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Dell Points to Progress in Consumer Market

Dell Inc. says its back in the groove. The PC maker followed a second-quarter consumer PC pricing misstep with what amounted to a disappointing third...

Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple

Apple Computer Inc.s plan to move to Intel Corp.s processors appears to be coming together. New Intel platforms are just around the corner, while Apples...

AMD Takes the Lead in Intels Red October

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been moving up in the retail world, a new report shows. But, despite gaining share in desktops, AMD continues...

Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 6

Hes Got Your NumberStephen Hawking, in "God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History," has selected 17 of the greatest mathematicians and...

HP Melds Blades, Itanium

Hewlett-Packard Co.s upcoming Itanium-based blade server is the latest step toward what the OEM views as the next wave in blade computing, where more...

AMDs Image Problem

AMD has an image problem, and the company knows it.It is a distant second to processor market-share leader Intel and, as such, is often...

Dell to Miss Revenue Target

Dell Inc., which grew rapidly during the economic downturn as competitors stumbled, is finding the going rough as it continues to shift its focus...

Server-Based Platforms Get Boost

Vendors are rolling out new hardware and software aimed at driving adoption of server-based computing architectures. Concerns over the platforms—thin clients in particular, but also...

Is There a Chink in Dells Armor?

The company that has been giving the resellers, VARs and every PC manufacturing company fits and starts for the last 20 years appears to...

Competing Chip Tech Proves Smaller Is Better

Manufacturers have begun tapping new processes that are capable of producing smaller, more power-efficient processors, in order to help dual-core chips proliferate in 2006. Dual-core...