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Sun UltraSPARC In 1995, eight years after the first SPARC Station was introduced, Sun went 64-bit with the debut of its UltraSPARC I RISC processor; the first model ran at 143MHz and had 128-bi

As Vista and Windows 7 share the same core code, Microsoft has decided to merely nudge up the version number (Windows Vista was 6) so that applications are tricked into thinking it's Vista they're dealing with

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

I've recently spent a couple of weeks on site at a client running a Linux training course and dabbling with the popular and powerful Web-caching package, Squid.

Four years ago, I saw a picture of a very beautiful desktop interface, called 'Enlightenment', running on an Operating System called 'Linux'. I didn't know much about either, but I downloaded and installed Linux anyway in order to run that fine looking user interface. Thanks to that early interest, I now enjoy a wonderful job designing and maintaining networks in which Linux often fills an important role. There's no better way to learn something new than for it to be enjoyable. With this in mind, I'd like to present Mike's Hopefully nifty guide to having fun with Linux.

Run Windows apps on Linux by running Windows itself. Leigh Dyer shows you how.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

Just a few years ago, a PC equipped with a 200MHz processor and 64MB of memory would have been considered high end. Even today, it will happily run most apps you care to throw at it. So, when you cons

The future, they say, is based on the Internet and mobile computing.

One of the cheapest Vista SSD notebooks we've seen yet, though we're surprised by the benchmark results.

The battle for position in the palm-sized PC market is set to explode in the coming year, and Compaq is determined to lead

There are fundamental differences between a handheld OS and the desktop variety. Desktop computers have a lot of power to draw on, while handheld OSes have traditionally been limited by the hardware o

Microsoft has four key 'visions' for Pocket PC 2003 (PPC 2003): make it easier for manufacturers to innovate, improve the 'wireless experience', bring easy instant messaging to the PDA, and expand the 'media experience'.

Apple’s ads may be funny, but they’re woefully inaccurate. Here we reveal dozens of reasons why the PC outclasses the Mac.

Your photos, music and data are just a virus or hard disk failure away from oblivion. Build a triple-layer defence using PC Authority's practical guide.

Corel has announced a new Microsoft Office-compatible suite of business tools designed for home workers and consumers.

Are your Windows 95 apps not running under XP? Tim Dean goes through a few tricks to help you get it running.

Less than a year after unveiling the Chrome web browser, Google has stepped up its battle against Microsoft with the announcement of the Google Chrome Operating System..

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