Parallels and VMware may have the more popular virtualization solutions, but Oracle's free VirtualBox solution may be a useful alternative for those who need to run other operating systems on their ...

VirtualBox is great for testing out a new operating system, but your virtual machines probably aren't that special when you first set them up. Here are a few tips for making them much easier to ...

In current developer builds of VirtualBox, KVM support appears for the first time. The function is experimental and only available through manual source builds.

This past summer, I posted a primer to consumer virtualization with the promise of following-up with in-depth looks at the various hypervisors available on the consumer side. It’s taken me a while, I ...

Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...

Virtualization is a buzzword that's been making its way around the corporate IT circles for a few years. On paper, virtualization sounds great—you can make full use of those unused CPU cycles, ...

VMware Workstation 11 has the edge in performance and polish, while VirtualBox 2.3.20 leads in platform support and price. Few technologies have had a greater impact on business efficiency and IT ...