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DATAllegro Hit With Patent Lawsuit in Wake of Microsoft Deal
(News) DATAllegro Inc., a data warehousing appliance vendor that is being acquired by Microsoft Corp., was accused Tuesday of using...

Intel Releases Draft USB 3.0 Spec
(News) The so-called SuperSpeed USB is expected to enable transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gbps.

Intel Launches Smaller SSD for Netbooks, Mini-desktops
(News) Intel launched a smaller SSD for netbooks on Wednesday.

Intel Drops Centrino Atom Brand After Five Months
(News) Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after five months, using just Atom to brand this part of its product line.

Internet Radio Appliances Roundup
(News) Stream music from around the world without a PC.

Green Gear isn't a Priority for Business, Survey Shows
(News) Energy efficiency is a priority in workplaces, but only a third of execs consider it in purchases.

EFF to Appeal Court Order Halting Subway Hacker Talk
(News) The Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to appeal a court order halting a Defcon talk about security problems with...

Court Halts Subway Hacker Talk
(News) A Defcon talk on hacking Boston's transit smartcard system has been scrapped, following a court order.

Lenovo Posts Income Gains on Strong Laptop Sales
(News) Lenovo reports double-digit percentage increases in sales and net income for its most recent quarter.

Lenovo Looks for Strong Finish at Beijing Olympics
(News) More than any other official sponsor at the Beijing Olympics, Lenovo may have the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- as a...

Plustek OpticBook 4600 Scanner
(Reviews) This premium-priced book scanner works quickly and is especially good for scanning pages in bound book, but its automated features are imperfect.

Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Scanner
(Reviews) Epson's versatile WorkForce GT-1500 scans photos and multipage documents with good speed and high-quality results.

Via's Nano Processor Tops Intel's Atom in First Reviews
(News) Reviewers say Via's Nano processor outperforms Intel's Atom.

Microsoft Shows off New Technologies at Faculty Summit
(News) Microsoft demonstrated a sphere-shaped touchscreen device at its annual research day.

Rackable to Sell IBM Blades in Modular Data Centers
(News) Rackable Systems will resell IBM's blade servers in its ICE Cube modular data centers under a deal unveiled on Monday.

Sun and Fujitsu Give Sparc Servers a Speed Bump
(News) Sun and Fujitsu have updated their jointly developed Sparc Enterprise Servers with a new quad-core processor.

iPhone 2.0 Brings Enterprise Features
(News) The latest iPhone operating system update makes the device usable in enterprises by adding better networked security options and global configuration profiles.

Good Incentives Boost Data-center Energy Efficiency
(News) Microsoft and others shared techniques for improving data-center energy efficiency at a small conference on Tuesday.

Fiber Forces Fibs?
(News) Cable companies claim fiber links to residential neighborhoods, but Verizon has the real goods straight to your home.

Rackable Systems Unveils High-density Servers
(News) Rackable Systems announced new "high-density" rackmount servers that provide more processing power and save electricity while...

Looking Back on the Top500
(News) A founder of that list of the world's most powerful supercomputers discusses the recent milestone.

IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner Supercomputer Is World's Fastest
(News) A supercomputer based on Cell chips like those in the PlayStation 3 has been named the world's fastest in a ranking published on Wednesday.

SanDisk, Toshiba Join to Develop 3D Memory
(News) SanDisk and Toshiba have joined forces to develop 3D memory technology.

Kensington Offers Low-Tech USB Sharing
(News) Kensington opts for button-pressing simplicity in a line of USB-sharing hubs meant for two computers and 1 to 5 peripherals.

Nvidia Dumps 240 Cores in New Graphics Processor
(News) Nvidia on Monday announced a new graphics processor with 240 computing cores, allowing PCs to run three-dimensional games and...

IDC Raises Global PC Shipment Forecast
(News) Strong demand from emerging markets and an appetite for portable computers, including laptop PCs, prompted IDC to raise its...

AMD Steps up Quad-core Opteron Shipments
(News) AMD is shipping four more versions of its quad-core Opteron, adding greater performance to the company's lineup.

Attacker Kills 7, Injures 10 in Tokyo's Akihabara
(News) At least seven people were killed and 10 injured in an attack on shoppers in Tokyo'a Akihabara on Sunday.

