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10 great iPad apps for sysadmins

Admit it, you have an iPad! And you lug it around with you in the data center, when checking your servers, when troubleshooting,...

10 questions about web performance – Sander Temme at Apache

After our last interview with a representative of the Apache HTTP Server Project , we didn’t expect to hear so soon again from...

Google Chrome OS – Weekend must-read articles #14

This week we thought you would be interested in reading about what’s been happening with Google’s Chrome OS . ...

10 questions about web performance – Jeremy Keith at Clearleft

This is the first in a  series of interviews about web performance. ...

Everything you should know about the appification of OS X and Windows 8

Have you noticed the appification happening all round us? On your smartphone you have apps, whether it runs Android, iOS, Windows Phone, or...

Weekend must-read articles #7 – KDE

Every Friday we bring you a collection of links to places on the web that we find particularly newsworthy, interesting, entertaining, and topical....

Linux is the world’s fastest growing desktop OS – up 64% in 9 months

Even the most hardcore Linux fan would admit that their favorite OS has not captured more than a very small market share on...

Happy 5th birthday Windows Vista – still number 3 OS worldwide

Microsoft Windows Vista was released into retail on January 30, 2007, and there’s not been many nice words said about it since. It...

The mobile web in numbers

There can’t be much doubt that the mobile web is exploding in popularity. From the first mobile web access offered commercially with the...

Windows 7 just overtook XP in the United States

It’s finally happened. After a long reign at the top, Microsoft’s Windows XP is no longer the most widely used desktop operating system...

Microsoft’s woes: It’s a Windows-eat-Windows world

Pardon the wordplay on “dog-eat-dog world,” but as you’ll see it applies perfectly to what is going on with Windows in the desktop...

The best Royal Pingdom posts of 2010 (Happy Holidays!)

Happy Holidays everyone! Like much of the world, we here at Pingdom will be taking a short Christmas break. ...

The consistent failure of Linux to grab even 1% of the desktop OS market

Linux has been around for almost two decades now. It has become a resounding success as a server OS (for example as the...

Our desktops are ruled by dinosaurs

Think about the software you use day to day. Depending on your profession and interests, what you use will vary, but some applications...

Why the iPad’s lack of multitasking is a GOOD thing

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, you’ll know that last week Apple announced the iPad , its new tablet device. ...