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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ...  Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick 

 Hardware giant Dell delivered its quarterly results showing a profit of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion - a drop in profit of 54 percent. But in the ...

2. Gameloft chooses iPhone over Android

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... See Also ARM accelerates Android mobile development Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone 
Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share Smartphone market: Android ...

3. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Is its strategy right? Hardware giant Dell delivered its quarterly results showing a profit of $577 million on revenues of $12.9 billion - a drop in profit of 54 percent. But in the face of other major ...

4. Brain boffin calls for schools to get back to books

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... Della Sala has dismissed a claim that computer games consoles can improve pupils' maths ability and said that  pupils' performance was just as good when using traditional textbooks. Governments all ...

5. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... to make a proper note of a meeting with Dell during the investigation. The Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, published his ruling on the complaint alleging procedural errors by the Commission during ...

6. Tiny brain is no bar to intelligence, say scientists

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ...  This must mean that much 'advanced' thinking can actually be done with very limited neuron numbers. Computer modelling suggests that counting could be achieved with only a few hundred nerve cells, and ...

7. ARM accelerates Android mobile development

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... with our solution center that will act as hub, or central directory for Android developers," added Bruce. 
See Also Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share ...

8. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... iPhone 3GS challenges RIM's control of smartphone market Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share 
Apple plans iPhone lockdown  ...

9. Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   Not an iPhone killer Dell has announced plans to introduce yet another Android-based smartphone into an already crowded mobile marketplace. 

According to Dell spokesperson Ron Garriques, the Mini 3 will ...

10. HP has $2.7 billion to buy 3COM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... networks to servers. So, there you have it, IBM, HP, Cisco, and Dell are sitting at the edge of the arena, armed to the teeth and ready for battle. HP had previously bagged EDS; Cisco had recently picked ...

11. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Opinion Butts are kicked dot com I have been using a Dell Adamo 9.99 for several weeks now in its pre-production form.   I’m at EMC’s analyst event this week in Boston which meant I had to spend ...

12. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... that it will also offer deals on products like the Samsung netbook, a machine that comes with Windows 7, and Dell Limited Edition netbooks, individually numbered and designed by artists. Best Buy will ...

13. Atom Hackintosh netbooks crash and burn

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... supported but that doesn't mean there won't be a modded kernel around the corner," noted StellaRolla. Indeed, a participant on the MyDellMini forum claims to have discovered one possible workaround by ...

14. New York sues Intel for antitrust behavior

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... made to firms like Dell, IBM, and Hewlett Packard violate antitrust laws. And it also alleges that vendors were threatened if they bought AMD chips rather than the microprocessors made by Intel. Cuomo’s ...

15. Dell fined $12.8 million in New Orleans conspiracy case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    A jury found Dell had to pay $12.8 million in damages for conspiracy and unfair competition after it was sued for a New Orleans CCTV system that still doesn't work. A jury found Dell had to pay $12.8 ...

16. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... VMware Fusion 3 user, I don't need to – it just works," said Puckett. "At work I use a Dell laptop running 64-bit Windows 7. At night and on the weekends, VMware Fusion 3 makes it possible for me to ...

17. World's largest supercomputer starts work

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    The world's largest supercomputer, dubbed Roadrunner, has gone online, and is starting with a terribly simple little task - modelling the composition of the universe. The world's largest supercomputer, ...

18. Microsoft Q1 revenues down 14 percent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... quarter and particularly by the strong consumer demand for Windows,” said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer at Microsoft. “We also maintained our cost discipline, which allowed us to drive strong ...

19. SSDs inch toward the desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Opinion: There's been a steady flood of news about the emergence of solid state drive (SSD) systems in mainstream products. Samsung has a 64GB miniSATA SSD about half the size of a business card; Dell ...

20. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... an email filling in some of the background. We pointed out that Gartner’s upgrade estimate was an alarming four times the cost of buying everyone involved a brand new Dell PC. Comments Silver: “The cost ...

21. Analysts spout crap, charge megabucks

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... a mystery as to where the figure of almost two thousand bucks a seat to upgrade to Windows 7 comes from. Especially when a quick glance at Dell’s site tells us we could buy any number of quad core, 4GB ...

22. Acer beats up Dell on shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ...  After three falling quarters in a row, the US finally turned the corner, with shipments up  3.9 percent at 17.8 million units. Dell hung onto its top position in the US, although shipments fell ...

23. Acer claims it will knock Dell off pole position

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    Taiwanese manufacturer Acer claims that in the next two quarters it will beat Dell and become the world's biggest PC manufacturer.Taiwanese manufacturer Acer claims that in the next two quarters it will ...

24. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... it means, of course, that its customers such as HP, Dell, and a plethora of other companies have regained some badly needed confidence. In after hours trading on NASDAQ, Intel's share price rose by over ...

25. Dell plays coy with anorexic notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    You might need to squint to see it: Dell is readying a laptop less than a centimeter thick. You might need to squint to see it: Dell is readying a laptop less than a centimeter thick. The Adamo XPS ...

