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Dell Profits Disappoint as Tech Spending Weakens
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc posted a surprisingly steep drop in quarterly earnings on Thursday and said companies around the world are cutting back on technology spending, sending its shares tumbling 10 percent and sparking fears of weakness in the whole tech sector. The world’s second-largest computer maker, which had cautioned…
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Reimage Works Like Magic to Solve Problems with XP
IT professionals know that supporting Windows XP can be a tricky and time-consuming process. After all, the number of malware infections, spyware incidents and user mistakes is growing at an alarming rate! And, invariably, even the most cautious of users will encounter undesired behavior from a Windows XP PC. That undesired behavior can manifest itself…
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Intel Atom Goes Dual-Core for Laptops
Intel revealed the Intel Atom 330 Aug. 20, a dual-core version of its Atom "Diamondville" processor for low-cost "nettop" PCs. Like the Intel Atom 230, the Intel Atom 330 uses 45-nm technology, features a 533MHz front side bus and is designed to work with Intel’s 945GC chip set (the 82945GC northbridge and 82801GB southbridge). Unlike…
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Intel Gives Prices for Ultralow-Voltage Chips, Laptops
Intel posted new prices for Intel’s mobile processors, including its latest low-voltage and ultralow-voltage processors, the LV Intel Core 2 Duo L7700, L7500 and L7300. The LV Intel Core 2 Duo L7700 (1.8GHz), L7500 (1.6GHz) and L7300 (1.4GHz) have 4MB Level 2 caches and support for an 800MHz FSB. The $316 L7700 costs as much…
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Intel’s Gelsinger Envisions Gradual Rollout of Nehalem Processors
SAN FRANCISCO—Now that Intel has detailed its new Nehalem microarchitecture, the question remains when the first of the processors built around this new chip architecture will hit the enterprise space and the wider consumer market. To date, Intel has revealed that the first of the Nehalem-based processors, the Intel Core i7 chip, will enter the…