Apple Inc.'s $999 MacBook may not feature the same swank aluminum togs as its older siblings, but that doesn't mean …
HP snubs Moblin, rolls out Mi Linux-Atom netbook
In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co. on …
Apple to avoid netbook, try tablet in 2010, says analyst
Apple will wait until next year to enter the netbook market, and then will unveil not a knock-off, but a …
Intel aims to add speed to Atom with new platform
Intel revealed further details surrounding its next-generation Atom netbook platform that should provide improved system performance and power savings to …
The shape of the coming netbook revolution
The netbook you know today gives just a taste of what's to come. Cheap, portable, and packed with features that …
Win 7, Snow Leopard could give graphics chip a spark
Graphics chip shipments fell during the first quarter this year, but could stabilize later this year as people look to …
AMD plans 16-core server chip — but not until 2011
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today that it's designing a server processor with up to 16 cores, which would quadruple …
Intel to ship Larrabee graphics chip in early 2010
Intel Corp.'s Larrabee graphics processor, which is expected to challenge Nvidia Corp. and ATI Corp. in the high-performance desktop and …
New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
SandForce Inc. announced today a new family of solid-state disk (SSD) processors that the company claims will allow lower-cost, commodity …
Acer pushes multibrand strategy with product barrage
Acer Inc. took a big step forward with its multibrand strategy on Tuesday, aiming at increasingly smaller demographic slices of …
Analyst: Netbooks to stick with 10-inch screens
Despite a new crop of netbooks sporting 12-inch displays, vendors will mostly build models with 10-inch screens in coming years …
Dell keeps new Vostro laptops free of bloatware
Dell Inc. today added three new models to its Vostro line of small-business laptops, continuing a two-year-old policy under which …
AMD to take further action to cut costs
Advanced Micro Devices said it would take further actions, which could include facility closures, to cut costs as it restructures …
Intel sets Moblin free at risk of port to rival ARM
Intel Corp. plans to turn over to the Linux Foundation control of Moblin, the Linux operating system it developed for …
Couple sues Acer over sluggish Vista performance
An Ohio couple has sued Acer America Corp., accusing the computer maker of deceiving customers by claiming that laptops with …
Lenovo offers workstations with Intel’s Nehalem chips
Lenovo became the second major PC maker to announce workstations based on Intel's upcoming quad-core Nehalem chips, which are due …
Apple launches new iMacs, Mac Minis, Mac Pros
As had been rumored, Apple this morning upgraded its line of iMacs, Mac Minis, and Mac Pros, with improved processor …
Netbooks: All About the New Ultraportables
The term netbook, coined by Intel, conveys little useful information about this category of machines. Sure, they all have wireless …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …
Russians start selling Wi-Fi encryption cracker
The Russian security company that caused a stir some months by talking up its cracking tool for recovering Wi-Fi encryption …