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 ...

Oracle Corp. is rolling out a major update to its free open-source virtualization platform, Oracle VM VirtualBox. Announced today, Oracle VM VirtualBox 7 is a cross-platform application that ...

Version 3.1 of Sun's VirtualBox enables users to move running virtual machines between disparate physical hosts, including systems running different operating systems or different processors, such ...

2D hardware video acceleration: VirtualBox has always been somewhat ahead of the curve in multimedia support, and version 3.1 introduces support for Windows VMs to use hardware acceleration.

Version 3.1 of Sun's VirtualBox hosted virtualization software gains new features such as Teleportation, snapshots, and 2D acceleration ...

VirtualBox appears to be a fairly mature virtualization platform that runs on 32-bit Linux and Windows hosts.

VirtualBox is a free and open source, cross-platform virtualization utility that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and other operating systems. Install VirtualBox on your computer and you can use it ...

With an increase in the maximum number of network cards per VM from eight to 36, Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2 can be used to simulate complex networks without the need to procure costly hardware.

The second issue caused me some grief, Virtualbox could only create 32 bit guests with software-based virtualization and would not open existing 64 bit VM images.

If you're fond of trying out multiple operating systems without the hassle, you're probably using virtualization regularly.

VMware Workstation 11 has the edge in performance and polish, while VirtualBox 2.3.20 leads in platform support and price.