Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Hitachi touts hard drive for ultra-light PCs The new drives will be used in PCs, laptops, video cameras and set top boxes. Hitachi said the hard drives are 26 per cent thinner than those found in most laptops and netbooks
Thursday, December 03, 2009
How Intel cut internal IT costs IT managers waiting around for that special day when they get budget relief and use it to fix all their problems are setting themselves up for disappointment, says internal IT at Intel. WITH VIDEO
Friday, July 10, 2009
Yahoo answers MS, Google with Search Pad In wake of Microsoft’s early successes with Bing, Yahoo looks to revamp its search experience with the launch of a new automated note taking tool
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The coolest concepts in next-gen notebook design Better power consumption, organic displays and at least six computational cores will likely make their way into the machines users are carrying by 2015. Meet Compenion, Canova and Siafu
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Telus offers new Sierra wireless card for mobile broadband New wireless card available through Telus offers connectivity geared toward newer notebook models
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
HP aims to simplify notebook lineup Simplify and consolidate - that's what HP hopes to achieve with its new notebook category lineup for 2007. A session on HP's "notebook roadmap" for this year was one of the most popular breakouts at the HP Technology Forum.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Vista - The calm in the eye of the storm For all the attention the introduction of Vista has received in recent weeks, it has ironically been one of the calmest areas in the world of personal computing — the eye of a storm engulfing many of Microsoft’s partners.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Hardware-heavy Dell ramps up services play It may be best known for its low-priced notebooks and its direct sales channel, but Dell Inc. is building a strong services play around its core competencies in desktops, notebooks and servers, aiming to tap an area of the IT budget that is increasing sharply.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Open source procurement plan fails in Australia More than 12 months after the Department of Commerce in New South Wales approved suppliers of open source software and services to state government agencies, there hasn't been a single sale.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Dude, it’s a Dell for the enterprise The D620 is a dual-core lightweight notebook at 4.4 pounds. While it looks small in size, it actually boasts a 14.1-inch-wide aspect screen. It features both a touchpad mouse and a trackball mouse. A new feature is the “Wi-Fi Catcher,” which indicates what available wireless networks are operating within the area without having to power up the laptop.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Sony to share cost of Dell battery recall Sony Corp. has promised to share the cost of a massive battery recall announced by Dell Inc. after a series of notebook PCs burst into flames.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Business IT garbage is a goldmine for charities One organization's computing trash is another's information technology treasure. There is a trove of IT waste that exists among larger organizations -- stockrooms filled with old computing hardware deemed no longer capable of supporting the processes and applications of the business. It's electronic trash that typically ends up being stored or, worse, discarded in a landfill or offshore ''recycling'' facility. Few would imagine there's any use for such obsolete gear. 
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Intel promotes dual-core and much more Intel Corp. has pronounced 2006 as the year of dual-core. At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, the chip maker announced it would offer three new dual-core products – for servers, desktops and notebooks – in the latter half of next year. 
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Motion pushes ahead with new Tablet PC design Motion Computing Inc. unveiled its latest Tablet PC design Tuesday, hoping to light a fire under a PC category that has not lived up to early expectations. The new Motion LE1600 uses Motion's familiar slate design, but in a much lighter and powerful package than its predecessor, said Elizabeth Clark, director of product marketing for the Austin, Texas, company. The new Tablet PC weighs just 3.1 pounds (1.4 kilograms) with a 12.1-inch display, down 0.25 pounds from the older M1400 Tablet, she said. 
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
IDC reports wireless LAN market boom IDC has attributed soaring growth across the wireless LAN (WLAN) market to a rapid adoption of broadband technology by consumers and SMEs. 
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Wi-Fi gaining foothold in the Philippines Less than two years after its commercial rollout, wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, has already made a “breakthrough” in the local computing market, industry players agreed. 
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Dell, HP introduce new notebooks The top two PC vendors worldwide, Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., released this week new notebooks designed to be attractive for mobile users such as business travelers and students, as the vendors compete for the attention of buyers heading into the most important selling seasons of the year for PC companies.
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Wi-Fi security still spotty In addition to being faster than their predecessors, new Wi-Fi-certified 802.11g wireless products promise better protection from snoops, thanks to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption technology. But even though the WPA standard was introduced about a year ago, some 802.11g products may not support it.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
'Industry-wide' memory flaw appears confined to HP The notebook memory-module flaw that Hewlett-Packard Co. identified last week as having the potential to cause problems for all notebook manufacturers has thus far shown up only in HP notebooks, according to PC vendors, memory manufacturers, and industry analysts.
Monday, January 05, 2004
AMD launches new mobile, desktop Athlon chips Advanced Micro Devices Inc. extended its line of Athlon 64 processors Tuesday, rolling out three new mobile chips and a processor aimed at desktop PCs and desktop replacement notebooks.
Monday, January 05, 2004
Intel debuts cheaper mobile chip Intel Corp. introduced Celeron M on Monday, a lower-cost version of its nine-month-old Pentium M Centrino mobile technology processor chip, which targets users that love their notebooks, but don't place a high priority on wireless connectivity.
Monday, September 08, 2003
Broadcom puts Wi-Fi into one chip Wi-Fi won't weigh down handheld devices as much starting in the fourth quarter, as Broadcom Corp. introduces a single-chip component that provides IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN connectivity.
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Atheros ships new Wi-Fi chipsets Atheros Communications Inc. recently released new Wi-Fi chipsets for wireless access points and wireless chips for notebooks.
Friday, May 30, 2003
Intel to speed up mobile chips Intel Corp. is planning to roll out a new line of faster Pentium M and mobile Pentium 4 (Pentium 4-M) processors for notebook PCs next month.