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  • Colbert`s NASA Win Demonstrates Messaging Power

    Colbert Nation is simply too big for Planet Earth. In a bid to get the new module of the International Space Station named in his honor, faux political commentator Stephen Colbert has flushed his competition out of the proverbial airlock in an online NASA naming contest. The host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” received…

  • Asus, IBM-Lenovo Top Notebook Reliability Ranking

    If you are looking for a reliable notebook PC, Asus and IBM/Lenovo may very well be your best choices, not Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Dell or Sony. That’s according to the most recent Computer Reliability Report from Rescuecom, based on 15,000 consumer service calls throughout the first quarter of 2009. The rise of Asus and IBM/Lenovo is…

  • Intel Chief: IBM Is Getting Sun Cheap

    Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini told employees at the chip maker that it should come as no surprise that IBM is interested in buying Sun Microsystems since the one-time high flier of Silicon Valley is trading stock at a bargain price. According to reports by Reuters, Otellini said Sun has been shopping itself around to…

  • Dell’s Efficient Enterprise Targets Services, Data Center

    Dell announced a raft of new technology products and services aimed squarely at the data center today, a little more than a week after Cisco announced its data center play. “Dell intends to lead the way in driving the cost of infrastructure down,” said Steve Schuckenbrock, president of Large Global Enterprise at Dell in a…

  • Dell to Distribute PCs through Ingram Micro, Tech Data

    In another move away from its roots as a direct-sales-only company, Dell is making selected standard configuration desktops and laptops available through distribution partners Ingram Micro and Tech Data, the company announced today.   Dell’s global channel chief, Greg Davis, says the move is designed to speed delivery times to channel partners and their end…

  • Michael Dell: Stay Tuned for Smartphones

    Dell will neither confirm nor deny that it is working on a smartphone, but it’s CEO dropped some strong hints this week during a speech in Tokyo. “For the last three years, we have integrated 3G radios into our notebooks,” Dell said. “We already have agreements with many mobile carriers around netbook devices, so it…

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