Stories by Ben Ames

Article | 11/09/2007 Dell targets small business with simple storage array
Hoping to gain customers among fast-growing small businesses, Dell has launched a storage array optimized for simple operation and low price.
Article | 11/09/2007 Coming soon: A supercomputer for the rest of us
What if your desktop computer could run 100 times faster than a PC and were simple enough for a high school student to program?
Article | 10/09/2007 AMD seeks server rebound with Barcelona
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to seize a larger share of the server chip market from its rival Intel this week when it launches the Barcelona quad-core...
Article | 7/09/2007 HP picks Intel chip for quad-core servers
Hewlett-Packard launched a server based on Intel's new Tigerton quad-core Xeon processor Thursday, battling IBM for customers who run data-intensive b...
Article | 24/08/2007 Nokia extends lead in handsets as Motorola struggles
Nokia tightened its grip on the global mobile phone market in the second quarter of this year, taking advantage of a stumble by Motorola and strong de...
Article | 10/08/2007 Dell to pay $48.5M to ousted CEO
Dell will pay former CEO Kevin Rollins US$48.5 million for his stock options six months after he resigned in the wake of investor criticism about the ...
Article | 7/08/2007 Industry watchers say Apple plans desktop upgrade
Apple plans to upgrade its iMac desktop PC line this week with a flashier design and thinner keyboard, according to comments and photos on industry bl...
Article | 3/08/2007 Nokia maintains top spot in mobile phone market
Nokia held onto its dominant share of the global mobile phone market during the second quarter as Motorola tumbled from second to third place despite ...
Article | 3/08/2007 Report: Google shows phone prototype to manufacturers
Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advert...
Article | 1/08/2007 Apple faces mounting complaints on iPhone battery
Officials in New York state asked Apple on Monday to change its iPhone design to allow consumers to replace their own batteries, just days after lawye...
Article | 18/07/2007 DRAM market pauses in price drop, analyst says
Struggling memory chip vendors may see a ray of hope in the near future, as prices for DRAM (dynamic RAM) chips stopped their long slide during the fi...
Article | 27/06/2007 Apple rivals dread iPhone
When Apple launches the iPhone in the US on Friday, it is set to get a jump on its competitors and spark a flurry of new phone designs, regardless of ...
Article | 22/06/2007 Dell lets users avoid 'bloatware'
Dell is allowing its customers to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs, after hundreds of users complained about such "bloatwa...
Article | 14/06/2007 PC shipments rise on notebook sales
Attracted by aggressive prices and the launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista OS, consumers purchased more notebooks during the first quarter than expect...
Article | 13/06/2007 Dell denies plan to exit LCD TV business
Dell will sell a wider variety of television sets made by other manufacturers over its Web site, but denied reports that it plans to stop making LCD (...

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