26. Nvidia accuses Intel of 'improper claims,' pulls out of chipset development

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... Intel platforms, the Nvidia GeForce 9400M/ION brands have enjoyed significant sales, as well as critical success," explained the spokesperson. "Customers including Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, ...

27. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... tried to take back control of the market and instead lost it to Compaq, Dell, and eventually HP.    IBM brought Microsoft to market, gave them credibility with large business and government, ...

28. HP bangs together printers and PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... of printers and ink aren't what they used to be. The PC division, on the other hand, has waxed strongly over the last few years and toppled Dell from its former pole position.HP's printer division ...

29. Dell Latitude Z charges wirelessly

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    Dell has unveiled its Latitude Z laptop. The high-end machine - which offers wireless docking and inductive charging - weighs 4.5 pounds with a four-cell battery. Dell has unveiled its Latitude Z laptop. ...

30. Dell says it will behave from now on, honest

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    Box-shifter Dell seems to spend more time defending itself in court than making PCs these days. The company has just assured the US Government that it will be a good boy and improve its accounting and ...

31. Asetek liquid cooling chills Alienware's Area 51

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... as installing a standard heatsink." Baum added that the Asetek had worked closely with Dell and Alienware engineers to integrate its cooling technology into the company's latest gaming rigs. "This ...

32. Windows 7 won't help PC sales until next summer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 24 September 2009

    ... planning for replacement hardware in the spring, this isn't converted into actual sales until well into the summer. Compal is the main manufacturer of Dell's enterprise PCs, while Wistron will fulfil ...

33. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Dell has introduced five new Alienware gaming machines. The rigs - which were jointly developed with Alienware - include four overclocked liquid-cooled desktop systems and a 15-inch laptop. Dell has introduced ...

34. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... handhelds and then by other devices. Intel is creating a framework to allow customers to build their own app stores. Asus, Acer and Dell are its first customers. Asus will support the developer program ...

35. Dell grabs Perot for $4 bn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    Box-shifter Dell has snapped up government IT contractor Perot Systems for $3.9 billion in cash, the companies said today. Perot will become a Dell services unit. Box-shifter Dell has snapped up government ...

36. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    ... by the products of Intel's main competitor, AMD." The EU says that Intel rebates to Dell from December 2002 to December 2005 were conditioned on Dell purchasing exclusively Intel CPUs. For example, in ...

37. Mayor Nagin named in Dell conspiracy case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    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, ...

38. Dell hit for $4 million for deception

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced that Dell and its subsidiary, Dell Financial Services (DFS), have agreed to pay the Attorney General's Office $4 million in restitution, penalties and costs ...

39. Corning says glass shortage not as bad as it thought

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... is in full production. The CEO, Wendell Weeks, said: "The display supply chain is expanding in preparation for what we now believe will be a stronger fourth quarter than we originally thought. As a result, ...

40. Dell lures with slimmer than slim Adamo

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    Hardware giant Dell is teasing you about the next version of its ultra slim notebook, the Adamo. Hardware giant Dell is teasing you about the next version of its ultra slim notebook, the Adamo. Up on ...

41. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... to adversely impact an Apple launch you need to have a product that is intriguing and interesting.   Dell kind of did that with their Adamo 9.99 Prototype,  which we’ll cover later when ...

42. i4i challenges Microsoft's 'weak defenses'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... and Dell launch legal blitzkrieg against i4i i4i pledges to 'vigorously enforce' XML patent as Microsoft appeals injunction Microsoft appeals in XML patent row i4i 'not interested' in bringing Microsoft ...

43. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... on various aspects of the industry as it is. The venue was Vinopolis, in Borough Market in Bermondsey. Sobon was previously director of marketing for Dell, and has overall responsibility for server, workstation, ...

44. Dell starts to sell uninterruptible power supplies

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... on the planet, but if you're a business you don't want to suffer the pain of brown outs that make you black out. And so Dell said today it will sell a number of uninterruptible power supply products which ...

45. EMC keeps lead in falling storage market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ...  $614 14.9% $667 13.2% -8% HP $469 11.4% $656 13% -28.6% Dell $404 9.8% $469 9.3% -13.8% NetApp $368 8.9% ...

46. Microsoft wins temporary stay of Word injunction

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... boxing champion Joe Louis, 'they can run, but they can't hide.'" See also HP and Dell launch legal blitzkrieg against i4i i4i pledges to 'vigorously enforce' XML patent as Microsoft appeals injunction ...

47. Server sales continue to plummet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... will stabilize in the second half of this year. Overall, IBM rules the server roost with 34.5 percent share, HP has 28.5 percent share, Dell and Sun are number three and four with 12.4 percent and 10 ...

48. Netbooks rocket in popularity - especially when they're free

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ...  This ought to be good news for Asus, which pretty much invented the netbook. But according to DisplaySearch, the company is steadily losing market share to the likes of  Acer, HP, Dell, Lenovo and ...

49. Intel forecasts better times ahead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    ... For the rest, the company is sticking with its previous forecasts. The news underlines  other indications of recovery in the semiconductor sector. Yesterday, Dell said that it expected some seasonal ...

50. The Majors: Dell

    (Category)