How about an operating system for the Web? How about the Web? The idea of a Web operating system has been bandied about for some time, and a few systems are appearing. The central idea of a Web ...

Tom Fenton provides a comprehensive buyer's guide for thin-client and zero-client solutions, examining vendor strategies, security considerations, and the key factors organizations must evaluate when ...

Getting started with Tails, the encrypted, leave-no-trace operating system Your email has been sent Tails, an encrypted and anonymous OS that bundles widely used open source privacy tools on a tiny ...

Fusion 4.1 gave life to Leopard and Snow Leopard client virtualization, but VMware quickly ended it again with the Fusion 4.1.1 upgrade When Apple released Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, it became the ...

Developers talk a lot about “immutability.” Outside the technical world, it usually means something negative: unmoving, inflexible, and entrenched. However, in the technical field, these features ...

There is no such thing as a cloud operating system — and we're some way off even needing one, says Lori MacVittie. Google's foray into the operating-system business was barely public before it was ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

The virtualization models for clients are, arguably, more diverse than those for servers. For servers there are essentially two, the earlier model of static consolidation and the more recent dynamic ...

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of the mega operating system release has been greatly exaggerated, Microsoft’s chief operating officer said this week. In a part-speech, part-presentation at the ...

How many times have you been asked what operating system version you use, and you haven’t got a clue? The question is often asked when you’re seeking technical support for software or hardware issues, ...