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Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere

Ed Bott is the picture of PC bliss. He got a crapware free Sony laptop and you'd think the guy is in heaven. Ed writes: For the past two months, I've been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of...

Tags: Revenue, Sony Corp., PC, PC Company, Manufacturer, Ed, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makers

SugarLabs in talks with low-cost PC makersThis is all very positive! Now, ANY vendor can mix and matchthe Sugar and other parts of the OLPC hardware design. This will breath new life into one-to-one computing, and make it so that it does not all depend on one organization. And the...

Tags: Sugar, One Laptop Per Child project, SugarLabs

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Are multiple global forces conspiring to knock Microsoft's other foot off the cliff's edge?

Perhaps the feeling isn't as palpable for you as it is for me. But, when I watch all the forces in the global market that are inadvertently conspiring with each other to dethrone Microsoft, I feel like I'm watching a real-life cliffhanger. It may not play out in...

Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Digg, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, PC Company, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Open Source, Software, Hardware, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-24

Photos: Dell showcases new enterprise products

In S.F., the PC maker shows off what it says are its most innovative new products--a cooling unit for high-performance machines and a super-sleek display.

Tags: display, PC company, high-performance, San Francisco, Dell Computer Corp., photograph

Image galleries 2007-05-17

Warning signals tough going for AMD

Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...

Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel

Blog posts 2007-03-05

One laptop per child - even in US suburbs

As the One Laptop Per Child program OLPC moves into the developed world, software companies are jockeying for position in what could be the largest distribution of laptops to students ever, reports Linux Insider. The OLPC program has long-term plans to sell a slightly higher-priced version of the cool...

Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Hardware, OLPC

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Photos: Dell's second life

PC maker sets up shop in Linden Lab's virtual world.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC company

Image galleries 2006-11-14

Photos: Dell's second life

PC maker sets up shop in Linden Lab's virtual world.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC company

Image galleries 2006-11-14

Photos: Mr. Ruiz, meet Mr. Dell

Meeting on stage at Oracle OpenWorld underlines the new partnership between chipmaker AMD and PC maker Dell.

Tags: partnership, photograph, Oracle Open World, chip company, PC company, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mr., Dell Computer Corp.

Image galleries 2006-10-23

Yahoo search to run on Acer PCs

Yahoo search to run on Acer PCsI hate start pages!Ok, I know that there are more important things in the world to worry about but I just hate the idea that someone thinks that I should see XYZ page when I open my browser. If I want a start...

Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, PC, PC company, Acer PC, Yahoo Search, Acer Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-14

Photos: Dell's recalled batteries

The PC maker says 4.1 million Sony-made laptop batteries could overheat and pose a risk of fire.

Tags: battery, PC company, Sony Corp., risk, laptop computer, Dell Computer Corp.

Image galleries 2006-08-15

Photos: New looks for HP

HP's notebook lineup is getting a spring makeover as more and more PC companies recognize the importance of design.

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC company, notebook, PC

Image galleries 2006-05-09

Photos: New looks for HP

HP's notebook lineup is getting a spring makeover as more and more PC companies recognize the importance of design.

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC company, notebook, PC

Image galleries 2006-05-09

Photos: New looks for HP

HP's notebook lineup is getting a spring makeover as more and more PC companies recognize the importance of design.

Tags: Notebooks, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC company, notebook, PC

Image galleries 2006-05-09

For Intel, home is where the VIIV is

For Intel, home is where the VIIV isOddIt's not anything Intel that allows this. It's a good video card, sound card, TV capture card, and burner that allows this. It doesn't matter exactly what the processor is as long as it has enough poop to do the job. So this...

Tags: Manufacturing, Processors, Intel Viiv, Intel Corp., PC company, Intel Centrino

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

Database start-ups bet on open source

Database start-ups bet on open sourceSloppy terminologyFor database, I presume, read Database Management System throughout. As far as I am aware none of these companies are in the business of selling databases.Doomed to fail....I moved our entire data set onto SQL Server 2005 ages ago. Our controllers were not happy...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Storage, open source, Linux price, Linux, non-corporate user, database, PC company

Discussion threads 2005-08-10

Still unanswered questions in EU decision

Still unanswered questions in EU decisioneu and future economic actionsit is clear that the only function of the EU is to compete directly with the US economy... since the US currently dominants 40% of the worlds economy, the EU wants to change that in benefit towards themahhh - lets see"...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, Media players, Java, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Player, Bard, PC company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player

Discussion threads 2004-03-24

HP adds zip to desktop PCs

HP adds zip to desktop PCsNot Apple?It seems to me that regardless of their "minute" share of the overall PC market, that Apple should certainly be considered when you make a statement such as: "making it the first major PC maker to offer the 64-bit capable chip in the United...

Tags: Network technology, Semiconductors, Processors, Desktops, desktop computer, PC, desktop, chip, PC company, 64-bit, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64, major PC-maker, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2003-11-17

Look homeward, PC maker

Look homeward, PC makerLook Overture-ward PC makersOverture's excellent tool, shows you what people are searching for:divx 419900 searchesvcd 77934 searcheswmv 21744 searchesmp3 1727390 searcheswma no searches, (but "wma mp3" 27685)divx player 64892wmv player 4861Also how fast is DSL? Mine here is 256Kbit/sec (the budget one is only 128 kbit/sec).Even when...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Overture Services Inc., MP3, Look Homeward, PC company

Discussion threads 2003-10-24

Additional Resources

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23