Dell plans to announce PC pricing changes for US small business and home users. The move is expected to shift it away from promoting inexpensive, barebone computers for that market toward more mainstream configurations that cost more.
Following an industry trend toward smaller, more efficient PCs, Apple Computer phased the bulky CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor out of its product line on Wednesday, moving entirely to LCDs (liquid crystal displays).
The online photo-sharing Web site Shutterfly announced Thursday that it plans to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) of company stock.
Nearly one-fifth of all notebook PCs will break down over their lifetime, needing a new hardware component to fix the failure, a study reveals.
The soaring popularity of MP3 music players is driving demand for NAND flash memory chips faster than suppliers can keep up.
Fujitsu Computer Systems launched an ultralight, 2.2-pound (997 grams) notebook on Tuesday, offering a PC that balances the conflicting demands of businesspeople.
IBM researchers have pushed a silicon-based microprocessor to speeds of 500GHz, more than 250 times faster than a typical commercial chip in a cell phone.
Despite three years of slowing growth in sales, worldwide PC shipments grew by a strong 12.6 percent in the first quarter.
Researchers at Intel have found a better way to insulate circuits, enabling them to save energy as they pack more transistors onto each processor.
To handle high computing loads in multimedia handsets and smartphones, Texas Instruments plans to build a faster, more efficient family of processors by 2008, the company announced Monday.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recalled more than half a million digital cameras, citing the risk of a fire hazard from an overheated battery.
Faced with slipping market share for its microprocessors, Intel has decided to increase its investment in NOR flash memory chips, as published reports suggest it will sell off two of its communications processor families.
Samsung Electronics America Inc. plans to change the processor in its Q1 Ultra Mobile PC, replacing a chip from Intel Corp. with one from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), according to a published account.
As its commanding lead over Hewlett-Packard (HP) dissolves, Dell has turned to customer service to rescue its flagging PC sales.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will ship four-core processors for servers, workstations and high-end desktops by mid-2007, company Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester said Thursday.
