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Omens Abound as PC Turns 25

In August 1981, IBM introduced the IBM 5150, ushering in the corporate personal computing age. This month has seen lots of nostalgic recaps of...

Flame Wars: Dells Battery Woes

Editors Note: This story has been changed to reflect Apples recall on Aug. 24 of Sony-manufactured batteries. Dell announced last week that it was recalling...

Dell Customers: Battery Recall No Big Deal?

Dell this week recalled 4.1 million laptop PC batteries, considered the biggest product-safety recall ever in the computer industry, because they presented a risk...

Going Green; Dell Works with IT Managers on Recall

The term "greening of" is now part of the lexicon. If you Google it (oops, Im not supposed to say that), you can find...

The State of the 2006 Linux Desktop

Analysis—Were you to walk around LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, for almost every person youd see sitting, youd see a laptop in front...

Lenovo Hires 2 Dell Executives

Lenovo Group, the worlds third-largest computer maker, has plucked two more executives away from Dell as part of a move to strengthen its Asian...

Dell to Sport AMD PCs?

Dell may go all the way with Advanced Micro Devices.The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker may announce, as soon as Aug. 17, plans to...

The Art of Checking Your Laptop as Luggage

The threat was terrorism, so its understandable why passengers on some trans-Atlantic flights suddenly found themselves trying to find a way to stash their...

Dell to offer More Products with AMD Inside

The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Aug. 17 said it would launch a line of Dimension consumer desktops containing AMDs Athlon processors in...

Dell Moves to Help Businesses with Battery Shuffle

Dell said its working to ensure its massive notebook battery recall doesnt amount to an equally large logistical headache for senior IT managers. The Round...