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RSS pc in newsHP reports strong third quarter
News Notebook sales increased 26 per cent since the same quarter a year ago, and the company remains the top PC provider worldwide. HP beat Wall Street profits estimates this quarter, lead by strong laptop sales growth. [20 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News Yet use of mobile phones, PC ownership, home access to the internet and broadband take-up were all lower than average in this age group. Brits are more comms obsessed than ever, according to Ofcom. The telecoms regulator has released its fifth... [14 Aug 2008]
Gates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge
News Gates said: "As we get screens that can roll or fold out to be bigger, or mobile devices that have small screens but can project larger images on walls, that line between what's a PC and a mobile will keep getting grayer. [14 Aug 2008]
Lenovo reports strong first quarter
News Lenovo Group reported a 10.5 per cent increase in its fiscal first quarter revenues, despite a weakening global economy. The computer maker reported revenues climbed to $4.2bn in the quarter ending 30 June, up from $3.8bn a year ago. [08 Aug 2008]
IBM-Linux love-in targets Vista grumblers
News Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president for IBM Lotus software, said in a statement: "The slow adoption of Vista among businesses and budget-conscious chief information officers, coupled with the proven success of a new type of Microsoft-free PC in every... [07 Aug 2008]
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News Dell claims it is now officially a carbon neutral company - five months ahead of its own projected schedule. The target was met through improved energy efficiency at Dell's own facilities combined with green electricity purchases and investments in... [06 Aug 2008]
Intel: PC market won't suffer credit crunch blows
News He said: "We gave a relatively upbeat business forecast, saying that despite the economic problems in the United States our business is so international that we didn't see any slowdown in the PC market. [31 Jul 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News Department for International Development: 1,798 out of 2,467 staff have been issued with laptops instead of a desktop PC to allow them to work from home on a regular or ad hoc basis. The government may be pushing employers to embrace more flexible... [30 Jul 2008]
Windows XP for $100 laptop finalised
News James Utzschneider, general manager of marketing and communications for Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group, said in a blog last week: "Windows on the XO looks like it is on track for availability in these types of national educational PC deals... [28 Jul 2008]
Generation Y setting tech agenda
News Generation Y consists of 18- to 28-year-olds who are leading the way in technology adoption with nine out of 10 owning a PC and 82 per cent a mobile phone. Companies are having trouble keeping up with Generation Y consumers who are now setting the... [25 Jul 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News In a fight between an iPhone smart phone and an Eee PC netbook, which chunk of mobile hardware would win? The 'connected laptop' packages include a cheaper-than-an-iPhone £25-per-month consumer tariff offering the popular Asus Eee PC 900 mini laptop. [23 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Mobile is the PC of the future, improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC. [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News He said: "If the file has to be moved to your Mac or your PC first, then you aren't really scanning the device, you're just scanning by proxy and reactively, since the file has to be on the device first. [21 Jul 2008]
Home servers latest trend to sweep market?
News Microsoft, and its Windows Home Server software that it launched in January, is expected to rule the home server market for the next five years, during which PC-based servers will be the dominant solution. [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News These chip and PIN devices do not prevent all identity theft - hackers can still steal screenshots of what you are doing on your PC, and find out information about you and your account which could potentially be used for fraudulent purposes," he... [18 Jul 2008]
