Userful in the News

Firefox News - Want a free computer? (04/21/08)
"Want to double your productivity and be green at the same time? An Alberta, Canada company named Userful can get you two computers for the price of the one you already have, with its free software that can connect two or more computers to the same PC, more fully utilizing each computer, and reducing electronic waste by up to 80 percent. ..."

TMCnet - Going Green With Computing To Celebrate Earth Day (04/17/08)
"Software can change your business, but can it help curtail CO2 emissions? Apparently so. Public computing company Userful Corporation announced this week that in the past year, its software that allows up to 10 people to work from one computer has saved 29,000 tons of CO2 emissions, which is the equivalent of taking more than 5,000 cars off the road. ..."

Scoop - Software giveaway turns 1 computer into 2 (01/15/08)
"Need an extra PC around the house this holiday season? Userful is giving away its innovative software that gives you a second computer for free. This is the perfect way to reduce line-ups for the computer as guests, relatives and children crowd your house this holiday. ..."

APC Magazine - Turn one PC into two for free (01/15/08)
"How do you like the sound of taking one machine, and having two people logged into it simultaneously? Sounds pretty neat to me ? and it?s free too, which is always a tick in the right box. ..."

Computer Technology Review - Free Desktop Multiplier Software Creates Two PCs Out of One (01/15/08)
"Userful is giving away a two-user license for its Desktop Multiplier software that enables a single computer to support multiple users at the same time. The free two-user license distributed under this promotion enables users with an extra video card (or a dual-head video card) to add an extra workstation by simply plugging in a spare monitor, USB keyboard and mouse. This software makes it possible for two users to work on the same PC at the same time. ..."

Digital Journal - Canadian Software Lets You Turn One Computer Into Two, Completely Free (12/19/07)
"Using software created by an Alberta company, you can get a second computer in your house this holiday season free. In fact, the software is capable of splitting your PC into 10, saving you money and saving the environment at the same time. ..."

Dotto Tech TV - Go Green (Episode Featuring Userful) (10/15/07)
"If you?ve ever had a yearning to open your own cyber café, Steve takes a look at a public computing system developed by Userful, a Calgary based company supplies economical and environmentally responsible solutions for public access to the internet. ..."

PC World Community Voices - Linux Not Ready for the Desktop? Really? (10/10/07)
"I was somewhat amused to read Michael Gartenberg's comments that Linux is still not ready for the desktop. Please don't tell that to any of the people who last year logged in 40,000 times to the 28 Linux computers at our small town library and community center in Takoma Park, Maryland. These people are using a Linux solution called Userful, which puts up with robust use day in and day out. ..."

IT World Canada - Homewood SUSE desktop migration cuts costs (09/25/07)
"Homewood Health Care, with the help of Edmonton, Alta.-based Novell partner Omni Technology Solutions Inc., deployed Desktop Multiplier for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktops (SLED) powered by Userful, the Calgary, Alta.-based provider of the technology ..."

New Vision Online (Uganda) - 10 computers to be linked to one CPU (09/23/07)
"SOFTWARE that enables multiple computer users to share one Central Processing Unit (CPU) has been launched. The software, referred to as 10 in 1, is expected to reduce costs on hardware and costs caused by e-wastage. ..."

Canada.com - Canadian company Nails concept of public computing (09/05/07)
"Author: Steve Dotto: I spent some time this week playing with and learning about the concept of public computing -- computers placed in public locations, primarily for accessing the Internet... A single PC can run up to 10 workstations, which is both economical, and very environmentally friendly, with less power consumption and manufacturing waste than 10 individual PCs... Anyone who has ever tried to run a lab of Windows computers knows what a challenge it is. Keeping all the systems running is a never-ending chore... The software that runs the Discover Station is simple to manage and very elegant. ..."

Green Lodging News - Userful Corp. Introduces Energy-Saving EcoPod Internet Stations (08/29/07)
"More than 75 percent of travelers do not carry laptops, so in an age when Internet access in hotels is expected as much as towels and soap, hotels need to offer computer access to their guests. Userful Corp., a leader in public computing, has a solution for hotels wanting to offer public internet access ..."

Nvidia Success Stories - Delivering Low Cost Computing to South Africa (08/23/07)
"Providing computers and Internet access to South Africa's 28,000 schools and over 12 million students is a challenge. With hardware from NVIDIA® and Desktop Multiplier® software from Userful®, the government of South Africa has found a viable classroom computing solution. ..."

ComputerWorld - Helping customers go green (08/07/07)
"While most of the movement in green computing tends toward hardware that operates with greater energy efficiency or products whose manufacture takes less of a bite out of the environment, Userful's bailiwick is software. The company's DiscoverStation operating system software enables 10 employees to work from one PC. ..."

PC World - Firms Go Green Inside and Out (08/05/07)
"While most of the movement in green computing tends toward hardware that operates with greater energy efficiency or products whose manufacture takes less of a bite out of the environment, Userful's bailiwick is software. The company's DiscoverStation operating system software enables 10 employees to work from one PC, though the typical configuration used by customers is to have six workstations per computer. ..."

Online Recruitment - Userful makes green computing a reality (07/24/07)
"Userful Corporation, the worldwide leader in public computing, today announces that in the last year its software that allows up to ten people to work from one PC has saved over 13,250* tons of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of taking 2,300 cars off the road. ..."

Business Daily Africa - New software to cut costs of computers (07/24/07)
"A Canadian technology firm Userful has developed a new software that enables multiple use of single personal computers. The technology, which is targeted at schools, call centres and Internet cafe operators, enables several monitors to use one Central Processing Unit (CPU) concurrently? enabling operators of businesses that need a large number of computer to cut costs. ..."

TMC Net - Green Technology From Userful Corp. (07/24/07)
"Userful, a green technology company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada recently made headlines (See Shared Computing For A Greener World) with the announcement that its DiscoverStation solution has prevented over 13,000 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere. I had a chance to ask Userful President Tim Griffin, several questions about Userful; who they are, where they?re headed, and so on? The results appear below. ..."

Tectonic - Linux helps raise funds for a million soccer balls (06/25/07)
"Although Linux geeks are not often found on the sports field, this week Linux computers will help in a fund raiser to donate a million soccer balls to improve children's lives through sport. Canada-based Omni Technology Solutions, Novell South Africa, Userful, and Pinnacle Micro have teamed up to provide Linux desktop computers for the "Let's Play a Million" South African telethon on June 27. ..."

Novell Connection Magazine - Desktop Multiplier "Proof Point" at University of New Mexico (June 2007)
"Facing prohibitive costs to create new computer labs, the University of New Mexico adopted a Multiplied SUSE? Linux Enterprise Desktop strategy to increase its student computer access tenfold, while reducing the costs of setting up a classroom lab by more than 80 percent. ..."

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