Tom Krazit

Intel Corp.'s first dual-core chip was a hastily concocted design that was rushed out the door in hopes of beating rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) to the punch, an Intel engineer told attendees at the Hot Chips conference.

U.S. consumers lambasted Dell Inc. for poor customer service in a survey conducted last quarter, sending the world's largest PC vendor into a virtual tie with the rest of the PC market behind the industry-leading efforts of Apple Computer Inc.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is readying several new versions of its iPaq wireless personal digital assistants that will also feature a new version of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile operating system, according to details of the new products posted on Web sites for HP in both the U.S. and the U.K.

If a new key is needed, the car is plugged into a computer that downloads the codes over the Internet to the vehicle and VW

In 1965, Moore penned an article for Electronics Magazine that set the course for the future development of the semiconductor industry, although he had no idea at the time how pervasive Moore's Law would become.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron processor garnered more than 10 percent of last quarter's server processor shipments, a sharp increase compared to the first quarter and a remarkable climb from AMD's minuscule share of the server market several years ago.

Despite Hewlett-Packard Co.'s commitment earlier this week to keep its investments in research and development intact after the announcement of 14,500 job cuts, the company has decided to cut four research projects from its HP Labs organization, a company spokesman confirmed.

As expected, Intel Corp. took the wraps off two new Itanium 2 processors Monday that will tide the company over until the expected launch of its first dual-core Itanium processor later this year.