virtualization
Iomega announces a virtual machine in a portable hard drive
While everything is moving into the ever-popular cloud, Iomega is trying to convince us that physical storage is still the way to go. Sure, you could use web apps to store all your important files so you can access them from nearly everywhere, but wouldn’t you rather carry it around on a hard drive? Well, more »
Get your virtualization on the cheap with VMware
Apple just rolled out their new version of OS X and Windows 7 is just around the corner. If you are feeling OS curious, you should definitely check out this promotion by VMWare. Right now through September 10th, 2009 you can get VMware Workstation 6.5 at $113.40 instead of the usual price of $189.00. If you’re more »
Windows 7 RC1 upcoming, XP Mode coming later
Windows 7 is certainly getting a lot of attention recently as Windows users try to forget about the mistakes of Vista and focus on the next OS. It seems every major release of the OS has appeared on torrent sites before ever appearing out in public. There’s always a lot of speculation as to when more »
Sun reports horror story first quarter
Sun Microsystems announced a horrific quarter yesterday — a loss for what is now the third quarter in a row. This past quarter resulted in a net loss of $1.68 billion, with a revenue of $2.99 billion. The same quarter last year had a net income of $89 million, and a $3.22 billion revenue. Ouch, that can’t go over too well.
Sun also hinted at possible layoffs in the future, which, while depressing, isn’t all that surprising given the current state of the economy. There were also reports of slowing sales in its main server lines. It seems open sourcing a number of it’s software hasn’t helped either.
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