http://www.eweek.com Desktops and Notebooks - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:16:50 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:16:50 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:15:36 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Mocks-Intel-Legal-Woes-581092/?kc=rss - Nvidia, already involved in a bitter licensing dispute with Intel, is now taking shots at the chip giant's legal woes in a series of cartoons. Nvidia has created a Website called Intel's Insides, which has a series of editorial-style one-panel cartoons that mock Intel, which is facing a series o...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Mocks-Intel-Legal-Woes-581092/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:59:58 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Grows-Adamo-Line-with-FormPushing-Adamo-XPS-705894/?kc=rss - The Dell Adamo XPS laptop demands a second look. And then a third. On Nov. 5 Dell introduced its newest laptop, the second in its design-minded Adamo family, which it launched March 17 with the super-thin Adamo. The Adamo XPS further pushes the ideas of thinness, modern design and innov...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Grows-Adamo-Line-with-FormPushing-Adamo-XPS-705894/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:34:55 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Eyeing-x86-Processor-Market-Says-Analyst-242620/?kc=rss - In the coming months and years, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are looking to change the way the world thinks about computing by combining the CPU and graphics on the same piece of silicon. In 2010, Intel plans to release quot;Arrandale, quot; a microprocessor that combines a 32-nanometer m...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Nvidia-Eyeing-x86-Processor-Market-Says-Analyst-242620/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:01 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/NY-Prosecutors-File-Antitrust-Suit-Against-Intel-844805/?kc=rss - Federal prosecutors in New York have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, leveling charges that echo those of European regulators, who eventually fined the giant chip maker $1.45 billion earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 4, accuses Intel of leveraging its monopoly position in the ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/NY-Prosecutors-File-Antitrust-Suit-Against-Intel-844805/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:02:12 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intel-Still-Dominating-x86-Processor-Market-Report-Finds-572839/?kc=rss - Intel continues to dominate the market for x86 processors, with the chip giant controlling about 80 percent of this global market in the third quarter, according to a Nov. 3 report from Mercury Research. In the third quarter, Intel accounted for 81.5 percent of the world's x86 chip market. Adva...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intel-Still-Dominating-x86-Processor-Market-Report-Finds-572839/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:42:24 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Parallels-Desktop-5-for-Mac-Competes-Against-VMware-Fusion-3-258995/?kc=rss - Parallels makes it easy for Macs and PCs to just get along, and on Nov. 4 it introduced Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, offering an updated way for them to bond more quickly, more easily and with better integration. Parallels 5, according to the virtualization company, is 300 percent faster than t...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Parallels-Desktop-5-for-Mac-Competes-Against-VMware-Fusion-3-258995/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:18:06 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Via-Rolls-Out-New-x86Based-Chips-205990/?kc=rss - Via Technologies is unveiling its latest x86-based processors designed for such devices as notebooks and all-in-one desktop PCs. The Nano 3000 line of chips, built on Via's 64-bit superscalar quot;Isaiah quot; architecture, is designed to support systems running both Linux and Microsoft Windows...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Via-Rolls-Out-New-x86Based-Chips-205990/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:51:55 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Global-Chip-Sales-Hit-61-Billion-in-Third-Quarter-of-2009-493583/?kc=rss - In another sign that the IT industry is preparing for a turnaround, worldwide chip sales increased about 19 percent from the second to the third quarter of 2009, according to research from the Semiconductor Industry Association. Global chip sales hit $61.9 billion in the third quarter of 2009, a...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Global-Chip-Sales-Hit-61-Billion-in-Third-Quarter-of-2009-493583/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:22:15 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Lenovo-A70z-AllinOne-PC-Adds-to-Growing-Market-123096/?kc=rss - Lenovo introduced its first all-in-one desktop for business users, the ThinkCentre A70z, on Nov. 2. The new Lenovo A70z features a 19-inch, 16:10 widescreen LCD monitor with a resolution of 1,440 by 900 pixels, a choice of a dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron processor, and Microsofts newly r...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Lenovo-A70z-AllinOne-PC-Adds-to-Growing-Market-123096/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:34:16 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Sprint-Posts-Loss-Puts-Faith-in-Palm-Pre-Pixi-Android-188097/?kc=rss - Sprint continued to see customer losses in the third quarter of 2009, the company reported during an Oct. 29 quarterly earnings call. Customer numbers fell by 1 percent from the previous quarter, down to 48.3 million. Rivals AT amp;T and Verizon, which each also announced profits in the past few ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Sprint-Posts-Loss-Puts-Faith-in-Palm-Pre-Pixi-Android-188097/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/5-Ways-Barnes-and-Nobles-Nook-Could-Overcome-Amazoncoms-Kindle-273862/?kc=rss - Barnes amp; Noble's Nook e-reader will go head-to-head with Amazon.coms Kindle this holiday season. While the Kindle cornered much of the publics attention throughout 2009, thanks in part to extraordinarily high-profile launches of its latest models, it now faces substantial competition from co...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/5-Ways-Barnes-and-Nobles-Nook-Could-Overcome-Amazoncoms-Kindle-273862/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:32:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Sony-Recalls-69000-Vaio-AC-Power-Adapters-179024/?kc=rss - Sony will recall 69,000 Vaio AC power adapters due to their increased risk of electrical shock, after a handful of reports of short-circuiting units. quot;Sony has initiated a voluntary recall for certain AC power adapters which may short circuit and pose a potential electrical shock hazard, qu...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Sony-Recalls-69000-Vaio-AC-Power-Adapters-179024/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:33 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/PCs-to-Carry-SideARMs-How-ARM-Will-Impact-PC-Market/?kc=rss - Dell recently announced Latitude ON, a feature first made available on its new Z notebook and on select E-series, but to be made available on most Latitudes going forward. Its primary mission is to allow quot;instant on quot; access to e-mail, calendar and the Web without requiring full boot-up...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/PCs-to-Carry-SideARMs-How-ARM-Will-Impact-PC-Market/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:22:51 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Former-AMD-CEO-Hector-Ruiz-Named-in-Insider-Trading-Scandal-WSJ-Reports-235282/?kc=rss - Galleon Group is the Wall Street hedge fund that recently had one of its key members, Raj Rajaratnam, arrested by the Department of Justice after years of wiretaps revealed that he, hedge fund manager Danielle Chiesi of New Castle Partners and five other financial and technology executives inclu...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Former-AMD-CEO-Hector-Ruiz-Named-in-Insider-Trading-Scandal-WSJ-Reports-235282/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:53:09 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Lenovo-PCs-Offer-the-Latest-Technology-from-Intel-Microsoft-778568/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Dell-Lenovo-PCs-Offer-the-Latest-Technology-from-Intel-Microsoft-778568/?kc=rss