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OnLive sells company, lays off about 50% of staff

by Mike Schramm (Aug 21st, 2012)

Just in case you didn't hear over the weekend, the cloud computing service OnLive experienced a little bit of a crisis: On Friday morning, the CEO of the company spoke to staff to essentially tell them all that they were fired, and that the assets of the company were being bought by another ...

OnLive Desktop changes from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2008

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

When OnLive launched its virtual desktop service for the iPad, it was rapidly rebuked by Microsoft over licensing issues with the Windows 7-based service. The company has switched from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2008 R2 and is now in compliance, says a report in Ars Technica and a post from ...

OnLive Desktop Plus out now, $4.99 a month for extra software and features

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2012)

OnLive Desktop originally went live back at CES earlier this year, and since then it's been making magic happen on iOS devices everywhere, whether you've used it yet or not. The cloud-based service provides a Windows computer packed with standard software, streamed right to your iOS device, ...

OnLive Desktop brings Windows 7, Office apps to your iPad

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 9th, 2012)

If you haven't heard of OnLive before, get ready to hear a lot more about them in 2012. The streaming company has been around for a few years, but is just now making some major inroads into streaming all sorts of services to your iPad. We've already covered the OnLive offering for Mac, ...