http://www.silicon.com Results for Windows en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39674578,00.htm The Mac Mini was the perfect 'switcher' machine - for the average Windows users bathing in the light of the iPod halo effect and thinking about going Mac for their desktop. Apple's Mac Mini could really have become the "most important Mac", as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39674577,00.htm ON will be available to Android and iPhone users this year, and to Symbian and Windows Mobile in 2010. At Orange's biannual La Collection event in Paris, the mobile operator gives a sneak peek at the technology set for future release.silicon.com... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39668393,00.htm Note the blue Windows Azure signage on the container. At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft gave attendees a close-up look at a self-contained server unit from one of the company's datacentres. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39661660,00.htm The first is speed, not storing applications on your computer means that Chrome can ditch a lot of the code that Windows needs to run apps from your computer, meaning a computer with a Chrome OS could boot itself up and load apps more quickly. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39661657,00.htm Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time. At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled press a tour of Chrome, which showed the basic look... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39658903,00.htm With a tablet form factor, Gilbert said there is more scope to create a tactile, Minority Report-style user interface, involving multiple windows being manipulated on a multi-touch screen, incorporating the likes of augmented reality. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:08:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39658901,00.htm Apple says that last year one million people switched from Windows to Mac in its stores. Here's a look inside Apple's latest Manhattan store in New York US. Photo: Sarah Tew/CNET Except for the marble supporting walls, it's mostly glass, with an... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39890502,00.htm The new beta — for Windows, Mac and Linux — includes a component directory lockdown that makes it harder for other software to meddle with the open-source browser. Mozilla released a third beta of Firefox 3.6 on Wednesday, adding stability and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39890501,00.htm Among the features new to the beta is a social networking connector that allows users to bring in Windows Live and other social networking feeds into Outlook. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the beta of Office 2010 is now publicly available... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39655945,00.htm Project Sydney, which will allow users to connect up their own datacentre environment with services that are running with Windows Azure, is expected to launch next year. Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given an official... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:55:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60823461p,00.htm The real innovation in the mobile phone world is in the area of smartphones where we see the Apple iPhone, Palm WebOS, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and Microsoft Windows Mobile devices taking us to places we have never been before. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39650560,00.htm According to analyst house Gartner, Android took a 3.5 per cent share of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of this year, while Windows Mobile's share declined to 7.9 per cent - a drop of 3.2 percentage points year-on-year. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60800777p,00.htm Microsoft® Hyper-V™ technology provides a simplified virtualization platform integrated directly into the Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 OS. This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60800778p,00.htm Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays enable advanced integration with the robust server virtualization offered by the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ virtualization platform—offering... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817717p,00.htm Windows and Active Directory provide a very granular and flexible mechanism for defining access rights to network resources. However, the complexity of the mechanisms and the limitations of the native tools make entitlement management in a Windows... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817644p,00.htm As the distributed workforce grows, the need for online collaboration and document management grows with it. Microsoft SharePoint streamlines online collaboration, making it possible to create project teams that are based anywhere there is an... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817521p,00.htm In times past, securing sensitive company data was a simple matter of locking doors, hiring guards, and issuing employee IDs. In today's high-tech world, sensitive data travels outside of company walls with alarming frequency - most often on mobile... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817727p,00.htm In order to protect important data, it uses a large variety of methods and technologies, especially when the data in question is confidential and essential for day-to-day operations of a business and for making important management decisions. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817722p,00.htm Oracle is a complex software system that requires a good deal of care and feeding in order for the organization using it to reap its maximum benefits. Which of the areas is most important depends on the environment. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817729p,00.htm In Windows 2000 the Recovery Agent is represented by either local administrator (when working on a stand-alone computer) or domain administrator (if the computer operates within a domain). In Windows XP and above this had to be done manually. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000