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1. Mayor Nagin named in Dell conspiracy case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   UPDATED In what's rapidly turning into a week Dell would really like to forget, the company is in court in New Orleans accused of shady practice in securing a deal to install CCTV cameras in the city, ...

2. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. Analyst Opinion - Some companies are gluttons for punishment. Dell, apparently, is one of them. In ...

3. Microsoft and Yahoo still working on pre-nup

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... were Microsoft's top online executives Yusuf Mehdi, Satya Nadella, and Qi Lu.  However it seems that Redmond's capacious corporate drinks expense account has so far not been enough to make Yahoo say ...

4. Updated: Verizon promotes $200 HP netbook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... May 17 Verizon netbook launch comes shortly after a similar announcement by AT&T, which currently offers netbook models from Dell, LG, Acer and Lenovo. Verizon adds: "There is a Gobi chip in the Mini ...

5. AMD posts controversial virtualization value math

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   ... AMD compares two Dell (AMD/Intel) and two HP (AMD/Intel) servers in ways they can be configured directly from the firm’s websites. AMD said that it configured the systems as closely as possible to the ...

6. Apple not green, perhaps light green, in power purchases

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... Dell buys much more green power than it actually needs.  Chicago (IL) – Green comes in many different shades. And we know that companies exploit their green initiatives for marketing purposes in ...

7. Analyst gets excited about Apple, raises target price by 27%

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... billion, Google is at $119 billion, Dell at $20 billion, HP at $82 billion and Microsoft at $174 billion.  ...

8. Two worlds collide: Can PC companies build smartphones?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... of those companies, Dell, has already tried and failed to crack the handheld market. Sure, its Axim-branded devices were basic, disconnected PDAs. But they exemplified the kind of thinking that most large ...

9. Microsoft's Windows 7 RC Build 7048 reviewed

   (Software/Software Brief)

   ... finding nearly all necessary drivers from either the install or a subsequent Windows Update (a Dell XPS M1330 wireless adapter and sound driver had to be tracked down manually). Bott has prepared ...

10. Apple tax on the latest Mac gear: 40 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... that seems mostly in sync in terms of price vs specs. In fact, the updated all-in-one comes ahead of similar all-in-one systems from Dell and HP - both in hardware specs and, surprisingly, price. On ...

11. The race to kill the MacBook Air is on

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as Dell preps a challenger. Dell shifted its teasing campaign into a higher gear ahead of the launch of this highly anticipated MacBook Air-killer, dubbed Adamo Thirteen. Chicago (IL) - Although MacBook ...

12. Apple's Mini DisplayPort to become a part of DisplayPort 1.2 specification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is being pushed by Nvidia, AMD and Dell, which offer DP video cards and monitors. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft ...

13. UPDATE 2: Mobile WiMAX market quadrupled in Q3'2008

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Redwood City (CA) - A recent publication by Dell'Oro Group claims the worldwide mobile WiMAX infrastructure revenues quadrupled in Q3'2008 as compared to one year previous. While Dell'Oro's Senior Analyst ...

14. Dell pitches MacBook Air rival, Sony enters netbook market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Expect IT to begin 2009 with two major announcements in the notebook segment: Dell continues to work on its image and give Apple's MacBook Air a run for its money with a new ultra-thin notebook called ...

15. Update: Dell says no changes to Windows XP downgrade cost

    (Software/Software Features)

      Update: A previous version of this article claimed that Dell recently increased the cost of downgrading some of its consumer computer systems from Windows Vista from $50 to $150. Dell contacted ...

16. DisplayPort and HDCP in your Mac: What you need to know

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Whatever the motivation may be, here is what you need to know about DisplayPort and HDCP in Macs. DisplayPort (DP) is a royalty-free technology that has been adopted by Nvidia, AMD and Dell, which now ...

17. Why did Twitter say no to Facebook?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... advertising. Instead Twitter plans charge customers who utilize Twitter as a means to communicate with other customers or sell products. Companies such as JetBlue Airways, Dell and Whole Foods Market have ...

