Scott Ferguson

Dell, the world’s second largest producer of desktops and notebooks, is looking to cut costs by asking employees to take an unpaid vacation and by reducing the number of outside firms the company uses for various projects. In an internal blog posting Nov. 3, CEO Michael Dell told employees that the company wants to save […]

Panasonic is combining the technology it uses for its line of Toughbook notebooks with Intel’s Atom processor to offer a new type of notebook specifically designed for hospitals and health care workers. On Nov. 4, Panasonic debuted Toughbook H1, a rugged notebook for the health care industry. The Toughbook H1 is based on a reference […]

Prices and clock speeds of the first processors built on Intel’s new Nehalem microarchitecture have now been published in several online reviews as the chip giant prepares to launch the first of these new chips later in November. In a number of reviews published Nov. 3, including pieces in Tom’s Hardware and ExtremeTech, the first […]

Intel’s Atom processor is starting to have a significant impact on the overall microprocessor market, as shipments of the chip for a series of low-cost notebooks and desktops helped the world’s processor market grow in the third quarter of 2008, according to a new IDC report. Overall, shipments of microprocessors for PCs and servers grew […]

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Worldwide revenue from the sale of NAND flash memory, which had been one of the reliable segments in the semiconductor industry, is expected to fall by double digits in 2008 and 2009 as consumers buy fewer Apple iPods and other data storage devices, according to new analysis from iSuppli. NAND flash, which is used as […]

Intel, IBM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing are planning to publish a series of new technical papers at a December conference that will detail each of their efforts to manufacture 32-nanometer microprocessors. All three of these companies are scheduled to present their papers and analysis at the IEEE’s International Electron Devices conference in San Francisco, which […]

Intel managed to increase its share of the world’s microprocessor revenue in the third quarter of 2008, while Advanced Micro Device watched its share of the market shrink, according to research firm iSuppli. In the quarter, Intel accounted for 80.4 percent of the world’s processor revenue, an increase of 1.7 percent from the same time […]

Sony, along with Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba, announced that recall of thousands of faulty Sony-made lithium-ion notebook battery backs after customers reported more than a dozen incidents of laptops bursting into flames. All together, the three notebook vendors and Sony are recalling about 100,000 notebook battery packs worldwide. In the United States, about 35,000 notebooks […]

Computers with the recalled Sony Lithium Ion batteries were sold directly by Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, through computer and electronics stores nationwide, and through various Web retailers for between $700 and $3000. The batteries were also sold separately for between $100 and $160. Hewlett-Packard – sold from December 2004 through June 2006. Toshiba – sold […]

Lenovo and AT&T are looking to increase the use of the carrier’s 3G cellular broadband network by offering a $150 discount on several of Lenovo’s ThinkPad notebooks. AT&T and Lenovo, along with Ericsson, announced the deal Oct. 30. The agreement between the three companies means that AT&T’s 3G service is available on several Lenovo ThinkPad […]

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