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Microsoft Updates Windows XP Mode, Partners with Citrix
Microsoft has opened up upgrades to its Windows 7 operating system to a whole host of new users by removing the hardware requirement for the use of Windows XP Mode, the technology that enables users to run older applications on the 64-bit operating system. "It’s a very good development to not require hardware virtualization support…
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China: Some HP Laptops Faulty
(Reuters) – China’s quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement on its website (www.aqsiq.gov.cn) that after consumer complaints, it had found several models were affected by…
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More Users Plan Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Before SP1 Release
New research from recent Dell acquisition Kace finds 87 percent of IT professionals surveyed plan to deploy Windows 7, up dramatically from a similar study done in April 2009. Of more significance to the channel, almost half of the 900 respondents plan to move to Windows 7 before the anticipated summer release of Service Pack…
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Storage Technologies Vie for Dominance
The jury is still out on iSCSI replacing Fibre Channel in the enterprise storage area network market, but the situation will get more interesting within the next few years for FC versus Fibre Channel over Ethernet. That’s according to Dell’Oro Group analyst Seamus Crehan, who tells Channel Insider that the FC-SAN market experienced broad-based record…