Archive for the ‘windows software’ tag
Eight Core CPUs May Not Lead to Performance Gains
Various tech news outlets are running stories related to Intel’s planned launch of eight-core chips later this year, and there are questions about precisely how much performance will be gained with these CPUs under current operating systems. Some in the industry are expressing the view that today’s consumer-level Windows and Linux-based operating systems simply aren’t designed to really take advantage of anything beyond quad-core chips. Read the rest of this entry »
Free, Open Source Educational Software for Schools
Tux Likes Learning
In my never-ending quest to find cool educational apps for teachers and parents, I’ve been introduced to SchoolForge. This project aims to provide everything a teacher or school network administrator could ever want for running a smooth, ultra low cost I.T. operation.
Applications are grouped by category; you’ve got antivirus and anti-spyware, Internet apps, multimedia software, office tools, and web-based systems to pick from. Representing the “best of the best” in open source software solutions in their respective fields, these are proven applications that can really shrink expenditures on traditional software systems. Many are available for multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, and MacOSX). Here’s a few examples from the project site. Read the rest of this entry »
