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Will Your PC Run Windows Vista?

Not all PCs will gain a full view of Windows Vista. Microsoft Corp. has yet to finalize the minimum requirements for a PC to run...

Microsoft, Google to Tangle in LinuxWorld Trivia Game

Two tech giants—Microsoft and Google—have clashed head-on in a few arenas recently: over leadership in the Internet search market, over the use of open-source...

Lenovo Partners Left Empty-Handed

Sales of IBM PCs under new owner Lenovo have proven so successful that the company is having trouble filling orders for some models, according...

Intel Plans a Chip-Set Shift

Intel is reprioritizing its chip set manufacturing, in an effort to keep up with demand for its most popular models, despite the potential for...

TimeLabs Chip Tunes PC Performance

Timing is everything when it comes to wringing the most out of a PC. TimeLab Corp., a 4-year-old Andover, Mass., startup founded by researchers from...

IBM, Avaya Team on Telephony

IBM and Avaya Inc. are teaming up to integrate telephony capabilities into IBMs enterprise e-mail, Web conferencing and instant messaging tools.The integration will allow...

AMD Adds Low-End Athlon 64 X2, Cuts Prices

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Monday released a dual-core version of its existing AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor, cutting prices in the process. The addition...

New Tools Make Hardware Softer

People take it for granted that computer hardware should be universal, while applications should be specific to particular tasks. It seems obvious that this...

How to Build a Strong HP

Certainly, the layoffs were supposed to be over by now. Hewlett-Packards announcement of 14,500 jobs to be cut shows that its acquisition of Compaq...

Intel, AMD Run Tight Race in Quarterly Chip Shipments

Despite a notable gain in server processor shipments, AMD slipped slightly in overall x86 chip shipments during the second quarter. Intel Corp. gained seven-tenths of...