Scott Ferguson

How much does the Palm Pre smartphone actually cost these days? A day after Sprint Nextel offered and then withdrew a $100 rebate offer for the Pre, Palm announced that it would trim $50 off the price of its signature smartphone. The Palm offer coincides with the Sept. 9 release of the compact Palm Pixi […]

It took a once-in-a-lifetime day-09-09-09-for Dell to make some noise about its latest Adamo laptop. On Sept. 9, Dell posted a picture on its Website of the upcoming Adamo laptop, which appears to go by the name Dell Adamo XPS. There is no other information about the Adamo laptop on the Website, although Dell does […]

If you were looking forward to that $100 rebate from Sprint Nextel for buying a Palm Pre-forget it. A few hours after posting a special $100 rebate for first-time buyers of the Palm Pre smartphone, Sprint pulled the special discount from its Website. A Sprint spokesperson told the Dow Jones News Service that the company […]

Sprint Nextel is looking to entice first-time Palm Pre buyers with an extra $100 rebate. In Sept. 8 posting on its Website, Sprint announced the special deal for the Palm Pre, which runs from now until Oct. 31. The $100 rebate is only for first-time buyers of the Pre smartphone and not for existing customers. […]

In a quiet move to wrap up August, Verizon Wireless is cutting the price of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone to about $50, as long as users agree to a two-year service contract. Verizon posted the new BlackBerry storm price on its Website Aug. 31. According to the pricing scheme, the BlackBerry Storm […]

Global semiconductor sales increased 5.3 percent in July, thanks to consumers buying more handheld devices, such as smartphones and cell phones, as well as PCs, according to an Aug. 31 report from the Semiconductor Industry Association. In July, worldwide chip sales hit $18.2 billion in revenue compared with $17.2 billion in June. However, the first […]

T-Mobile is bringing a new line of cell phones and smartphones, including the Android-based HTC myTouch 3G handset, to RadioShack starting Aug. 19. In July, T-Mobile and RadioShack announced the new partnership, which looked to expand the audience for T-Mobile’s line of smartphones and other handset devices. In addition to the much-anticipated myTouch 3G, T-Mobile […]

Sony is adopting an industry-standard format for its electronic book library, which will allow customers to buy and read its collection of electronic books even if they do not own or use one of Sony’s e-book readers. On Aug. 13, Sony announced that it plans to adopt EPUB, an XML-based standard format, for its eBook […]

Advanced Micro Devices has released a new quad-core processor – the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition – which clocks in at 3.4GHz and is now the fastest four-core chip in the company’s lineup. AMD released its latest Phenom chip Aug. 13. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 is designed to work with the […]

The good news for Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and the rest of the x86 processor market is that chip shipments increased 10 percent between the first quarter and the second quarter of 2009. However, IDC’s Aug. 6 report on the x86 chip market found that consumer and business demand for new PCs has not returned. […]

Global semiconductor sales picked up in the second quarter of 2009, as Intel reported solid financial results and the forecasts for the PC and handset markets showed new signs of life, according to a report by the Semiconductor Industry Association. The SIA’s Aug. 3 report found that worldwide chip sales hit $51.7 billion in the […]

Oracle is adding to its stable of acquisitions, announcing June 23 that it is buying GoldenGate Software, a private company that specializes in data integration technology that works in real time. Oracle is expected to close the deal with GoldenGate later this year. The two companies did not disclose any financial details. While Oracle is […]