European antitrust investigators believe a cartel in the market for LCD screens extends around the world, a European Commission official …
Rising demand for DDR3 DRAM in laptops, servers
Demand for the next generation DRAM chip, DDR3 (double data rate, third generation), has spiked recently as systems makers turn …
Midrange telepresence system
Plenty of small, geographically dispersed teams within large organizations can benefit from telepresence. The same holds true for small and …
Greenpeace pans PC makers for toxic products
Greenpeace International on Wednesday criticized some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware. Hewlett-Packard, …
Smartphone OS smackdown
Two and a half years ago, Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone and said that its software was five years …
Nokia, Intel to team on mobile architectures
Intel and handset maker Nokia are teaming to develop new mobile computing device and chipset architectures, the companies said. The …
Jacky?s Electronics experiences 40% growth in Netbook demand
Jacky’s Electronics, the UAE’s leading multi-electronics retailer, has seen a 40 % increase in demand for Netbooks for the first six …
Western Digital launches line of embedded SSDs
Western Digital announced that it has begun shipping its first solid-state line of disk drives based on technology it acquired …
Dell smartphone rumors
As everyone knows, Dell is late to the smartphone party. Very late. In fact, it hasn't even arrived yet and …
HD video hits desktops with hardware, software
LifeSize Communications and Radvision are taking two different routes toward high-definition desktop videoconferencing, both aiming to bring more participants into …
Microsoft Bing: Five areas in search of improvement
Microsoft has taken its first steps in redefining search with its “decision engine,” releasing Bing to a generally positive reception …
Acer to build laptop with 3-D screen
Hoping to ride a recent surge in movies and TV shows filmed in 3-D, Acer plans to release a notebook …
Yahoo boosts sites with external applications
Yahoo will add about 20 third-party applications to several of its sites so that people have fewer reasons to browse …
Freescale chips power Android smartphones, MIDs
Freescale Semiconductor displayed a number of devices containing its chips at Computex Taipei 2009 this year, including an e-book reader …
Intel aims to shape netbook evolution
Intel has definite ideas about how it wants small laptops based on its Atom processors to evolve, but a senior …
EMPA gets Intel award
EMPA Middle East FZCO, one of the largest IT distribution companies operating in the Middle East, Central Asia and North …
Qualcomm shows Eee PC running Android OS
Qualcomm showed off a previously unannounced version of Asustek Computer's Eee PC based on its Snapdragon processor at the Computex …
Movies coming soon on mobile phones
Offering movies is the latest thing some vendors are trying to lure users as the battle for mobile phone buyers …
Shuttle packs Via's Nano into small desktop PCs
Small-PC specialist Shuttle will show off a pair of desktop PCs based on Via Technologies’ Nano processor at the Computex …
Beefed-up netbooks now a threat to notebooks
Microsoft and Intel’s attempts to confine netbooks to the low end of the market to protect mainstream notebook PC sales …