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Forty-nine mouse clicks and 81 minutes. That's how long it takes to properly set up and secure that new PC you got for Christmas, according to security vendor Symantec. Why should the recipient of a brand new, shiny, fast PC care? Because the "bad guys" find new PC users on the Internet in 20 minute...
Listen. Do you hear that yowling? No. That's not your neighbor's cat in heat. It's mainstream computer makers taking a gander at the latest margin figures on PCs. With the average price of a computer hovering around US$675 and the probability that $250 "system specials" will be needed to boost holid...
Major college campuses aren't the only place where notebook PCs are being boosted -- or even the most likely locale for a theft. Experts say laptop PCs are often stolen at work -- by other professionals. And once the technology has been stolen, it most likely is gone forever, at least as far as its...
Current economic conditions, particularly high oil and gas prices and looming inflation, would anticipate a slowdown in major markets including personal computers, but this week IDC reported that the worldwide PC market continued to expand recently, posting 17 percent growth in the third quarter of ...
Dell yesterday began peddling its latest PC without an operating system. The computer is designed for consumers who plan to install open-source software instead of commercial tools and platforms. Dubbed the Dimension E510n PC, the computer comes with a blank hard drive and a copy of the FreeDOS oper...
AOL's Netscape browser won a huge distribution deal with HP this week, putting the challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer on the PC giant's North American notebook and desktop computers beginning next year. Yes, Netscape has emerged renewed from the browser wars, riding a wave of security, stab...
AOL's Netscape browser won a huge distribution deal with HP this week, putting the challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer on the PC giant's North American notebook and desktop computers beginning next year. Yes, Netscape has emerged renewed from the browser wars, riding a wave of security, stab...
Low-cost general use PCs are becoming a reality with recent announcements from both the MIT Media Lab and AMD. Chipmaker AMD began peddling a US$299 PC designed for emerging markets at U.S. Radio Shack stores over the weekend. AMD launched the the Personal Internet Communicator (PICs) in India about...
MIT researchers are forging ahead with plans to put US$100 laptops into the hands of the world's children. A prototype of the low-cost laptop is due in November, but Negroponte showed off blueprints at the Emerging Technologies conference at MIT this week. MIT Media Lab leader Nicholas Negroponte sa...
Although much attention has been paid to the next-generation Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles from Microsoft and Sony, Dell said it isresponding to top-of-the market technology demands with its new machines, which will feature dual-core Pentium D processors, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 a...
Three hardware heavyweights unveiled notebook computers capable of cellular broadband wireless service from Verizon this week, bolstering support for the wireless technology and improving its performance with plans for built-in, roaming broadband capabilities. Industry analysts indicated that Verizo...
Borland Software yesterday announced the release of JBuilder 2006, the latest upgrade to its Java integrated development environment (IDE) designed to speed up industrial Java application development. JBuilder 2006 includes new capabilities aimed at helping software teams more effectively collaborat...
Except for those of us who build our own desktop computers, laptops have become the product that increasingly defines our personalities and which one we choose says more and more about who we are. Until recently our choices were defined by vendors: Apple if you favored high design, IBM if you liked...
Some pundits contend that if Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP is going to break through the barrier between the living room and the home office, it's going to have to do it on the notebook platform. Toshiba is taking that notion seriously with its new line of Qosmio portables. The late...
After nearly two weeks of speculation, Intel this week began detailing its switch from existing NetBurst chip architecture to a new processor platform that borrows heavily from its Pentium M mobile chip, a move that rival AMD is paralleling in order to adjust to the market preference for notebooks a...
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