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RSS low-cost pcHP and BT launch low-cost PC/Web package for SMEs
News The PC company will offer users HP's Brio PC while BT will contribute free Internet access in the form of its BT Connect to Business package. Hewlett-Packard (HP) and BT have launched a joint development aimed at getting small businesses online. [20 Sep 1999]
Internet Telephony - Use Your PC to Make Low Cost Telephone Calls
White Paper Callserve Communications Ltd is an innovative company using digital technology, which enables customers to make phone calls using a PC equipped with speakers and a microphone. Alternatively they can use the Callserve xpPhone that plugs straight... [24 Feb 2004]
High Performance, Low Cost of Itanium 2-Based HP Integrity Servers Deliver a Sunny Forecast for The Weather Channel
White Paper With The Weather Channel carried by 98% of US cable households, The Weather Channel Companies (TWC) find growth by delivering innovative programming that attracts viewers to watch longer and providing value-added services that offer creatively... [17 Jun 2005]
AMD launches low-cost notebook chip
News The PC firm wil use the K6-300 to produce a low-cost notebook that is expected to be on the market before the end of the year. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) claims it will drive down the price of notebooks with its latest chipset. [23 Sep 1998]
Microsoft touts entry level Windows
News Microsoft has provided a modified version of Windows XP with reduced functionality for use in the Thai government's low-cost PC programme, and may make this software available to other governments, the company has revealed. [09 Feb 2004]
Microsoft goes low-cost in India
News Microsoft has launched another low-cost PC effort in India, this time joining with chipmaker AMD in an effort to get more computers into the hands of students. The IQ PC comes on top of that program, as well as existing low-cost PC efforts in India... [28 Jun 2007]
Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US
News Asus launched its low-cost, stripped-down Linux-based Eee PC last fall specifically for the European, Japanese and US retail markets, and caused quite the stir. Intel plans on expanding the distribution of its inexpensive, school children-friendly... [20 Mar 2008]
Cut price Windows: 100,000 copies sold
News For months, the software company has been expanding the number of countries in which it sells the operating system, a basic version of Windows that is sold in conjunction with a new PC. Critics have maintained the operating system is too inflexible... [29 Jul 2005]
HP targets low-cost printer market
News HP has been showing off three of its low cost models at PC Expo in New York. Latest additions include the PhotoREt IV printing system for digital cameras and HP Instant Share Technology for emailing images from a digital camera via a PC. [26 Jun 2002]
Lindows takes another pop at Microsoft
News The goal is to offer a low-cost PC that can take the place of several home entertainment appliances, Lindows CEO Michael Robertson said in a statement. Idot, a small PC maker specialising in direct online sales, will sell a Lindows Media Computer... [29 Jan 2003]
Microsoft offers stripped-down Windows to Mexico
News Microsoft plans to offer a Russian version of Starter Edition as soon as the government finalises its low-cost PC program. Under a new programme, homebuyers will be able to finance a PC by including its cost on a mortgage. [29 Jun 2005]
Ballmer calls for $100 PC
News One way to stem piracy is to offer consumers in emerging countries a low-cost PC, Ballmer said. They have a least-PC concept: the internet cafe. In recent months, the software maker has announced plans to introduce low-cost "starter editions" of... [21 Oct 2004]
Microsoft shows off mobile-PC prototype
News Microsoft has come under some fire for not being more aggressive in helping to create a low-cost PC that is suitable for emerging markets. Mundie said even in poorer countries, many people today have both a telephone and a television, making a... [31 Jul 2006]
Photos: Five of the best mini laptops
Photo The Eee PC is arguably where the ultra-mobile, ultra-low-cost laptop craze started - although its spiritual home is the $100 laptop project proper. Another week, another ultra-mobile PC launch. HP 2133 Mini-Note PC [06 Jun 2008]
Where did Dell go wrong?
Comment Everyone thinks Dell has been the low-cost leader among major PC makers. Michael Kanellos from silicon.com sister site CNET News.com looks at how the previous kingpin PC maker ended up here. The resignation of Kevin Rollins as CEO of Dell... [01 Feb 2007]
