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Toshiba Adds 128 GB of SSD Storage to the Portege Product Line
When a small PC demands a big price, something interesting must be going on. In Toshiba’s case, the small notebook is the Portege R500-S5007V, and the price is $3,000. At just 2.4 pounds, the R500 is one of the lightest machines to grace the market, especially when one considers that the Portege is a two-spindle…
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Tech Companies Scramble in Financial Meltdown
By Jim Finkle – Analysis BOSTON (Reuters) – Technology companies will be pulling out the stops to sign deals before the September quarter closes next week as customers spooked by the U.S. financial meltdown shy away from spending. "It doesn’t take much to keep people from signing a piece of paperwork because they are worried,…
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Intel Ships First Dual-Core Atom Processor
Intel has released to shipping its first dual-core Atom processor – a chip the company is targeting for low-cost desktops or "nettops" as Intel calls them. Priced at $43 when the chip is bought in quantities of 1,000, the Intel Atom Processor 330 is part of a move by Intel to tap into a…
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McAfee Claims No. 1 Pure-Play Security Spot with Secure Computing Acquisition
With the acquisition of Secure Computing, McAfee is solidifying its spot as the world’s largest pure-play security technology vendor, positioning itself better against key competitors and opening a mother lode of new technologies to its channel resellers. McAfee will pay $465 million for Secure Computing, one of the oldest security companies in the marketplace. With…
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The Eee PC from Asus offers Atom Power.
Selecting a portable device is becoming like something out of The Three Bears: this one is too small, this one is too big and this one is just right! Asus is hoping that the “just right” selection takes the form of their latest netbook, the$599 Eee PC 901. The Eee PC 901 is a little…
