Notebooks & PCs - News - Good Gear Guide

News

Article | 30/01/2008 Penryn, Phenom PCs: Fast, Not Phenomenal

Mainstream and boutique PC vendors are having a field day releasing new systems with next-generation Intel Penryn and AMD Phenom processors. We found ...

Article | 31/01/2008 More Taiwanese chip makers slash spending

Three more Taiwanese chip makers plan to spend significantly less money on new factories and equipment this year as a DRAM (dynamic RAM) glut and unce...

Article | 31/01/2008 California company introduces new mobile Linux platform

Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.

Article | 31/01/2008 Apple shipping MacBook Air laptops, but no stock in stores

Apple announced Wednesday that it has begun shipping the first MacBook Air laptops to customers, but acknowledged that a planned update to Apple TV ha...

Article | 25/01/2008 Microsoft: Vista 'most secure Windows'

Microsoft's Windows Vista recorded about half as many vulnerabilities in its first full year of availability as Windows XP did in its opening 12 month...

Article | 28/01/2008 Microsoft picks up Vista SP1 pace

For the second time in two weeks, Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to its invitation-only group of approximate...

Article | 29/01/2008 AMD releases dual-processor graphics card

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday introduced a high-end graphics card whose core will also be part of its next-generation Fusion processors.

Article | 25/01/2008 US OLPC recipients irate over delays, headaches

When Seattle, Washington resident David Ruggiero heard about an opportunity to get his hands on the innovative XO laptop made by the <a href=" http://...

Article | 24/01/2008 A Closer Look: Beta Vista Service Pack 1

With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack?

Article | 10/08/2001 Twenty years on, the PC is still going strong

A hint of nostalgia hit the high-tech world Wednesday night, as luminaries who drove the PC's success gathered to honor the 20th anniversary of the wo...