As I look at the hardware/OS system that surrounds our PCs, I find it wanting. What we should do is use virtual machines to isolate the OS from the hardware and allow a level of OS flexibility and ...

The folder ‘virtual-machine-folder-path’ could not be found. You might not have permission to access it. There are two reasons why you are getting this problem, and they are: When you select the ...

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. To harness the full benefits of their data ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. The software industry is learning that virtual machines ...

Ragnar Locker is deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim's files while evading detecting from security software installed on the host. Ragnar Locker is a relatively new ransomware ...

We look at block vs file storage for contemporary workloads, and find it’s largely a case of trade-offs between cost, complexity and the level of performance you can settle for.

Running Linux on a Windows system opens up a world of possibilities for users who want to explore the power and flexibility of the Linux operating system. Whether you’re a developer, a system ...

Ransomware groups are targeting hypervisors to maximize impact, allowing a single breach to encrypt dozens of virtual ...

Microsoft's cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering, Azure Virtual Desktop, now supports Trust Launch virtual machines (VMs). The two-year-old Azure Virtual Desktop, which used to be ...

Anyone who frequently installs and uninstalls new software, tests beta versions of programs, or tinkers with the registry in Windows, often reaches the point where they have to completely re-install ...

What exactly is a container and what makes it different -- and in some cases better -- than a virtual machine? To answer this question, Joey explains why we ever needed containers in the first place.

The software industry is learning that virtual machines can cause real headaches when it comes to figuring out how to charge for their programs. Right now, the computing world is clearly moving into a ...