These days, everyone is excited about the promise of PC virtualization, but with so many different flavors out there, it’s hard to know where to start. The idea of reducing a fully functional ...

At least that's what one startup vendor hopes solution providers will do. Pano Logic, of Menlo Park, Calif., this week unveiled a desktop PC virtualization hardware appliance which the company ...

Recent talk regarding a potential spin-off of HP’s PC business drove a heated debate about whether other technology firms might do the same. Will the PC continue to provide value to end users or has ...

A couple of months ago, I reported that Microsoft was looking like it would announce its Cloud PC service this summer. It now seems like next week, the week of July 12, is the announcement date, based ...

The ability of virtualization technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to ...

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Thanks to the backward, “all software owns the entire system” design of the x86 CPU architecture, PC client and server virtualization is one of the most challenging tasks facing system software ...

Windows Virtual PC creates virtual disks for each guest operating system created in the application. Virtual PC stores these disks in individual virtual hard disk -- or VHD -- files. To enable Windows ...

Do you primarily use Windows 11 but want to have a quick look at a Linux distribution like Linux Mint? Well, booting from a live DVD or USB stick is a convenient solution. The advantage of this is ...

Connectix Corp. today announced Virtual PC 5 for Mac OS X, the company’s Windows emulator. The new application works with both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Connectix did more than just make Virtual PC 5 run ...

Virtualization allows a single server or desktop to behave as multiple machines, saving money and resources. Whether your business is a cash-strapped startup with limited IT infrastructure or a ...

Thanks to products like VMware Pocket ACE, the soul of your PC can be reduced onto the likes of an 8 GB memory stick. That fact struck home the other day when VMWare executive Jerry Chen dropped by ...