18. Oracle remains best performing tech stock in declining economy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ...  1.7 Motorola -77% 9.0 RIM -71% 24.4 Yahoo -65% 14.5 Ebay -65% 15.7 Dell  ...

19. Dell claims carbon neutrality

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

      This morning Dell announced the company has achieved its goal of carbon neutrality in less than a year’s time and five months ahead of their schedule. Dell has done this by using a combination ...

20. iPod rumor mill: 64 GB iPod touch on the way?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... lead in music player space is all but given, especially now that competitors seem to launch new efforts to tackle its lead. Despite Dell's withdrawal from the MP3 player market in 2006, the company is ...

21. Dell releases BIOS updates for failing Nvidia GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Dell is offering BIOS updates to mitigate the effects of faulty GPUs shipped by Nvidia. The BIOS upgrade will not “repair” the GPU, but Dell hopes that the update will alleviate problems caused ...

22. Greener than an Apple: Cherrypal’s $250 PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as Emachines, equipped with a single-core processor, 512 MB or 1 GB of memory and a hard drive with 160 to 250 GB capacity. $50 more will get you a new PC from  Dell or HP similar equipped as the ...

23. Surprise: Apple sues Mac-clone maker Psystar

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... only reveal his first name (Robert). He offered an interesting perspective about the case. "What if Microsoft said you could only install Windows on Dell computers?" he asked. "What if Honda said that, ...

24. Microsoft Equipt: The beginning of the next-generation of Microsoft

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... experience is divided between the OEMs, parts vendors, and Microsoft. No one is really able to fully own the experience package.   The OEMs are increasingly moving to fix that problem with Dell, ...

25. Dell channels old school Apple with a twist of Linux

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Analyst Opinion - Before the introduction of Dell’s Studio Laptops, you really had only two choices when you were looking for a new PC. You could choose Apple and get a really good user experience, ...

26. Do sustainable PCs exist?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... be a difficult decision. We have looked at a sample of three PCs described as sustainable - from Dell, Enano and Everex: Current green PC all boast many similar characteristics, but there are substantial differences ...

27. Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the original complaint against Dell, Typhoon and co-plaintiff Nova Technologies today said that suit has been filed against ten more companies, including Apple, Nokia and Palm.  Seattle (WA) ...

28. Dell XPS 730 H2C desktop invades Alienware territory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Dell today upgraded its flagship desktop PC with the latest and greatest hardware to offer what the company calls one of the most advanced gaming platforms on the planet. In fact, the new XPS ...

29. Update: Apple upgrades iMac, gets Intel’s Montevina CPU early, sort of

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... company's Santa Rosa platform. We can’t imagine that HP and Dell are happy about the fact that Apple can  officially ship a Core 2 Duo processor that matches most of the specifications of an unannounced ...

30. Update: Blu-ray and HD DVD support demystified

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... less of a battle here, as several manufacturers support both formats.  However, the number one manufacturer, Dell, has exclusively chosen to back Blu-ray.  Apple has done the same.  Of course, ...

31. Dell goes against HP, IBM with new blade servers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Dell has updated its blade server portfolio and claims that its latest M-series eclipses its competition in power consumption and power efficiency. Round Rock (TX) – Dell has updated its blade ...

32. Linux returns to Thinkpads

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... reflects a general uncertainty of system builders if there is really a market for such systems and how such notebooks should be positioned and marketed. Just like Dell, which recently rolled out notebook ...

33. Is the Consumer Electronics Show on its last leg?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... call for the show organizers.   Show high points: From Wireless TVs, to products that would upset Steve Jobs   The two best monitors I saw were from Dell/AlienWare they had a wrap around ...

34. Dell and Motion Computing sued over touch screen patent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Typhoon Touch Technologies today said that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Dell and Motion Computing, claiming that both companies infringe on a Typhoon patent entitled “Portable ...

