Tag: VIRTUAL MACHINE

So apparently VMware heard you like virtualization (or at least, that corporations do), so it made an Android virtual machine that can run inside Android's own Dalvik VM. The idea being, of course, that busy corporate types could play all night on their nifty new Android superphones, but still be able to dive into a minimalist, business-first environment with one tap when it's time to go to ...

There's already been talk of RIM using the Dalvik VM which powers Android in its upcoming OSes -- and as a result you may be able to run Android apps on your BlackBerry PlayBook. Now the Myriad Group has demonstrated their virtual machine wizardry with Alien Dalvik (built on its Dalvik Turbo remix) -- by making it run unmodified Android apps on a Nokia N900 under MeeGo. Myriad -- the group ...

When RIM acquired QNX, it was all but certain that the days of Java-powered BlackBerry OSes were drawing to a close. That doesn't mean RIM plans on ditching support for all those legacy BlackBerry apps developed for use in the enterprise, however. Boy Genius Report has received information that RIM intends to support those apps by way of a virtual machine -- and what better Java VM to use than ...

For the last couple of years I've heard a lot of talk about VirtualBox and VMWare -- but until six months ago, when it took me five minutes to install Ubuntu 'in a window' on my Windows 7 machine, I had no idea just how awesome virtual machines are. No longer must I have a bunch of headless Linux boxes under my desk -- I can just run them in windows on my uber desktop PC! But... what if you ...

Sure, the name makes you sound like you have some kind of horrible ocular infection, but vee-Dee Eyes has a massive collection of prefab Linux distros ready for you to run in VirtualBox. VMware has been ruling the virtual machine game for quite a while, but Sun has made great strides with Virtual Box of late. Performance is very good (there's really no appreciable lag, even on our virtualized ...

If you thought it was cool when Microsoft began giving away free downloads of VirtualPC 2004 last year, check this out. VirtualPC 2007 has been released. And it's also free. VirtualPC lets you run multiple operating systems simultaneously from within Windows XP or Vista. New features include 64-bit host operating systems, hardware-assisted virtualization, network-based installation of a guest ...

Adobe will be generously donating some code that will allow JavaScript programs to run within Firefox. This new donation will form the Tamarin Project, a new initiative with developers from both Adobe, and Mozilla. The code in question is called the ActionScript Virtual Machine, and is used to run scripts inside the Adobe Flash Player 9. The new code integration is expected to be fully integrated ...

So you want to upgrade to Vista or Linux but still have your old Windows install--the whole thing, apps, settings and all--available? That's just one of the scenarios in which VMware Converter could be extremely useful. It's a free beta app from VMware that makes it supremely easy to take your current system and turn it into a virtual machine. This is a task that in the past was possible but ...

EasyVMX is one of those things that makes me sit back and say, "Huh... that's neat." It's a handy web app that will build a virtual machine for the free VMware Player based on your specifications. Just fill out a few drop-downs and checkboxes (or a lot, if you're more technically-inclined), download and run the small virtual machine file it generates, and then pop in your OS's install disc. ...

I've been having to use VirtualPC (among others) for virtualization for ages, so running an OS inside another OS is pretty old hat for me. But for a lot of folks, the new virtualization tools have really, finally arrived. Let's face it, hardware has finally gotten to a point where doing this kind of stuff isn't nearly as painful as it used to be. I'm not saying it's great, but at least we're ...

Lindsay Donaghe got a new laptop but didn't want to lose all of the stuff her old laptop when she got a new one, so she came up with a novel solution: She turned the old one into a virtual machine. On her blog she's written a short how-to that explains how to make your old computer live inside your new one using VMWare (and, when the trial runs out, the free VMWare Player). The process is pretty ...