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Linux Desktop Needs Major Vendor Support

I have all the respect in the world for the top Linux developers who are gathering the first weekend in December in Oregon to...

HP Software Chief Denzel Resigns

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday announced that the head of its software business unit will resign. Nora Denzel, senior vice president and general manager of HPs...

Linksys Wi-Fi Rivals Fast Ethernet

Cisco Systems Inc.s Linksys division is offering new Wi-Fi hardware that offers throughput and data transfer rates that rival Fast Ethernet, albeit with proprietary...

Welcome to Computer Hell

Conventional wisdom says columnists should write about their own problems. But who pays any attention to conventional wisdom? For the past month or so, Ive...

Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 40

Fluke Finds More Wireless NetsLast month, Fluke Networks finally added wireless LAN support to the EtherScope Network Assistant via a new software load as...

Chip Makers Eye Move to Multicore

Chip makers are aggressively moving forward with plans to add more cores to their processors as a way of improving performance without having to...

Infineon to Spin Off Memory Chip Unit

Semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies is planning to spin off its memory chip business by the middle of next year.The move will let Infineon focus...

IBM Aims for Speedy IP Delivery

To hasten the telephone industrys migration to IP infrastructure, IBM is heralding a new line of Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems-based offerings.The IMS products and...

Intel, Micron Team on Flash Production

Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. are forming a company that will manufacture NAND flash memory, a rapidly growing segment of the flash memory...

Low-Cost MIT Laptop Nearing Production

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan unveiled the first working prototype of the $100 laptop last week at the World Summit on the Information Society in...