New-look PCs Coming This Autumn
News Several of the PC makers involved in the Easy PC initiative will offer an early look at their products at Intel's Developers Forum in Palm Springs at the end this month. The new-look PCs have been developed under an initiative called Easy PC, which...
[August 5, 1999, 8:19]
Ballmer: Make Computing Easier
News Ballmer also announced the Easy PC initiative, a joint venture with Intel designed to simplify the design of PCs. Compaq Computer Corp.and Gateway Inc.will participate in the initiative. This initiative will focus on using X86 hardware for single...
[April 8, 1999, 9:33]
Comdex '99: Spotlight On PC 'appliances'
News Like Microsoft and Intel's Easy PC Initiative, the Easy Now specification would also make way for PCs of radically different shapes and sizes. Microsoft, which has been involved with Intel and AMD in developing legacy free PCs, is also expected to...
[November 15, 1999, 9:26]
New-look PCs Coming This Autumn (part 2)
News More information about the Easy PC Initiative is available at Intel's Developer Web site. Those tests include the Intel Initial Experience Predictor Tool, for measuring the ease with which a PC can be set up, which will be discussed at the...
[August 5, 1999, 8:23]
700MHz PIII's To Ship In Oct, As Merced Wows PC Makers
News The Easy PC Initiative, which was announced at the Spring IDF last February, will bear fruit this week as it shows off designs for new, easier to use PCs, due later in the year. While Barrett extolled the virtue of Easy PC, Pat Gelsinger, vice...
[September 1, 1999, 9:01]
McNealy Calls For Java To Get Tough
News Sun is trying to seize the initiative with a multimillion-pound Java branding campaign that's designed to convince average people that they want Java devices, McNealy said in a news conference after his speech.
[June 16, 2003, 8:10]
MS Palladium: A Must Or A Menace?
News A trusted platform can attest to its configuration, and I, a merchant, can decide if I want to deal with that PC," Marcus Varady, marketing manager for Intel's safer computing initiative and the chair of the TCPA steering committee, said in a...
[November 8, 2002, 8:05]
Dell's Future Vision: A PC In Every Room
News Dell4me is the company's initiative to become, in effect, a consumer systems integrator, handling its customers' PC hardware and services. Dell has focused its initiative on several PCs, including a new, musically inclined Dimension desktop and the...
[September 23, 1999, 9:44]
Here Comes 'Millennium' - The New Windows
News Millennium will also support the Easy PC initiative, which is a joint venture between Microsoft, Intel and PC makers to remove older hardware components from PCs and at the same time make the products simpler to use.
[September 27, 1999, 11:00]
Microsoft Unveils Home Networking Plan
News Towards that end Microsoft announced its Universal Plug and Play initiative, which intends to make connecting consumer appliances and information devices as easy as plugging them into a socket. Yet Microsoft has brought together a powerful...
[January 8, 1999, 11:22]
Intel Wants PCs To Double As VCRs
News Intel's EPC initiative also could put the squeeze on digital video recorder (DVR) makers like TiVo, analysts said. Likewise, as PC makers such as Intel begin adding Wi-Fi access points to desktops, consolidation is expected to occur among Wi-Fi...
[March 8, 2004, 8:40]
