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Intel reveals Core i7 chips

Intel has revealed the branding for the successor to its Core 2 Duo brand. Read more »

Next generation hardware drives virtualisation boom

Chip-makers are keen to talk up the benefits of their next-generation hardware solutions, especially when it comes to virtualisation, but will these solutions work for CIOs? Read more »

Sun to buy chip start-up?

Sun Microsystems is negotiating to buy Montalvo Systems, the chip start-up that has concocted a chip for portables, according to sources. Read more »

OLPC has 3m orders for US$100 laptop

The One Laptop per Child organisation has pencilled in October for the production of its ruggedised device, the XO, and has orders for three million machines already. Read more »

Intel shows off Penryn chips

Intel says its 45-nanometer chips are almost ready for prime time. Read more »

US$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'

The One Laptop per Child project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and co-founder of the MIT Media Laboratory. Read more »

Virtualisation means 'end of Windows as we know it'

Analyst group Gartner believes that virtualisation will allow Microsoft to create a more flexible operating system platform in the future based around modularity. Read more »

Novell and Intel speed up virtualised Windows

Novell and Intel develop software that speeds Xen's ability to run Windows as a virtual machine. Read more »

Virtualisation rivals launch dueling products

XenSource and Virtual Iron, two companies trying to profit from adoption of open-source Xen virtualisation software, announced free new versions of their products on Monday. Read more »

Microsoft delays virtualisation beta debut

Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian. Read more »

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Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge

With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it. Read more »

10 things you can do to give old servers a second life

Often, you can give old servers a new lease on life by upgrading to a bigger hard drive and adding RAM. The nature of your network will dictate what's best for you, but here are some ways you might get additional mileage from an old server. Read more »

Are you ready for 64-bit architecture development?

Many chipmakers have announced desktop-ready CPU chips based on 64-bit architecture. Will such desktops lead to a migration to 64-bit architecture development in the coming year? And, more importantly, will you be ready for it? Read more »

Mac OS X on x86 tested

Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. Read more »

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Is the $100 laptop the end for Moore's Law?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Here we are, extolling the virtues of laptops such as the pricey Sony Vaio TZ, when for most users the US$100 XO would be just as effective. Read more »

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