Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops
The same Citrix technology that lets users access Windows applications from the iPad is coming to Chrome OS laptops built by Google. Citrix Receiver, a front end for Citrix's desktop and application...
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Visual tour: Google's Chrome OS
The Web is the computerSamsung and Acer will release the first Chrome OS laptops on June 15, turning Google's browser into a full-fledged operating system. Think of it as a computer that starts up...
View ArticleMicrosoft's cloud licensing changes: what you need to know
Starting July 1, Microsoft customers will be able to use their current license agreements to move server applications from internal data centers to cloud computing services, and contracts signed after...
View ArticleSkype voice service crashes; users offered fix instructions
With some users unable to sign into Skype and make voice calls, the soon-to-be-acquired-by-Microsoft company offered users a multi-step fix to get its service running again.The fixes center around...
View ArticleResearch tackles powering the virtual data center
Data center managers are well versed in distributing power efficiently to physical servers. But the proliferation of virtualization, with multiple virtual machines and applications running on a single...
View ArticleMicrosoft: Cloud computing won't hurt us
Cloud computing is widely perceived as a threat to Microsoft, because the maker of Windows and Microsoft Office earns the lion's share of its money selling licenses for packaged software.But the new...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Office 365 launch puts Google on defensive
Microsoft's launch of Office 365 has Google feeling pressure to explain why businesses should use Gmail and Google Docs instead of Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office.To read...
View ArticleMicrosoft patent division takes cash from at least 5 Android vendors
One of Microsoft's hottest new profit centers is a smartphone platform you've definitely heard of: Android.Google's Linux-based mobile operating system is a favorite target for Microsoft's patent...
View ArticleMicrosoft pays customer $250K to aid in move to Office 365
The University of Nebraska is dumping Lotus Notes for Microsoft's Office 365, and getting $250,000 from Microsoft to help make the move."Microsoft is providing $250,000 in Business Incentive Funds to...
View ArticleBallmer's new chant: Numbers, numbers, numbers
Microsoft lost its title as the world's biggest tech company this year with Apple surging ahead in market cap, profit and revenue.Yet Microsoft still has ammo in the numbers department to take shots at...
View ArticleVMware CTO looks back at 'wild ride'
Few IT companies have fundamentally changed the data center like VMware. Yet 13 years into VMware's existence nearly all of its co-founders, including the wife-and-husband team of CEO Diane Greene and...
View ArticleMicrosoft wrestling to get Hyper-V drivers in Linux kernel
Microsoft isn't exactly dumping Windows for Linux, but it has become one of the busiest contributors to the Linux kernel. Microsoft's attempt to get Hyper-V drivers into the Linux kernel has taken...
View ArticleGoogle Music vs. Amazon vs. Apple's iCloud vs. Spotify vs. Rdio vs. ...
The cloud music age is upon us. After years of loading MP3s onto iPods and portable hard drives, there are now several options for streaming that same music to any device with an Internet connection,...
View ArticleAfter 30 years, IBM exec says PC going way of vacuum tube, typewriter
Thirty years ago, IBM created the first personal computer running Microsoft's MS-DOS. Today, IBM and Microsoft seem to have very different views on the future of the PC.IBM CTO Mark Dean of the...
View Article2010's IT Companies to Watch: Where are they now?
Last year, Network World identified 25 IT startups poised to develop innovative technology for a new age of cloud computing, virtualization and mobility.Nearly one year later, several of the companies...
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