Archive for May, 2008

Dell’s OfficeWorks retail deal: No Linux yet, XP to come

Customers can configure their own Dell machines in selected OfficeWorks stores – but Ubuntu Linux is not on offer yet.
Dell’s retail partnership with OfficeWorks to deliver its range desktop PCs and laptops will offer Australian customers the chance to configure their own Dell machine’s in selected OfficeWorks stores — but Ubuntu Linux will not be […]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Race Is On to Advance Software for Chips

In the computer world’s equivalent of “The Amazing Race,” three rival teams of computer researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at the same time.
Stanford University and six computer and chip makers plan to announce Friday the creation of the Pervasive Parallelism Lab. […]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008