Scott Ferguson

LAS VEGAS—The Internet is about to become more personal and interactive, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that his company is beginning to overcome some of the obstacles that stand in the way for this new vision of the Web. At the 2008 International CES Jan. 7, Otellini described an Internet that will evolve in […]

Intel does not plan on leaving its enterprise customers out in the cold at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 7 to 10 in Las Vegas. When the shows kicks off, the chip maker plans on rolling out 16 new, 45-nanometer microprocessors, including new Xeon models for servers as well as new laptop and […]

Whats Hot at the 2008 International CES This years International CES officially began Jan. 7 in Las Vegas, but Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened the show with a keynote address the night before. More than 140,000 attendees are expected to attend the four-day expo. Whats Hot at the 2008 International CES – Sony Ericsson W760 […]

LAS VEGAS—In what might have been his final keynote address at an International CES event, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened the 2008 expo with talk about entering a new “digital decade,” where his company plans to play a major role. Gates delivered his final keynote as the full-time leader of Microsoft to a standing-room-only crowd […]

The day after Intel announced that it would leave the One Laptop Per Child board, the nonprofit organization shot back that the chip giant had contributed little to help the project during its six months with the group. In a statement Jan. 4, the OLPC project claimed that Intel violated written agreements with the board […]

For the first time outside of China, Lenovo is launching a line of consumer desktops and laptops in a move to increase the companys global PC market share and expand its brand recognition beyond enterprise buyers and small businesses. At the International CES, which starts Jan. 7 in Las Vegas, Lenovo will officially launch its […]

After a bruising month where it had to admit a series of missteps with its quad-core microprocessor strategy, Advanced Micro Devices got a boost Jan. 3 from Hewlett-Packard. On Thursday, HP announced that it would begin selling a consumer desktop – the Pavilion Media Center m8330f – that will use AMD’s new quad-core Phenom processor. […]

It was just after the Marine Corps left to help those devastated by the 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia that Maj. Carl Brodhun first heard about virtualization. While trying to support some 10,000 Marines—along with other workers from the United Nations—who were called to help with the relief efforts, Brodhun and his team were faced […]

Dell appears ready to increase its storage business in 2008, announcing Dec. 21 that it would acquire a privately held storage consulting firm to help increase its presence in the market. The Networked Storage Company is a consulting firm in Epson, England, that offers a range of services designed to help companies implement data storage […]

While the global semiconductor market is expected to grow in 2008, concerns about the U.S. economy—especially the sub-prime mortgage crisis—is leading market research company iSuppli to reduce its revenue forecast for next year. In a Dec. 20 report, iSuppli now reports that worldwide semiconductor revenue will grow 7.5 percent in 2008, to $291.4 billion. In […]

Acer, which has been focusing on the consumer market and fighting for space in retail stores, is turning its attention back to the North American small- and midsized-business market. On Dec. 20, the Taiwan PC vendor announced that it would begin selling its low-cost Extensa 4620 notebook into the North American market for the first […]

In the months leading up to the launch of Advanced Micro Devices’ quad-core Opteron processor, code-named Barcelona, company executives continually harped on its design as distinguishing it from Intel’s quad-core offerings. When 2007 began, AMD looked poised to follow up on the success of its dual-core Opteron chip by manufacturing a quad-core processor that would […]