Test Center adventure: Phone and data off the grid

Inmarsat's satellite data service and the highly portable Thrane & Thrane Explorer 500 can connect you wherever you happen to be, or not be... more

Citrix XenApp 5 extends the reach

The leader in application virtualization shows us why with the addition of VM-hosted applications, plus usability and manageability enhancements, in XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2... more

Last of the red hot Sun servers

Sun's fast and cheap Nehalem-powered Sun Fire X2270 and Sun Fire X4270 promise to put some sizzle into Oracle's hardware business... more

Are sealed-in laptop batteries a good idea?

In what may become commonplace, Apple and Dell have begun shipping notebooks with sealed-in batteries, promising longer battery life but preventing battery swapping... more

First look: iPhone 3G S is evolution in action

The iPhone 3G S is less revolutionary than its predecessors, but is still moving in the right direction... more

Exclusive review: HP BladeSystem Matrix

HP's state-of-the-art blade server system and array of automation tools haven't squeezed all manual labor out of service provisioning, but they show the automated and adaptive datacenter is within reach... more

VMware vSphere 4: The once and future virtualization king

VMware's big new release turns the corner on machine virtualization, and toward next-generation management of virtual machines... more

VMware View is good news, bad news

VMware's VDI solution makes virtual desktops real, but not particularly easy to manage... more

Intel's Nehalem simply sizzles

In a range of tests, the new quad-core Xeon processor shows huuuuge performance gains... more

10 IT agenda items for the first U.S. CIO

Obama's appointment of Vivek Kundra marks a key first step for rectifying the nation's concerns about IT... more

Test Center guide: Virtualization for the rest of us

Virtualizing servers in a small to midsize business reaps many rewards, and the virtualization is free. Here's how... more

Test Center: Sun's stellar NAS in a can

The Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System's combination of 48 drives, SSD log storage, broad protocol support, ZFS, and amazing GUI make for one great filer... more

Apple IQ test

How much do you really know about Apple?... more

Apple IQ test

How much do you really know about the house that Jobs built?... more

Test Center preview: Fedora turns 10

Red Hat's open source standard bearer and mineshaft canary is still everything to every Linux power user... more

Killer open source monitoring tools

If you run a network, you should be running these free utilities... more

Open source: How e-voting should be done

An open source approach to open voting systems is essential to the integrity of our electoral process. Here's a technical blueprint for securing the vote... more

Citrix hits the VDI high notes

Citrix XenDesktop 2.0 leverages streaming applications, server virtualization, and swift tools for a scalable and manageable virtual desktop infrastructure solution... more

Test Center preview: VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2

Fresh Fusion beta proves snappy and strong with multiple and automated snapshots, VM to host folder mapping, Unity for Linux, and smoother guest installation... more

Sorting out fact from fiction in the Terry Childs case

San Francisco's network-abuse claims raise more questions than answers... more