Attacker Kills 7, Injures 11 in Tokyo's Akihabara
(News) UPDATE: Police have arrested a suspect in the attacks on shoppers in Tokyo'a electronics shopping district on Sunday.

Serving up Life in an Online World
(News) Thomas John Watson Sr. was the president of IBM during its years of spectacular growth in the 1920s through the 1950s. It was...

FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Intel
(News) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into chip maker Intel, the agency and Intel said...

Intel, AMD See Date With Justice Pushed Back to 2010
(News) The trial for AMD's five-year-old antitrust suit alleging that competitor Intel unfairly manipulated the chip market has been...

Sun Aims to Flood Servers With Solid-state Drives
(News) Sun on Tuesday announced that it will offer solid-state flash drives later this year as a replacement for hard drives.

Sony Plans TVs That Will Eliminate Set-top Boxes
(News) Sony has signed a deal with major cable TV operators in the U.S. that will pave the way for digital televisions that can...

Intel Delays Centrino 2 Launch Over Chipset, Antenna Issues
(News) Intel is pushing back the launch of its Centrino 2 laptop package because of issues related to the chipset

Low-cost Laptops and New Chips on Tap for Computex
(News) Computex Taipei 2008 starts next week, and promises dozens of new low-cost laptops and MIDs.

Report: Nvidia to Release CPU at Computex
(News) Nvidia is planning to announce a line of Arm-based CPUs at the Computex exhibition in Taipei next week.

UK's Tranquil PC Taking Orders for Atom-based Home Servers
(News) UK-based Tranquil PC is taking orders for two home servers based on Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of the Atom...

AMD to Use Qimonda's GDDR5 Memory With Upcoming GPU
(News) Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation graphics processors will ship with GDDR5 (Graphics Double Data Rate 5) memory from...

Inveneo Braves Goats, Killer Bees for IT
(News) Odd quirks can disrupt a new computer setup even under the best of circumstances. But for Inveneo, a company that specializes...

EDS Buy Could Give HP Edge Over Dell, Analysts Say
(News) Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Electronic Data Systems won't hurt Dell in the next few years, but it could affect Dell's...

Sharp Reveals Progress in Consumer-use Fuel Cells
(News) Sharp has developed a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that can output more power for its size than others developed...

Gates to Show off Vertical Surface at CEO Summit
(News) Microsoft is unveiling a prototype wall version of its multitouch computer like Surface.

Samsung, LG to Push Single Mobile Digital TV Format in US
(News) Frustrated with the gridlock in the U.S. mobile digital TV market, where several formats are competing and none has become...

LG to Show Circular and Eliptical LCD Panels
(News) LG Display has suceeded in developing a pair of round LCD (liquid crystal display) panels will show them for the first time this week at an event in the U.S.

AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans
(News) Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans...

Three HP User Groups Combine Forces
(News) The Hewlett-Packard user community now has a virtual supergroup, as Encompass, HP Interex EMEA and ITUG have consolidated into...

Plug Happy
(News) There's an octopus--or is it a vampire?--living under your desk, photographs prove.

HP Researchers Build Intelligent Memory
(News) Researchers at Hewlett-Packard have developed a working unit of a memory circuit that has existed in theory for 37 years...

Fujitsu Climbs a Volcano in Pursuit of More Reliable Chips
(News) The top of a dormant volcano in Hawaii might seem like an unlikely place to work on improving the reliability of computer...

Computex Grows in 2008, Brings in US$20B
(News) The organizers of Computex Taipei 2008 boasted big growth on Wednesday that could someday make the computer and electronics...

Sony, Samsung Launch New Blu-ray Disc Products
(News) Sony and Samsung, two of the biggest backers of the Blu-ray Disc format during its battle with rival HD DVD, are releasing new...

Contract Chip Manufacturing Growth Slows in 2007
(News) Global revenue growth in the contract chip making business slowed in 2007 as a chip glut early in the year hit companies such...

Sanyo, Panasonic Deny Tie-up Report
(News) Sanyo and Panasonic are not considering a tie-up of their operations, the electronics companies said Monday in response to a...

