small risk

As the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes stricter rules on the shipments of lithium batteries, a close look at Federal Aviation Administratio...

Article | 3/02/2010 Linux, Windows or both? Doesn't matter to virtual desktop vendor, Ulteo

Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software, which the open-source startup says will cost c...

Article | 5/02/2010 Report: Microsoft may launch new Office cloud license

Microsoft may be close to adding a new way for big businesses to buy Microsoft Office.

Article | 3/02/2010 Linux, Windows or both? Doesn't matter to virtual desktop vendor, Ulteo

Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software, which the open-source startup says will cost c...

Article | 3/02/2010 Apple iPad to trigger belated tablet boom, says ABI Research

Like a rising tide lifting all boats, Apple Inc.'s high-profile iPad will help sales of all media tablets to grow nearly 15-fold over the next five ye...

Article | 2/02/2010 Data warehousing vendors squabble over flash memory

Scalability has been the buzzword for data warehousing vendors over the past several years, with the standout questions being, how many petabytes of d...

Article | 28/01/2010 Where netbooks still beat the Apple iPad

Despite the introduction of the iPad and the harsh words of Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, netbooks will continue to thrive, say analysts and commentators...

Article | 28/01/2010 Oracle will boost MySQL, release Cloud Office suite

Oracle Corp. today promised to aggressively push its newly acquired MySQL open-source database, rather than kill it.

Article | 27/01/2010 Apple tablet unlikely to be B2B-ready, says vendor

Tablet computers preceding Apple's expected tablet may have been a dud with consumers, but they have actually made some inroads in industries such as ...