The future of technology always has roots in the past. And the past is indeed long in the case of …
HP unveils low-cost business laptops
Hewlett-Packard launched a new line of low-cost business notebooks called the ProBook s-series that merge business functionality with consumer goodies …
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 …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
The downfall of Sun Microsystems
Oracle's surprising $7.4 billion deal to purchase Sun this week gives Larry Ellison and crew a big stake in the …
Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch
Sun Microsystems introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an …
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 …
Atom netbook chip propels Intel to top of market
The success of Intel's Atom microprocessor, used mainly in netbooks, helped the chip maker gain market share in every quarter …
Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals
When “cloud computing” became the buzz-phrase du jour in IT sometime in the past year or two, you could probably …
American University of Afghanistan deploys telepresence
The systems will be supplied and installed at the University's chosen locations by Polycom's authorised Value Added Distributor (VAD) in …
Intel readying new chips for inexpensive ultraportables
Intel reaffirmed on Friday that it was readying new ultra-low-voltage chips, due in the second quarter, for inexpensive ultraportable laptops. …
Sun’s Rock processor on track for this year, exec says
AMDAfter a year's delay, Sun Microsystems' 16-core “Rock” server chip is on track for delivery in the fall, the head …
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 …
Intel goes to court in licensing spat with Nvidia
Intel went to court on Tuesday to resolve a licensing dispute with Nvidia over the latter's plan to build chipsets …
HP unveils blade PCs and Citrix virtualization bundle
HP is unveiling the fourth generation of its blade PC line and bundling the devices with Citrix XenDesktop 3 virtualization …
PC processor shipments to drop in 2009, IDC says
PC microprocessor shipments slowed in the fourth quarter and will continue to decline this year, according to an IDC survey …
Intel updates laptop, desktop chip plans
Intel on Tuesday accelerated plans to release two dual-core laptop and desktop processors, tweaking its road map as it juggles …
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 …
HP’s TouchSmart experience
Touch screens have mostly been limited to business-minded Tablet PCs. But HP's TouchSmart tx2 gets props for bringing touch to …
Recession whacks IT earnings
IT investors on Thursday got hit with a tsunami of earnings reports for the quarter ending in December. Google's report …