Apple Buys Low-Power Processor Designer
(News) Apple has bought PA Semi, a designer of low-power microprocessors for embedded systems, for US$278 million, according to a report at Forbes.com

Asus, Intel Team up for PC Recycling in Taiwan
(News) Asustek Computer and Intel have teamed up with electronics retailer Tsann Kuen Enterprise to promote PC recycling in Taiwan...

Dell to Offer Premium Support for Consumers
(News) Dell will soon offer a paid support service that allows consumers to call a dedicated support team to help troubleshoot their...

ISuppli Lowers 2008 Chip Industry Growth Forecast
(News) ISuppli slashed its global chip sales growth forecast for 2008 by nearly half on Wednesday over fears the U.S. economic...

Powerchip Breaks Ground on US$8.23 Billion Chip Plants
(News) Powerchip Semiconductor broke ground on two new advanced factories for DRAM (dynamic RAM) and flash memory chip production...

IBM Updates High-end Servers, Returns to Water-cooling
(News) IBM announced its most powerful Unix server to date Tuesday, an update to the System p5 595 that will be based on a new Po...

Motorola, Icahn reach agreement on board
(News) Motorola and Carl Icahn have reached an agreement that ends the activist investor's long battle to install members on Motorola's board and break up the company.

Dell looks to emerging markets, services
(News) Dell, the world's second largest PC seller, will move faster into emerging markets and increase its services offerings as part of a plan to reverse poor financial performance, top executives said Thursday.

Dell eyes $3 billion in cost savings in 3 years
(News) Dell, the world's second largest PC vendor, plans to cut costs by US$3 billion as it slashes the price of materials and components going into its gadgets and reduces operating expenses, including jobs, the company said Monday.

Forrester: Tech upgrades in pipeline, despite weak economy
(News) A new Forrester Research report suggests that despite the uncertain U.S. economy, many enterprises are continuing to plan major software projects and purchases.

Energy Companies Urge Greener Tech
(News) Nineteen North American utility companies compared notes on encouraging energy efficiency among businesses.

Blu Note: Dell Adds Blu-ray to Sub-$1,000 NoteBook (or Does It?)
(News) The immediate impact of the end of the high-def DVD war is the quick drop in price in getting a Blu-ray drive in a laptop. But under $1,000? Configurator says no.

IBM, Universities Partner on Cloud Computing
(News) Studies will focus on self-managing and self-healing systems, both physical and virtual.

Xerox tool calculates environmental impact of printers
(News) Many businesses want to jump on the green IT bandwagon, but don't know where to start. But a new software calculator can suggest how offices can reduce the environmental impact of printers, copiers and other devices.

NEC breaks two TPC-E records with Itanium server
(News) NEC's new Express 5800 server has broken the TPC-E benchmark performance record with a score about 70 percent higher than the current leading machine, the Tokyo company said Tuesday.

Foundry chip makers face more cutbacks
(News) Flash memory giant Spansion on Wednesday announced it will reduce orders to contract chip makers by US$50 million per quarter in the first half of 2008 due to new production technology at its own factories. But the order changes couldn't come at a worse time for manufacturers because other companies are cutting back as well.

Linksys, Trend Micro Pair Security Software with Routers
(News) Linksys, Trend Micro Pair Security Software with Routers

AT&T Offers BlackBerry Pearl 8120
(News) AT&T Offers BlackBerry Pearl 8120

Dell revenue falls short of analyst estimates
(News) Dell reported revenue of nearly US$16 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008, up 10 percent from a year ago, but fell short of analyst estimates.

TSMC to make Sun's UltraSparc processors, join OpenSparc
(News) Sun Microsystems has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to manufacture its latest UltraSparc processors, Sun said Tuesday.

Toshiba plans massive chip investment, JV with SanDisk
(News) Toshiba and SanDisk will build a new state-of-the-art flash memory chip factory together starting in 2009, and will share the output from it, the companies announced Tuesday.

Outage gives BlackBerry a black eye
(News) The second lengthy BlackBerry outage in less than a year has one consulting company advising clients not to rely solely on the popular smart phones for critical e-mail messages.

Dell Amends Enterprise Support Plan
(News) Dell is patching up its mashed-up enterprise support model by retooling some elements.

