Scott Ferguson

As consumers wait for the latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system to hit the shelves, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway are each angling for the best way to sell the new OS to their customers. On Jan. 29, one day before the official launch, both companies announced that they would offer support and products that […]

Lenovo Group believes that less can be more. The Raleigh, N.C., PC maker is scheduled to roll out its latest small form factor desktop on Jan. 29—the ThinkCentre A55—which company officials said is 64 percent smaller than its traditional desktop offering. The new PC will also offer a range of new features that Lenovo hopes […]

Hewlett-Packard believes thinner is better, and is rolling out two new thin-client PCs on Jan. 26, as well as offering new features for its blade PC architecture. With the additional investments in thin clients and blades, the Palo Alto, Calif., PC maker is aiming for vertical markets, such as health care, where it can make […]

Dell says it’s ready to start taking Vista orders—now. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker will start taking orders for the consumer version of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system starting on Jan. 27, the company announced in a statement. Microsoft released the enterprise version of Vista on Nov. 30, and the software giant said it […]

Advanced Micro Devices is looking to expand its reach into the embedded chip market. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company announced Jan. 24 that it’s expanding the number of chips it will offer to designers in the high-end embedded market. The company will now include the Sempron 3500+ processor and the Turion 64 X2 dual-core TL-52 processor […]

Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second largest maker of processors, rolled to a loss in the fourth quarter as the $5.4 billion acquisition of ATI Technologies and sluggish sales of server chips took their toll on the company’s bottom line. For the financial quarter that ended Dec. 31, AMD, which is based in Sunnyvale, Calif., […]

In a collaboration that one CEO called “historic,” Sun Microsystems and Intel jointly announced a new partnership that will see both companies support the other’s technology. The announcement, which had first been reported in the Wall Street Journal and formally detailed at a joint news conference in San Francisco on Jan. 22, will allow Sun […]

Opti wants a bite of Apple. The Mountain View, Calif., maker of controller chips for PCs and LCD monitors has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming the IT giant has been unfairly using Opti technology in its Macintosh line and its Xserve servers. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that Apple used Opti-patented “predictive snooping” […]

For the second straight quarter, Hewlett-Packard beat out Dell as the No. 1 vendor of PCs in the world, according to research firms IDC and Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2006, HP shipped more than 11 million PC units worldwide, while Dell shipped about 9.5 million, according to the two reports that were released […]

Cirba, a data center intelligence software developer, has released the latest version of its product that will offer a number of enhancements and tools for IT managers looking to keep better track of data center assets. The Ontario, Canada, company’s software, called Data Center Intelligence, allows data center managers to keep view and keep reports […]

Dell wants to show its customers that its notebooks can be tough too. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker is launching on Jan. 16 its first-ever “semi-rugged” notebook—the Latitude ATG (all-terrain grade) D620—which will compete for market share against well-known rugged models such as the Panasonic ToughBook and General Dynamics’ Itronix GoBook. In creating a […]

IBM is looking to increase speed and efficiency in its blade servers by offering, along with a number of partners, a series of networking tools and management technologies. The Armonk, N.Y., company is calling the new product offerings within its BladeCenter H systems “virtual fabric technology,” which reflects the combination of Ethernet connectivity fabric with […]