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New Dell.com Boosts the Customer Experience While Reducing IT Effort

Dell relies on its public Web site, Dell.com, as a key channel for its direct sales. To help customers more easily find the information they need and to simplify site management, Dell decided to redesign the underlying architecture of the site. It chose a solution based on Microsoft products and...

Tags: Enterprise Search, Dell Computer Corp., Dell.com, Information Technology, Customer Experience, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Search, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-08-01

Dell Simplifies Server Management, Lowers Costs, and Increases Dell.com Performance

Dell manufactures, sells, and supports a wide range of personal computer and enterprise technology. Dell is working hard to simplify IT work for itself and its customers. By creating a low-touch infrastructure in its data centers, the company expects to lower costs and boost IT staff productivity. Key to Dell's...

Tags: Server Management, Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Dell.com, Information Technology, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Strategy, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-03-13

No AMD at Dell.com? Not so fast

No AMD at Dell.com? Not so fastThis is a good announcement for AMDAMD has not been in the news for quite a while so ANY new is good news. While they are relegated to the "retail ghetto" (credit theinquirer.net for that phrase) this news highlights their brand.On the flip...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dell.com

Discussion threads 2008-02-09

No AMD at Dell.com? Not so fast

Is it in with the new, out with the old at Dell.com? Last night, I wrote that Dell had added a few Penryn options to one of its most popular laptops, the XPS M1330. Now comes word that the company may have dropped systems using AMD processors from Dell.com altogether....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell.com, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Notebooks, Business Structures, Desktops, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-08

Nokia E90 Communicator available for ordering on Dell.com

Nokia E90 Communicator available for ordering on Dell.comI really, really ...... really, really like the E90. I've had countless cellphones over the years but the best was the Nokia 9000i. I regret getting rid of that one. Yes, it was huge, and yes, it was heavy, but...

Tags: Dell.com, Nokia E90, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-04

Nokia E90 Communicator available for ordering on Dell.com

I am still testing out the Apple iPhone, but I am also discovering that it is basically a feature phone with iPod functionality that is missing basic phone functions and many smartphone functions. Granted it isn't really designed for power users like me, but the dang interface keeps drawing me...

Tags: Symbian, Smartphone, S60, Nokia

Blog posts 2007-07-04

Additional Resources

Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU

Editors' note: This review is part of our holiday 2009 retail desktop and laptop review roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. There's something to be said for simplicity. The Dell Inspiron i1545-4374PBU might not look like much and its limited supply...

Tags: Notebooks, Keyboards, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-07

Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N

The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...

Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Hands on with Dell's new Adamo XPS

We got a chance to take a quick test drive with an Adamo XPS this week, as well as capture some hands-on footage. by CNET News.com

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Adamo, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-05

Pics: Dell U2410

Pics of the much anticipated successor to the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP, the U2410. by CNET News.com

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-05

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

YouTube wildly profitable?

Natural aging. Even if you put Laptop Battery away and never use it, Dell xps m1530 battery will die one day. Let me explain things a little bit more. You have to understand that, it doesn?t matter how good you care about your , it will lose performance...

Tags: Engineering, YouTube Inc., battery

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, product key, acccount, clean install, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

ZDNet Government version of Throw out the Trash Day

More trash pleaseNice idea ... may I submit a similar one for the editor's consideration? Can we have 'trash of the week' by a ZDNET blogger. Serious ... with a touch of humour. Example follows.In Jason Perlow's 'The Vista is Dead' spoof mwagner@zdnet.com was moved to comment."Sounds like you didn't...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

E-book reader news and releases round-up

Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, e-reader, Apple Inc., E-book reader new, e-book Reader, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!

my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Was Windows 7 totally your idea?

W7: Whose ideas?It is pretty clear that Apple and Microsoft "borrow" from each other. I don't think that's a problem, all competitors "borrow" each others' ideas and the consumer wins.What is clear, though, is that Microsoft did listen to alot of people but it wasn't those people that use...

Tags: Desktops, Crispin, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22