35. PDA market still shrinking dramatically with no end in sight

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... different, with Toshiba, Sony and Dell aggressively participating in what was then considered to be a lucrative market. Today, those firms are gone and while Palm is still dominating the category, new ...

36. Sign up for our brand new newsletter - and a chance to win a Dell gaming notebook!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... with a Dell Dimension XPS M1730 notebook, Seagate hard drives and a Kingston enthusiast memory kit. Chicago (IL) – We are proud to announce the launch of the TG Daily newsletter service as an extension ...

37. UPDATE #3: Ubuntu founder: Ubuntu replacing Windows

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... which require them. That means that the Ubuntu offers an economic incentive over Windows, which is not the case with Red Hat or SUSE." Ubuntu has recently been offered by Dell US, and more recently ...

38. TG Video: Wirelessly hacking Gmail and more - tutorial

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... amazed at how many people name their computers with their own first and last names.  People (more accurately IT departments) also like to name their computers by brand names like Dell laptop or Sony ...

39. Ubuntu's "Gutsy Gibbon 7.10" release Oct 18 with a full 3D GUI

    (Software/Software Brief)

    ... was based on the 7.04 release which primarily uses more traditional GUIs like Gnome and KDE--though it can also use Compiz or Beryl as alternative 3D desktops.  Since companies like Dell and ...

40. UPDATE: Gateway One invades iMac territory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... of the major trends in the premium desktop PC market today. Dell has been catering to this segment with its mobile desktop XPS M2010 for more than a year and Hewlett-Packard recently has introduced its ...

41. Skulltrail shows off some 45nm Penryn prowess

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... MT/s FSB.  It was able to run CINEBENCH and 3D Mark and, as you can see, the score is northing to shake a stick at.     Two Dell laptops were also shown.  These were identical except ...

42. UPDATE: AMD announces Barcelona quad-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... processor was approximately 3 years. Barcelona will be shipping this month, AMD said. First systems are scheduled to be available from HP, Dell, IBM, Sun as well as Appro, Egenera, Gateway, Rackable ...

43. A comparison of next-gen display interfaces

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Apple, Intel, LG, National Semiconductor, Samsung, Silicon Image Agilent, AMD, Apple, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lenovo, Molex, NVIDIA, Philips, Samsung, several others. Officially supported by VESA ...

44. TG Daily Special: Leaving Redmond, WA in 24 hours

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... of Linux: Ubuntu. Ubuntu Ubuntu is an African word meaning a great many things, kind of like "aloha". Ubuntu's demo CD even comes with a video interview of Nelson Mandella where he describes ...

45. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... comprised of 1200 Dell PowerEdge 1955s blades. Each blade sports two 2.33 GHz Quad-Core Xeons (Clovertown core) on a 1333 GHz FSB operating in Intel64 mode (true 64-bit computing). That's 2400 physical ...

46. Update: Google, Intel join in green IT initiative

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, and Microsoft, will set goals for hardware makers to reduce output.  They also plan to create new software tools that help existing computers to manage power consumption. Google's ...

47. Dell updates high-end XPS gaming rig

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Dell today announced a new version of its XPS 720 H2C Edition, which includes factory overclocked memory and more bling-bling.Round Rock (TX) – Dell today announced a new version of its XPS 720 H2C ...

48. Background: What Fusion will be – and what not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... of having to choose whom to send the Turions and whom not. The company decided to provide preferred treatment to its new Tier 1 customers (Dell, Lenovo) and disappoint smaller customers, who ended up buying ...

49. Quanta may be developing PDA handset for Dell

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Quanta Computer is developing a PDA handset for Dell, and the new model is expected to be launched in the fourth quarter of this year, according to industry sources.Quanta Computer is developing a PDA ...

50. Analysis: AMD loses dominance in U.S. retail channel to Intel

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... enough processors to all of its customers during the Christmas quarter and gave the larger customers such as Dell preferential treatment. “Resellers were certainly inconvenienced in Q4,” Brookwood ...