Recent Articles
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Are the New ProBooks from HP the Death Knell for Netbooks?
Those selling netbook computers may want to reconsider their sales strategy, thanks to HP. The company rolled out a new line of notebook computers aimed at cost-conscious business users, which combine features, performance and low prices together in an attractive package. Netbook buyers will be most interested in the HP ProBook 4415, which has a…
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PC Card Converts Old Desktop Computer into Thin Client for $99
As IT organizations look to extend the lifetimes of their current fleets of PCs, some may soon be considering a new option—converting the actual desktop computer into a Linux thin client. That’s what Daimler Chrysler, the former owner of troubled U.S. automaker Chrysler Holdings, was looking to do when it recently converted 1,000 of its…
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HP Unveils ProCurve Firewall, Security Ambitions
The pantheon of major security players includes the likes of Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, IBM, Symantec, McAfee and even Microsoft. Missing among the noted is Hewlett-Packard, which has fielded security products over the years, but not a concerted effort to stake out a piece of the security market. That’s changing, rapidly. Today, HP unveils its…
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Oracle-Sun Microsystems Deal Winners and Losers
A week ago, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) surprised the industry, announcing that Oracle would acquire Sun. The deal made sense to many industry observers—much more so than the previously proposed IBM (NYSE:IBM) acquisition of Sun. But as with any acquisition, some people will end up better than before, while others will be hurt…
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Microsoft, Xerox Take Earnings Hits
The first batch of technology corporate earnings reports of the new year produced a mixed bag of results as even industry bellwethers such as Microsoft and Xerox are feeling the pinch of the global economic slowdown. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its first year-over-year quarterly revenue decline since the first stock sale to the public in…