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Feb 29, 2008 6:30 AM CST

Profits Slide as Dell Streamlines

6.5% drop on consumer slump, 'slow as molasses' turnaround

(Newser) - Dell posted a 6.5% decline in profits for its fiscal fourth quarter yesterday, citing slowed consumer spending and the cost of restructuring, which included slashing thousands of jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dell results are likely to cause concern about other tech stocks—especially those that rely...

Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

Feb 29, 2008 3:00 AM CST

Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

Company emails reveal execs struggled to get OS working on PCs

(Newser) - Many Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by...

Chicken Soup? Computers? Google? Pshaw!

OPINION

Jan 13, 2008 6:30 PM CST

Chicken Soup? Computers? Google? Pshaw!

Ephron tackles implications of modern inventions, advice

(Newser) - Modernity's full of fine inventions and healthy advice, but don't they really make us dimmer, sicker, and less prone to stumble on sex? So writes Nora Ephron in the New York Times, as she opines on hand-washing, breast-feeding, and rumors that chicken soup cures colds. "You have chicken soup;...

Lenovo Debuts Hip Laptop Line

Jan 3, 2008 12:17 PM CST

Lenovo Debuts Hip Laptop Line

New models will emphasize design, extra features

(Newser) - Longtime business stalwart Lenovo will unleash a stylish new line of laptops on a crowded consumer field, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lenovo’s IdeaPad line will offer sporty red aluminum-alloy cases and higher-performance gaming specs, as well as novel features such as face-recognition software that lets users log in...

Laptops Finally Outsell Desktops

Jan 1, 2008 5:15 PM CST

Laptops Finally Outsell Desktops

Laptop sales soar 21% this year as desktops sag by 4%

(Newser) - Tech buffs have forecast a laptop takeover for years—and now US buying data is finally confirming a coup de desktop. Consumer laptop sales beat out desktop buys for the first time last year, and corporations will likely follow in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports. New technology, lower prices,...

Leopard Leaps to Record

Dec 17, 2007 9:56 PM CST

Leopard Leaps to Record

Operating system becomes Apple's most successful yet

(Newser) - The NPD market research group says that the lates version of the operating system, Leopard, is Apple's most successful yet, reports Apple Insider. In its first month on the shelves, sales were 20% higher than last year's Tiger release, despite promotion being stepped down a little. Tiger sold 30% more...

Supercomputing Technology Landing in Your Lap(top)

Dec 13, 2007 8:17 AM CST

Supercomputing Technology Landing in Your Lap(top)

Hardware getting smaller as software tries to catch up

(Newser) - Leaps forward in chip design are bringing supercomputing technology to personal computers and corporate data centers, Business Week writes. Hardware makers are coming up with more ways to cram colossal amounts of computing power into small spaces, but software is lagging a bit behind. Microsoft is building a brain trust...

CompUSA to Close After Xmas

Dec 8, 2007 6:28 AM CST

CompUSA to Close After Xmas

All stores to close after the holidays

(Newser) - CompUSA has been sold to a restructuring company and will be ending retail operations after the holidays, AP reports. The troubled electronics retailer, bought by Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim in 1999, closed more than half its outlets in the spring after repeated turnaround efforts failed. Gordon Brothers Group will...

5 Energy-Saving Tips for
Your Office

Dec 7, 2007 12:20 PM CST

5 Energy-Saving Tips for Your Office

The bottom line looks better with a little green in it

(Newser) - ComputerWorld offerss pointers for corporate offices that want to save energy. Do it for the climate. Do it for your grandkids. But most of all, do it for the bottom line.

Know what you're blowing: Start your energy audit with a meter.
Use those sleep settings, and do so consistently.

...

Computers Thin Ranks of NYSE Floor Traders

Dec 3, 2007 9:38 AM CST

Computers Thin Ranks of NYSE Floor Traders

Iconic backdrop 'dead' as shares trade electronically

(Newser) - The famously frenetic NYSE trading floor is rapidly becoming history as more efficient computer trading replaces human traders. With most of the exchange's trading rooms shuttered, only two trading halls stay open to the 1,500 remaining traders, whose numbers are dwindling, AFP reports. "The floor as we knew...

