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(Reuters) – Dell Inc on Monday unveiled its latest high-end, ultra-thin personal computer, bringing some fresh design appeal to its enterprise models. Dell called the new Latitude Z the world’s thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop, at 4.5 pounds and less than one inch thick. However, the Latitude Z does not come cheap, starting at $1,999. […]

Analyst firm Gartner has released an updated forecast for 2009. The good news is that the numbers are improved from its’ June forecast. The bad news is that the numbers are still in the red, compared to 2008. The September forecast projects worldwide PC shipments as being on pace to reach 285 million units in […]

(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street’s expectations. The IT industry will return to growth in 2010, and HP should outpace that growth, Chief Executive Mark Hurd told an audience at the company’s yearly […]

Avaya has announced the launch of the new version of Avaya IP Office, the company’s flagship communications solution for small and medium-sized enterprises. The new version — Avaya IP Office Release 5 — simplifies unified communications and customer service for SMEs, while delivering a range of new capabilities improving the scalability, resiliency and productivity of […]

Using terms like ‘strategic’, ‘holistic approach’ and ‘modeled solutions’, HP has announced a set of 10 ‘standardized’ integrated service solutions that should speed up engagements, lower risks and provide more value to customers and partners. HP Integration Services initially consists of 10 solutions to the most common industry or technology-based integration challenges, said Ian Jagger, […]

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is developing a small tablet-style PC to rival a similar product that may be launched by Apple Inc, technology blog Gizmodo reported on Tuesday. The booklet-shaped device, called Courier, is in the "late prototype" stage of development, Gizmodo reported, without identifying the source of its information. Microsoft did not immediately answer […]

(Reuters) – Intel Corp rolled out a software developers’ platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost revenue from consumer electronics and other markets beyond its core, maturing personal computer business. Chief Executive Paul Otellini expects personal computer sales volume this year to "likely" at least match 2008’s, underscoring growing expectations […]

(Reuters) – Say goodbye to the "black brick" laptop. The era of the plain, dowdy PC is officially over. As computer makers roll out their new notebooks and netbooks ahead of the end-year holiday shopping season, razor-thin, sleek and colorful are most definitely in, as are arresting designs in an ever-expanding array of choices. Hewlett-Packard […]

If one were to characterize the competition between Intel and AMD as a baseball game, then there have been few homeruns — Centrino (Banias) and Opteron/Athlon 64 (Hammer) — and a lot of base hits that provide either parity or a small advantage. According to a new report from iSuppli Corp., Intel inched ahead last […]

(Reuters) – Dell Inc said it had struck a deal to acquire computer services maker Perot Systems Corp in a cash transaction the personal computer maker valued at about $3.9 billion. Dell, which had indicated its intention to step up acquisitions, said it would launch a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding Class […]

Last week, Motorola launched its new MC9500-K handheld device with a list of features that would have made Ron Pompei envious. The device that looks like a cross between a Star Trek phaser and tricorder includes an infrared bar-code scanner, Windows Mobile, motion-detection technology, GPS, a cell phone and a 3-megapixel camera. It’s the camera […]

HP has announced a major expansion of its networking portfolio with new HP ProCurve offerings integrated with HP BladeSystem infrastructure solutions. The converged solutions will allow customers to increase performance, security and management of both physical and virtual environments. They also represent the next generation of the HP Adaptive Infrastructure Maturity Model (AIMM). "This signals […]