Mainframe Group Gains Momentum
(News) ZNextGen, a user group for young mainframe programmers, counts its membership in the hundreds.

Lenovo sees Q3 profits soar, sells mobile phone business
(News) Lenovo Group said its net income almost tripled during its third fiscal quarter, thanks to strong demand for its computers and a weak U.S. dollar.

Acer Buys 75 Percent of Packard Bell
(News) To keep Lenovo from buying Packard Bell, Acer has acquired 75 percent of parent company PB Holdings.

Sony Cuts PS3 Estimates, but Earnings Strong
(News) Sony says its net profit is up 25 percent; PS3 sales are up, but still behind plan.

Dell shuts 140 retail kiosks in US
(News) Dell on Wednesday announced the shutdown of retail kiosks in malls throughout the U.S. as it adjusts its evolving product distribution strategy.

Japan to block some Nanya DRAM chips after Fujitsu complaint
(News) Japan will block imports of some memory chips produced by Taiwan's Nanya Technology after local chip-maker Fujitsu lodged a request with the country's customs authorities.

Isaiah processor likely outperforms Silverthorne, Via says
(News) Via Technologies' upcoming Isaiah processor likely outperforms Intel's Silverthorne chip designed for mobile computers based on limited information about the chip that's been made available so far, according to the Isaiah's chief designer.

Via bets future on upcoming Isaiah processor
(News) Via Technologies offered the first detailed look at its upcoming Isaiah processor architecture Thursday, showcasing technological and performance improvements that will determine whether or not the company can make it as a mainstream processor vendor.

Taiwanese DRAM makers cut capital spending
(News) A sharp decline in DRAM prices has caused some Taiwanese DRAM makers to cut back on their capital spending plans this year in a bid to shore up the market.

Integrate Macs Into Your Business
(How To) A Mac can provide your office with just as much processing power and software options as a PC can.

The New Dell Ends its First Year
(News) Analysis: Customers and the industry give Dell credit for reinventing itself, but support and supply issues linger.

Forrester: 2008 to Be a Slow Year for IT Spending
(News) Forrester Research predicts the year ahead will be a slow one for IT spending, both in the U.S. and globally.

Sandisk to sell flash, Sansa in Vietnam
(News) Sandisk on Monday said it plans to start selling the Sansa digital music player, mobile phone cards and USB flash drives to people in Vietnam, citing a growing consumer class in the nation.

Best Buy to distribute Dell PCs
(News) In an effort to put more of its PCs on retail shelves, Dell on Thursday signed up with consumer electronics retailer Best Buy to sell its desktops and laptops.

IBM files trade complaint against Asustek
(News) IBM has filed a trade complaint in the U.S. against Taiwanese hardware vendor Asustek Computer, alleging that the company has infringed IBM patents.

Dell closes down hardware design unit in India
(News) Dell Inc. will phase out its hardware design unit in Bangalore as it relies more on contract manufacturers capable of doing design to get its products to market.

Lenovo will hand Olympic torch to Acer after Beijing
(News) Acer will take over from Lenovo as a sponsor of the Olympic Games after 2008, a move that could help to elevate Acer's profile as a worldwide PC brand.

Price war between Intel and AMD winding down, study says
(News) Intel, AMD want to end x86 price war, an iSuppli survey said.

Are the Government's PCs Antiques?
(News) A study finds young government information technology workers say the tech in place is dated.

DRAM prices may hit speed bump on way down
(News) Users should not be fooled by a possible stabilizing in DRAM prices in coming weeks because it's only a speed bump on the way down, analysts say.

Fujitsu Siemens goes seriously green
(News) Fujitsu Siemens Computers continues to bang the green IT drum after unveiling a number of green IT initiatives and predictions at its VisitIT forum in Berlin.

DRAM price falls 25 percent
(News) A glut of DRAM (dynamic RAM) on the market and sluggish demand due to a holiday in China caused the price of the most widely used computer memory chip to fall 25 percent in a matter of weeks, DRAMeXchange Technology Inc. reported Tuesday.

Gateway plans to buy Packard Bell
(News) Gateway Inc. on Monday announced plans to acquire PC vendor Packard Bell BV for an undisclosed amount, a move funded by Acer Inc. as part of its planned acquisition of Gateway.