Building a Computer That Learns What You Want

Dec 1, 2007 6:26 AM CST

Building a Computer That Learns What You Want

PC 'assistant' could prioritize, even decide

(Newser) - Wouldn't it be nice if your computer could figure out what you wanted it to do? That dream just might be approaching reality, thanks to a project called CALO that aims to teach computers to understand users' intentions, according to the MIT Technology Review. "If CALO succeeds, it'll be...

Investors Worry Dell's Road to Recovery is Too Rocky

Nov 30, 2007 11:50 AM CST

Investors Worry Dell's Road to Recovery is Too Rocky

Quarterly earnings announcement prompts big Wall Street selloff

(Newser) - Computer-maker Dell’s rollercoaster ride isn’t over and it’s left investors woozy. Despite increasing net income 27% in third quarter earnings released yesterday, Dell shares slipped nearly 10% in after hours trading, giving back nearly everything the stock gained leading up to the report and underlining CEO Michael...

HP Earnings Spike 28%

Nov 19, 2007 6:37 PM CST

HP Earnings Spike 28%

The PC and server giant enjoys high sales, not affected by economic slump

(Newser) - Computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard rode strong server, software, and PC sales to a 28% boost in fourth quarter earnings from a year ago, CNN Money reports. The company posted a net profit of $2.2 billion, with a share price of 81 cents, up from 60 cents a year...

Google's Build, Don't Buy Ethos

Nov 19, 2007 5:30 PM CST

Google's Build, Don't Buy Ethos

CNET blogger looks at the Internet giant's increasing vertical integration of its tech

(Newser) - Is Google moving in the direction of writing its own platform software and building its own hardware? That's what Gordon Haff argues on CNET's The Pervasive Datacenter blog, citing recent news about Google designing its own network switches and writing its own virtual machine for its cellphone platform, on top...

AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

Nov 19, 2007 8:18 AM CST

AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

It can't match Intel, but it's a vast improvement, and aimed at a broader market

(Newser) - Advanced Micro Devices introduces its long-anticipated Spider desktop chip set today, including a new microprocessor, a graphics processor and chips to link system components that will give gamers access to ultrarealistic images and increase computing performance. But it still can’t match Intel’s latest chip offering, reports the...

Firms Are
Waiting on
Windows Vista

Nov 15, 2007 7:13 AM CST

Firms Are Waiting on Windows Vista

Problems could prompt many to hold out for big '09 upgrade

(Newser) - It has been almost a year since Windows Vista was released to businesses, but a spate of hardware compatibility issues has many still waiting to upgrade until the release of the first service pack, scheduled for early next year. With the next version of Windows due in late 2009, PC ...

Dutch Teen Busted for Virtual Theft

Nov 15, 2007 5:01 AM CST

Dutch Teen Busted for Virtual Theft

He ripped off Habbo game 'furniture' that cost players $6K: cops

(Newser) - In what's believed to be the first arrest ever for theft of virtual property, a Dutch teenager has been busted for stealing "furniture" from an online game. He allegedly stole login information from gamers playing "Habbo Hotel," a Sims-like operation in which players create guests and furnish...

Intel: Honey, I Shrunk the Processor

Nov 12, 2007 5:07 AM CST

Intel: Honey, I Shrunk the Processor

Chip shrinks nearly a third to minuscule 45 nanometer process

(Newser) - Intel is rolling out a line of processors today that breaks brave new ground in micro-sizing —the chips are the first ever to be mass-produced with a 45 nanometer process, nearly a third smaller than today's 65 nanometer technology. The development gives the company an edge over rival Advanced...

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Nov 5, 2007 8:50 PM CST

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Others cheated too; FBI, attorney general on the case

(Newser) - Two ex-undergrads at Fresno State U. have been charged with hacking the school's system to up their grades—and face up to 20 years in jail and $250,000 fines, Computerworld reports. John Escalera, who worked the computer help desk, reportedly hacked the Peoplesoft management system in 2004 to raise...

Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

Oct 30, 2007 9:50 AM CDT

Spring Ahead, Fall Back; Repeat

Some may have changed clocks a week early

(Newser) - Spring ahead, fall back. And fall back again, for many whose clocks wrongly reset themselves last weekend—1 week ahead of the schedule Congress set when it extended Daylight Saving Time. Most cell phones and computers, which get time and date information from networks, weren't affected, but many alarm clocks...