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Sun and Microsoft combined to deliver World Record price performance for Windows based results on the TPC-H benchmark at the 300GB scale factor.

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Envivio Inc. announced today the immediate availability of the first complete encoding and Digital Rights Management protected distribution solution optimized for Microsoft Silverlight 3. Designed for evaluating, developing and deploying premium live and on Demand video services, Envivio SilverLiveTV provides operators and content owners with a ...

Friday, July 10, 2009 1:30 AM PDT The world's largest chip maker is working with Google on the Chrome operating system and has been privy to the project for some time, a spokesman for the company said Friday.

Users of Computer Associates' anti-virus products are understandably irate that a bad update left them with unusable systems.

Microsoft said on Thursday that it will issue six security updates on Patch Tuesday next week, including a critical one that will fix two outstanding holes in DirectX that have been targeted in attacks.

One of the unpleasant and infrequently discussed side effects of the worldwide information technology revolution is the enormous amount of electronic waste that has been generated by the collective buy it, use it, and junk it mentality that pervades society, especially American society.

By Anne d'Innocenzio In a bid to get its customers to go beyond necessities like apples and detergent, Wal-Mart is launching a new fashion line with teen star Miley Cyrus and BCBG designer Max Azria for the critical back-to-school shopping season.

I had some interesting interactions around netbooks and the like recently.A I'm hesitant to quantify the different species or breeds of laptops that aren't complete laptops for one reason or another.A Even if I did, the terms would change before the first comment hits this post .

There's little doubt in my mind that Google will not fail with Chrome OS . Sure, the company's been known for a few misses , but it's already proven that it can build a solid operating system -- not to mention a Web browser , cloud computing suite, and the best search engine in the world.

Apple released Safari 4.0.2 for Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.4.11, and Windows XP/Vista to improve the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and to add compatibility and security fixes.

Check PointA Software Technologies Ltd. , the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that Check Point IPS Software Blade shields customers against drive-by attacks associated with a newly discovered Microsoft DirectShow Video ActiveX Control vulnerability.

Head of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Steven Sinofsky is now one of a handful of Microsoft presidents.

No Recession for Netbooks or MacBooks Desktop PCs are selling about as well as SUVs these days, but netbooks keep chugging along and more models keep hitting the market.

Eurocoma s Core i7 Notebook: Walking The Panther Performance notebooks with desktop processors are nothing new, but Core i7a s thermal challenges are new.

Researchers in 2008 disclosed Windows video control vulnerability that's now spreading attacks to some .com, .org Websites Jul 07, 2009 05:29 PM Microsoft was alerted a year ago about an unpatched video control flaw in versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that is currently being actively exploited in a wave of attacks around the world -- ...

The more I think about it, the less interested I am in doing any XP conversions to Windows 7. And if I can talk myself out of upgrading that easily, it's a bad sign for Microsoft.

Mark/Space, creator of award-winning desktop and handheld synchronization software, announced immediate availability of Release 1.0 of The Missing Sync for Palm Pre, for Mac.

Wow. So you know all those whispers about a Google desktop operating system that never seem to go away? You thought they might with the launch of Android, Google's mobile OS.

Roos, Dave. "How to Connect Your Computer to Your TV." 17 March 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 06 July 2009.