Microsoft announced the final names and basic ingredients for its six upcoming versions of Windows Vista. Media Center and Tablet functionality will be built into the new Vista Home Premium edition, while Enterprise users will enjoy the capability to run UNIX software, and to keep their hard drive contents encrypted. Read more
Microsoft today demonstrated the first release candidate of the Windows command line shell now called PowerShell. Software architect Jeffrey Snover revealed that it is a design goal for PowerShell to run as the command provider for all Windows administrator tools, including Microsoft Management Console. Read more
Hewlett-Packard will release the final processor upgrade for its AlphaServer line of Unix servers on Monday. Read more
As the workstation market is accelerating its move from the Unix into the Linux and Windows market, there is also more activity in the professional graphics card market. Read more
You don’t always need the fastest graphics card around. For somewhere between $135 and $235, you can game like crazy in DirectX 10 without a problem at 1920x1200. We test and compare five graphics cards from this mid-range price segment. Read more
The new USB 3.0 interface is just about ready. It'll accelerate throughput from the 480 Mbit/s of today's USB 2.0 to 5 Gbit/s, which is important for storage and peripheral devices. But USB 3.0 also introduces power saving options. Read on for more. Read more
Hardware and software support for 64-bit operating systems is available, but the full 64-bit reality may still cause you some distress. We created a short summary of things you need to take into account before installing a 64-bit OS for the first time. Read more
You've already seen our coverage of apps optimized for Nvidia's CUDA technology. Now we're taking a look at the performance of AMD's Stream framework, which was recently revamped in a Catalyst 9.5 driver hotfix. We even sneak in an interview with ATI. Read more
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