Having full-blown computers linked to a central server delivering applications to office workers is so last century. More and more businesses are choosing to deploy thin-client or virtual desktop ...

What is a thin client? A thin client, or lean client, is a type of computer that relies entirely on its network connection to accomplish tasks. A typical laptop or desktop PC—otherwise known as a ...

NComputing, a maker of a novel kind of desktop computer known as a virtualized thin client, has become one of the biggest computer companies in the world. And it’s because desktop virtualization is ...

NComputing is launching a new, cheaper version of its low-cost thin-client computers today, computers that it’s targeting at developing nations. The company’s sold a million units of its X300 desktop ...

Beth Bacheldor is a freelance journalist based out of North Carolina with more than 20 years of experience in covering IT news. Colleges find that mobile thin clients offer costs savings, flexibility ...

Arista has partnered with ACP to create the enabled thin-client HMI Express, which includes both screenless, brick–sized, mountable clients and industrial-panel thin-client computers with 6.4-, 8.4-, ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops. A virtual desktop is a workstation hosted in a ...

Have you ever wished you could hook up your PC in one room, and then use it in another? You can definitely do this if you own a laptop, but here's a better solution for desktop owners: the Jack PC.

General Dynamics Itronix has released four new thin-client computers, including two notebook models, aimed at enterprises that are virtualizing their user computing platforms. General Dynamics Itronix ...

A few years ago, thin clients were all the rage. Leading the charge was Sun Microsystems, driven perhaps by a disdain for Microsoft, but many others were producing a variety of thin-client products on ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Computers are a vital business tool in the modern world, whether that business is a sole proprietor working from home or a billion-dollar corporation. Computers vary widely in their appearance, power ...