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Hosted virtualisation suites: a group test

Hosted virtualisation suites: a group test

Group Test If you need to run virtual machines on a workstation rather than a server, which is the best platform? We test VMware Workstation, VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation and KVM under Ubuntu, along with Wine, to find out.


iPhone OS 3.0: screenshots

iPhone OS 3.0: screenshots

Photos Version 3.0 of the iPhone OS will be available on 17 June. Here's a tour of the main enhancements.

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Bare metal hypervisors: a group test

Bare metal hypervisors: a group test

Group Test Over the past few years, virtualisation has become a viable option to thin down datacentres in terms of physical size, heat output and cost. Here we examine three leading hypervisors.


Moblin v2.0 beta: screenshots

Moblin v2.0 beta: screenshots

Photos Version 2.0 of the latest Linux distribution for mobile devices is available for beta testing. We downloaded Moblin and ran it on a Samsung netbook.


Screenshots: Windows 7 RC

Screenshots: Windows 7 RC

Photos As the Release Candidate of Windows 7 goes public, take a look at some of the key changes since January's Beta version.


Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look

Windows 7 Release Candidate: a first look

Preview After four days assessing the RC of Windows 7, what's our verdict on Microsoft's latest milestone?

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vOptimizer Pro 2.1 review

vOptimizer Pro 2.1 review

Review This suite automatically reclaims over-allocated and under-utilised storage in Windows virtual machines. With SAN storage costing around £10/GB, Vizioncore's vOptimizer Pro could quickly pay for itself.

Rating: 7.5 Editors' Rating


Photos: Windows 7 Build 7048

Photos: Windows 7 Build 7048

Photos The recently leaked Build 7048 of Windows 7 isn't (quite) the Release Candidate. Here's a gallery of changes from the official Beta (Build 7000).

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Windows Mobile 6.5: a first look

Windows Mobile 6.5: a first look

Preview Microsoft's updated mobile OS brings a handful of enhancements, including an application store, a backup and restore service, and an improved mobile web browser


Photos: Windows Mobile 6.5

Photos: Windows Mobile 6.5

Photos Microsoft has shown off Windows Mobile 6.5 at Mobile World Congress, although new devices will not appear until the second half of 2009. Check out its look and feel here.


Windows 7 Beta: screenshot gallery

Windows 7 Beta: screenshot gallery

Photos The first public beta of Windows 7 (Build 7000) is now available for download. Here's a tour of the upcoming successor to Vista.

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Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 review

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 review

Review Despite taking a completely different approach to virtualisation, Virtuozzo Containers can match the best hypervisors on performance while at the same time making virtual workloads quick and easy to deploy and manage.

Rating: 7.7 Editors' Rating


XenServer 5 review

XenServer 5 review

Review Early releases of the Xen hypervisor showed promise but had lots of rough edges. Citrix's XenServer 5, however, is very much a production-class virtualisation solution with features that match, and in some cases exceed, what's available on rival platforms.

Rating: 8.0 Editors' Rating


Windows Small Business Server 2008 review

Windows Small Business Server 2008 review

Review This is an impressive update to Microsoft's Small Business Server that packs a big punch. However, it may be overkill for a lot of companies and isn't quite as easy to manage as it first appears.

Rating: 8.2 Editors' Rating


Windows 7: screenshot gallery

Windows 7: screenshot gallery

Photos Attendees at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference have received a 'pre-beta' version of Windows 7. Check out some of the key changes in Vista's successor.



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