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Article | 16/11/2011 HP unveils its first business ultrabook
Hewlett-Packard introduced Wednesday its first business ultrabook, offering nine hours of battery life, a solid-state drive, and a security chip that ...
Article | 16/11/2011 Intel to invest $US100 million in mobile software, services
Intel will invest $US100 million in companies developing software and services for mobile device and PCs, a move to improve the chip maker's presence ...
Article | 15/11/2011 Hard drive shortages will result in more expensive PCs: Gartner
Enterprise users and consumers who have held off buying new PCs recently may come to regret their decision as a hard-drive shortage following floods i...
Article | 11/11/2011 IDC: Thailand floods will hurt overall PC shipments
Widespread flooding in Thailand will directly impact PC markets in the first half of next year, with worldwide shipments dropping by up to 20 percent ...
Article | 9/11/2011 HP, Dell overtake Nokia in updated Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy-efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are c...
Article | 4/11/2011 Tablets vs. laptops vs. smartphones
Many people today carry multiple mobile devices to access data anyplace, anytime. But a question always lingers: between a smartphone, laptop and tabl...
Article | 1/11/2011 Thai floods hit Q4 hard drive production, says research firm
The devastating floods in Thailand will cause a 28 percent quarter-on-quarter drop in hard disk drive (HDD) production in the fourth quarter, potentia...
Article | 29/10/2011 HP: Spinning PC unit off would have cost billions
Spinning off its PC unit would have been too costly for Hewlett-Packard, and that was one of the reasons why the company backed off from the plan it a...
Article | 26/10/2011 New IBM CEO latest in changes at tech companies
IBM's announcement Tuesday that company veteran Virginia Rometty will take over on Jan. 1 as president and CEO from Sam Palmisano is the latest in hig...
Article | 25/10/2011 MacBook Pro range quietly upgraded
Apple has quietly upgraded the processor, hard disk and graphics capabilities of the MacBook Pro range.
Article | 22/10/2011 Sprint cutting unlimited 4G data plans
Sprint Nextel is ending unlimited data plans for all devices except smartphones, bringing the era of all-you-can-eat mobile data in the U.S. nearer to...
Article | 20/10/2011 Windows 8 will be on ultrabooks next year, Intel executive says
Ultrabooks with Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS are due to reach market next year, and the OS could help propel demand for the devices, an Intel exe...
Article | 14/10/2011 Quanta latest to license patents from MS for Android, Chrome
Quanta Computer, the Taiwanese contract computer manufacturer, is now the ninth company to license patents from Microsoft for its Android devices, the...
Article | 13/10/2011 Dell: PC, mobile businesses important to company
Dell CEO Michael Dell on Wednesday said the company remains committed to its PC and mobile device businesses, saying it will provide savings that coul...
Article | 13/10/2011 Lenovo surpasses Dell, becomes No. 2 PC vendor
Lenovo surpassed Dell to become the world's second largest PC vendor at the end of the third quarter, according to research firms IDC and Gartner.