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Article | 11/06/2008 How to make the new iPhone work at work

With the release of Apple's iPhone SDK now come and gone, and the enhanced IT-oriented capabilities planned for the next major iPhone device and softw...

Article | 10/06/2008 15 turning points in tech history

Imagine how different the computing world would be if IBM had used proprietary chips in the original PC, rather than off-the-shelf components. The PC ...

Article | 10/06/2008 Apple iPhone faces challenges in enterprise bid

Apple's new enterprise focus for the iPhone has promise, but the company has to work through a number of software and hardware issues before the devic...

Article | 10/06/2008 Apple's $199 iPhone: How can it be so cheap?

Apple's announcement of a next-generation 3G iPhone wasn't a big surprise for most people at Monday's World Wide Developers Conference. But the low pr...

Article | 10/06/2008 Social-networking sites: the complete guide

Whether you're looking for a job, a party or long-lost friends, your ideal online meeting place is out there. We uncover the best social-networking si...

Article | 10/06/2008 Stay connected with remote-access software

The workday doesn't end at 5 p.m. anymore. Chances are, you take files home with you to work on using your home PC, and then you tote them back to you...

Article | 10/06/2008 Does sandbox security really protect your desktop?

Two years ago, GreenBorder, one of the early "sandbox" browsers, received mighty applause from Wall Street Journal tech guru Walt Mossberg. The sandbo...

Article | 10/06/2008 The 10 Funniest Apple-Ad Parodies

Apple CEO Steve Jobs' announcement of the next generation iPhone (which will hit Australia on 11 July) will be followed by a barrage of stylish and wi...

Article | 10/03/2008 What iPhone 2.0 means to you

The iPhone has always been an unusual product in the Apple line-up. Apple announced the iPhone months before the device went on sale, something the Cu...

Article | 10/06/2008 Virtualization thwarts green OS initiatives

There are certain popular system architectures that transcend the operating system and will turn your efforts to build a green network operating syste...

Article | 10/06/2008 iPhone: A news timeline

You say you want a revolution? Coups like Apple's iPhone usually come with a few twists and turns. Relive the first-generation iPhone's brief life in ...

Article | 10/06/2008 Greener pastures for Web server farms?

Web farms, whether they are powered by open source Apache or Microsoft's IIS, often require serving up Web content so quickly that the CPU/chipset con...

Article | 10/06/2008 How we did it

We tested four servers, an IBM x3550, a Dell 1950, an HP DL160 and an HP DL360.

Article | 6/06/2008 Exclusive: Asus provides glimpse of Eee Monitor PC design, says more Eee gear to come

Computex: Asus has offered the first look at what its upcoming all-in-one desktop may look like, and shown an Eee family roadmap featuring previously ...

Article | 6/06/2008 Understanding what Google Apps is (and isn't)

When Google launched its web-based e-mail service (Gmail) on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fool's Day joke, and perhaps with good...

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex Taipei: Fear, loathing and the mini-laptop war

Fear: Being woken by an earthquake my first night in Taipei. Loathing: New ASUS Eee PCs face a battle royale for low-cost mini-notebook dominance, as ...

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex tech demo: Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth?

I'm a big fan of wireless mice, and at home -- where my only PCs are notebooks -- I've been using wireless optical notebook mice for years. All use a ...

Article | 5/06/2008 Computex: Nvidia launches GeForce 9M series mobile GPUs

Promising up to 40% better performance over its last generation and Hybrid SLI support, Nvidia added seven new mobile GPUs to its notebook lineup this...

Article | 5/06/2008 Eight incredibly useful tools for road warriors

When you're on the road, you can feel more like a juggler than a traveler: You've got your notebook, your smart phone, your camera, your GPS device, y...

Article | 5/06/2008 Hands on with HTC's Touch Pro

Taiwan's High Tech Computer launched its latest Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, the Touch Pro, on Wednesday and I got a chance to try out the new phone...