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Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
News PCs are not selling to the lower end of the population in China and India. These versions will be bundled only with entry-level PCs and will not be available for retail sale. Microsoft) has five times as many Hotmail users in India and China than...
[October 21, 2004, 12:05]
Intel wants to build business basics
News PCs are becoming more of a commodity, while the equipment needed to support e-business, such as high-end servers, is generally lower volume, but higher price and higher margin. But make no mistake, Intel is still a chipmaker, and the eXCHANGE event...
[October 14, 2000, 7:12]
Action 2000 launches domestic campaign
News PCs, videos, burglar alarms, fax machines and time and date-dependent answer machines, digital cameras and camcorders are all likely to be affected and need testing. For extended warranties, policy providers had not added Year 2000-related ‘won't...
[October 14, 1998, 17:45]
HP to buy Compaq for $25bn
News Through the acquisition, Compaq hoped to graduate from being a manufacturer of PCs and low cost servers to a full service computer provider with high-end hardware, an international services and consulting group, and chip technology.
[September 4, 2001, 6:34]
UK carriers roll out GPRS
News The service with which it has debuted is PocketNet Office, which connects workers' laptop PCs to the corporate LAN. Wireless coverage is only available in the south of England for now, but will cover all of England by the end of the summer...
[July 7, 2000, 15:20]
Evidence mounts for premium Vista
News Windows XP Starter Edition, a limited version of the operating system, is sold with new PCs in emerging markets such as India, Thailand and Brazil. With Windows Vista, Microsoft is considering a product line-up that would include several new high...
[September 14, 2005, 9:05]
HP server slims down with Pentium M
News Low-end uniprocessor blades are still good for many network tasks, such as handing out Internet addresses to PCs as they log onto a network, serving up Web pages or directing Web surfers' computers to the proper addresses as they browse the...
[April 22, 2003, 11:16]
NEC may struggle to sell PC arm
News However, there is some speculation that Lap Shun Hui, cofounder of eMachines, a maker of low-cost PCs now owned by Gateway, is reported to be engaging in discussions about the purchase of Packard Bell for under $87m (£47m).
[June 22, 2006, 17:05]
ASUS Eee Box review
Reviews Wireless peripherals help preserve the sparse design these small PCs strive for. You can also pop the hard drive out from the bottom of the unit for upgrading or servicing — another useful feature that's not common in these tiny PCs.
[August 4, 2008, 12:08]
Third parties line up new Mac gear
News With Apple's stock battered by recent sales problems, devastating setbacks in the consumer and education markets, and the dismal failure of the G4 Cube, the company must show more than ever that it does not stand alone and can compete effectively...
[January 9, 2001, 15:41]
Business Integration Brings Smooth Sailing to Seagate
White Papers Seagate is a world-leading manufacturer of magnetic disk and read-write heads for hard disk drives, designed for PCs, high-end servers, and consumer electronics. Seagate selected TIBCO Software Inc.for its business integration solution because...
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
Intel earnings beat targets
News Intel on Tuesday reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, thanks in part to stronger sales of high-end processors for PCs and servers. The increase in average chip prices shows the company sold a higher percentage of mobile...
[January 15, 2003, 7:50]
Gateway moves back into the UK
News Today, Gateway believes that market conditions, a simplified business model and new high-performance, superb value PCs sold through leading UK retailers will resonate with consumers," said the company in a statement.
[September 12, 2005, 18:30]
Dell notebook aims high
News While the firm has made big strides in the notebook arena over the last two years, this is the first time it has turned its guns on the top-end, where PCs cost the equivalent of a car. While recent products have been solid, the new models round out...
[September 12, 1996, 15:41]
Intel pits its own beast against AMD
News Computer makers such as Alienware, Falcon Northwest and even Hewlett-Packard offer the Athlon 64 FX and have offered previous versions of the Extreme Edition Pentium 4 in their high-end PCs as well. Intel on Monday launched its latest Pentium 4...
[November 2, 2004, 10:39]
Debut set for 2GHz mobile Pentium
News Intel will hit the 2GHz mark for notebook PCs this month with a new Pentium 4-M chip. The new mobile chip will initially find its way to customers in high-end notebooks. The end-of-June launch -- one of Intel's fastest introductions of a new chip...
[June 12, 2002, 9:07]
Intel announces Nehalem desktop branding
News The manufacturer's upcoming chipset microarchitecture — codenamed 'Nehalem' — will find its way into desktop PCs as 'Core i7'. In its Monday announcement, Intel also said the first products to bear this branding will appear in the fourth quarter of...
[August 11, 2008, 12:20]
Via brings hi-fi to the low end
News Via Technologies has unveiled a new motherboard aimed at computer makers who want to offer hi-fi media capabilities in PCs costing less than about £250. Via has carved out a niche for its processors in low-cost computer systems and small form...
[January 6, 2003, 13:35]
Intel debuts low-cost Itanium 2 chips
News Although the servers are generally less sensitive to pricing pressures than PCs, cost is a factor in the kind of markets that Deerfield will address. Workstations also have to compete with high-end desktops.
[September 8, 2003, 8:40]
AMD presses on into server market
News He affirmed, however, that the lucrative server and workstation market remains something of a Holy Grail to AMD, which until relatively recently was stuck making chips for "budget PCs". Microprocessor maker AMD says it is pressing on with its plans...
[May 3, 2000, 16:06]
