Dell's profit falls almost 50 percent
The PC maker's earnings sink as technology spending dives worldwide. Also, fourth-quarter revenue falls 16 percent.
As server sales tank, IBM still leads pack
Worldwide server revenue falls 14 percent year over year in the fourth quarter, IDC says, while full-year revenue for 2008 dips 3.3 percent.
IBM leads in India again
Since landing Airtel, IBM has cut major multi-year deals with other major wireless companies in India, including Vodafone Essar and IDEA Cellular, giving them the edge over the market share.
US researchers claim vast data-density increase
The density achievable with the technology could potentially enable the contents of 250 DVDs to fit onto a surface the size of a coin, according to one of the researchers.
Intel: HP accounts for 20 percent of annual sales
In its annual report, Intel says Hewlett-Packard accounted for 20 percent of its revenue in 2008, up from 17 percent in 2007.
Apple's Jobs to skip annual shareholder meeting
CEO Steve Jobs' six-month medical leave of absence will keep him from attending Wednesday's annual meeting for the first time since he returned to Apple in 1997.
TSMC exec: Chip industry to recover in 3 years
Longtime figure in semiconductor arena and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chairman Morris Chang,says, it'll be 2012 before industry bounces back, according to news report.
Suddenly, infrastructure is cool again
commentary Cloud computing would have happened anyway. But the recession has given IT a more pressing reason to consider making the switchover.
Gateway relaunches as business-only brand
Gateway returns to the United Kingdom and Europe as Acer's brand for medium-sized businesses, offering notebooks, desktop PCs, servers and LCD monitors.
Dell battles over 'Netbook' trademark
The PC maker asks the USPTO to cancel Canadian gadget maker's trademark, saying Psion doesn't make a product that actually uses the term.
IDC: Netbooks may find a business home
Overall European sales will remain robust, the market research firm predicts, while new features could spur adoption in cash-strapped enterprises.
M'sian funds operator upgrades mainframe
Malaysian Electronic Payment System says it stuck with IBM mainframes for performance, and to minimize additional investment required from banks.
HP earnings dip nearly 10 percent
PC maker records 1 percent uptick in revenue, but sees revenue decline across its business units with the exception of the EDS business acquired last year.
With new leadership, Lenovo looks ahead
New management at the top means big changes for the PC maker, but new President and COO Rory Read says it's looking for more opportunities, not fewer.
Universal cell phone charger coming soon
Mobile-industry leaders agree to use Micro-USB as a single standard for phone chargers, promising to reduce the number of chargers shipped and the number needed by users to revive their handsets.
How will HP weather the storm?
The PC makers' broad portfolio of products and services should mean a ray of sunshine for an otherwise gloomy PC market.
Toshiba buys Fujitsu HDD business
Japanese manufacturer buys Fujitsu's hard disk drive business to boost its market share and pave way into enterprise server and data storage markets.
Asus suffers first quarterly loss in 19 years
Taiwanese PC maker records a net loss of US$82 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 but expects to improve its margin this quarter, according to reports.
Garmin and Asus to show off Nuvifones
A year ago, the Nuvifone's Ciao feature may have carried the day, but today it's unlikely to get shell-shocked consumers to run to the Garmin-Asus creation.
HP's LeftHand aims SAN at smaller firms
The storage-virtualization arm of HP is pitching its new storage area network as a lower cost, entry-level system.
Apple turning to China Unicom?
After well over a year of iPhone flirtation with China Mobile, Apple may have decided to cut off talks with the world's largest carrier and start negotiating with China Unicom.
Qualcomm builds NFC into mobile chipsets
The manufacturer is to support the contactless, short-range wireless technology, but analysts warn that near-field communications may struggle to take off soon.
AMD extends deadline for Abu Dhabi spin-off vote
After failing to get a quorum, Advanced Micro Devices extends the deadline to next week for shareholders to vote on the proposed spin-off of its manufacturing business.
No word on made-in-Asia 32nm Intel chips
update Chip giant announces US$7 billion investment in U.S. fabs for 32-nanometer, but it is not clear if there will be similar investments in the region.
Intel to invest US$7B in US facilities
CEO Paul Otellini told a Washington audience that economic recovery will take smart, significant investments from both the public and private sectors.
Intel accelerates 32nm processor plans
The world's largest chip company is moving its focus to the next-generation designs faster than it had planned.
Power users to get 4G first
Such users could be among the first to be shifted onto higher-speed networks when operators deploy a successor to their 3G networks.
IBM targets intelligent infrastructure
In a varied announcement the company launched some new and some revamped products and services.
Intel delays next Itanium server chip again
The new server chip, codenamed Tukwila, has had its release date pushed back to around the middle of this year.
Wozniak joins SSD start-up
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will join solid-state drive firm Fusion-io as chief scientist and technical adviser, after having served on the company's advisory board.
Intel cuts its prices of solid-state drives
The manufacturer says the price cuts are the result of Intel's solid-state drive production now being fully operational.
Lenovo to refocus on Chinese market
With the company back in the hands of Chinese executives, it will now concentrate more heavily on its home market, according to Wall Street Journal report.
OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
Founder Nicholas Negroponte says the OLPC will open source its hardware design and invite others to copy it, according to a report from the TED conference.
Green Grid pitches new IT energy standard
The group of IT industry leaders recommends data center evaluations include a score for power usage effectiveness or PUE scalability.
Report: Apple Snow Leopard takes swipe at location, multi-touch features
Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 is expected to include location and multi-touch developer tools for its Snow Leopard operating system, says new report.
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