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Article | 28/10/2009 With eye on Oracle and MySQL, Red Hat invests in EnterpriseDB
Red Hat Inc. has invested an unspecified amount in open-source database vendor EnterpriseDB Inc., a sign that the Linux vendor may be worried about th...
Article | 28/10/2009 Why Lenovo still lags in consumer PCs (and how it plans to fix that)
If all had gone according to plan, Lenovo Group Ltd. today would be trading elbows with Dell Inc. for the second spot in the PC market, while preparin...
Article | 27/10/2009 Ubuntu 9.10 Linux creator calls Windows 7 'excellent release'
Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the maker of the most popular desktop Linux alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, not only c...
Article | 23/10/2009 Report: Microsoft buys systems management startup for $US60 million
Microsoft has acquired systems management vendor Opalis Software for about $60 million, according to an analyst report.
Article | 21/10/2009 Arm unveils chip to make smartphones faster, cooler
Arm Holdings has introduced a processor for smartphones and other devices that it says will be cheaper, and more powerful and energy-efficient than th...
Article | 20/10/2009 Is SharePoint unstoppable, or mostly smoke and mirrors?
Guessing what eye-popping growth figures Microsoft will trumpet for its popular portal and collaboration app, SharePoint, has become an annual parlor ...
Article | 16/10/2009 Survey: Nine out of 10 of corporate PCs can run Windows 7
Of every 100 North American corporate PCs, 88 are powerful enough to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 operating system, which is much higher than the 5...
Article | 14/10/2009 HP TouchSmart PCs get touch-enabled Hulu, Netflix, Twitter
Reinforcing its lead in the nascent touchscreen PC market, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced three new touch-enabled Windows 7 PCs on Tuesday, including t...
Article | 10/10/2009 What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?
Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites.
Article | 9/10/2009 IBM calls new DB2 grid feature an Oracle 'Exadata-killer'
On the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld user conference, IBM unveiled a new clustering feature that it says contends will help its flagship DB2 database trum...
Article | 8/10/2009 Asus embraces overclocking on newest notebooks
Asustek Computer Inc.'s latest wave of netbook and notebook PCs lets users easily tune them to run up to 33% faster, all while staying within warranty...
Article | 2/10/2009 The OpenBlockS 600 is a Linux server that fits in your palm
Forget the netbook or the net-top PC: How about a net-server?
Article | 28/09/2009 Lenovo vows 'unbelievably' fast Windows 7 boots
Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold-rush: the PC vendor boasting the fastest boot-up and shutdow...
Article | 19/09/2009 Billionaire SAS co-founder keeps on coding
John Sall doesn't have to work. As one of SAS Institute's four co-founders, the 60-year old has a net worth of $US3.1 billion, according to Forbes' es...
Article | 15/09/2009 HP equips desktop PCs with SSDs for faster Windows 7 boots
Addressing complaints about slow Windows startup times, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to introduce a new business desktop PC that comes with a solid-state...

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