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Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled plans to replace its Athlon processor line with a new quad-core chip for desktop PCs in an effort to keep pace with chief rival Intel. AMD will launch its quad-core desktop processors under the name "Phenom" later this year, shortly after the company unveils its q...
Microsoft has decided to slash several key features from its Windows Server virtualization software, code-named "Viridian," in an effort to meet quality goals and a release deadline. The new hypervisor-based virtualization technology, available as part of Windows Server "Longhorn," will ship without...
Chip maker Intel is set to launch an overhaul of its Centrino laptop platform -- the first to use flash memory chips, which should mean faster performance and longer battery life. The latest Centrino, dubbed "Santa Rosa," is the fourth generation of the company's successful laptop platform brand tha...
Lenovo unveiled on Wednesday three new notebooks built around a new processor and chip set announced the same day by Intel. Lenovo engineered both the ThinkPad T61 and the ThinkPad R61 with its new Top Cover Roll Cage for enhanced durability, an improved thermal management cooling and efficiency sys...
Looking back at last week, I had a lot to choose from, but the two things that I thought were the most interesting were Sony's dropping the PSP price to a very attractive $169, and the resignation of PC World's editor in chief over a throwaway Apple piece. The first item got me thinking about why th...
Apple archrival Creative introduced its answer to Apple's iPod Shuffle Thursday. The Zen Stone offers the same 1 GB storage capacity of the Shuffle, but at half the price. The player, which will hit store shelves May 14, comes in six glossy colors: black, white, red, blue, pink and green, and is jus...
Graphics technology leader Nvidia has released details of a new graphics card it describes as "the world's fastest." The Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra is expected to give gamers a boost in their never-ending quest to cram more state-of-the-art graphics onto PCs. In fact, the graphics kingpin claims the ...
IBM has developed a method of assembling microchips using nanotechnology, the company stated Thursday, a potentially revolutionary process for insulating tiny wires by allowing them to assemble themselves around air gaps. This advance could make next-generation chips dramatically faster and more ene...
Samsung has claimed to be the first electronics manufacturer to begin mass production of a 16 GB NAND flash memory chip to be used in digital music players, mobile phones and digital cameras. The South Korean electronics maker said the new chips are being put into mass production using 51-nanometer ...
Word that the price of the so-called $100 laptop will now be upwards of $175 per unit is not sitting well with long-time observers of the One Laptop Per Child program, who fear the numbers might mean the initiative is in trouble. Reacting to reports that OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte now figures ...
Taiwanese computer maker Acer announced a voluntary recall of 27,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries Wednesday. The batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said, may overheat and pose a potential fire hazard to consumers. "Acer advises customers to stop using these recalled batteries imm...
Especially as Earth Day 2007 approaches, working to mitigate the effects of global warming and greenhouse gases, as well as protecting the environment, are topics on everyone's lips these days. While lawmakers around the world wrangle over car and factory emissions, international treaties, fossil fu...
Via Technologies is shrinking the size of its motherboards again, this time showing off a new Pico-ITX design that is barely larger than a playing card. The Taiwan-based company on Thursday released details of its upcoming Pico-ITX motherboard, which it hopes will eventually lead to the design of a ...
Dell has announced it is offering home PC buyers a choice between Microsoft's older XP operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines. As with most computer makers, Dell stopped installing the XP operating system on its new PCs after Redmond in January launched Windows Vi...
Microsoft has pushed back its plans to deliver the much-anticipated public beta of its next-generation server virtualization software, code-named "Viridian." Instead of delivering the beta in the first half of the year, Microsoft will offer it up to the public sometime in the second half of 2007. Th...
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