Mini-laptops based on Arm chips are set to make their way to users, which could heat up the battle in …
AMD ships low-power six-core Opteron chip
Advanced Micro Devices introduced a low-power variant of its six-core Opteron server chip, which is codenamed Istanbul. The Opteron 2419 …
Privacy missing from Google Books settlement
If Google digitizes the world's books, how will it keep track of what you read? That's one of the unanswered …
Sharp to launch ultramobile device with Arm chip
Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based …
Asustek's Android Eee PC remains in deep freeze
The CEO of netbook pioneer Asustek Computer said today that he still sees no clear market for mini-laptops known as …
Novell, SCO ready for another day in court over Unix fight
Both SCO and Novell are anticipating their next day in court to settle who owns Unix copyrights after a judge …
Gigabit Ethernet fit for a tank
Ethernet continues to go places its inventors probably never imagined. This week GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms got a $645,000 contract …
Yahoo still considers Bing a search competitor
Yahoo hopes to remain relevant and competitive in the search engine market, battling for users not only against nemesis Google …
AMD to drop clock speed in 12-core chips
Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming 12-core chips will draw the same power as its six-core chips, but will have reduced clock …
Nokia enters netbook market with the Booklet 3G
Nokia has unveiled the Booklet 3G, a netbook with high-speed mobile broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a GPS receiver, the …
Quanta says first cloud computing devices due out next year
Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract notebook computer manufacturer, will release its first cloud computing products next year as it …
ConSentry Networks goes out of business
NAC pioneer ConSentry Networks has gone out of business, according to the company’s founder. Employees at the company were told …
Ultrathin price drops may squeeze netbooks
The dominance of low-cost netbooks could be threatened by an emerging category of ultrathin laptops, which could compete on features …
Chinese Windows XP software pirates get jail terms
A Chinese court has sentenced four people to jail for pirating Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, China's state-owned media reported …
Red Hat, IBM, Novell major contributors to exploding Linux kernel development
Red Hat, IBM and Novell remain the top contributors to the Linux kernel, an open source project that has grown …
HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout
Hewlett-Packard reported a 2 % drop in revenue for the July quarter, which was better than expected, and said its …
Update: HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout
Hewlett-Packard reported a 2% drop in revenue for the July quarter, which was better than expected, and said its business …
Desktop multiprocessing: Not so fast
Until recently, you could reasonably expect this year's software to run faster on next year's machines, but that's not necessarily …
Lenovo, targeting HP, releases quartet of 'digital home' PCs
Best known for its conservative Thinkpad business laptops, Lenovo Group Ltd. is trying its best to break out of that …
Joybook Lite U121 Eco
BenQ officially launched today their latest ultra-portable netbook, the 11.6” display Joybook Lite U121 Eco. “Eco” for “economical” and “ecological,” …