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HP: For circuits, swap silicon for molecules
News Researchers from the computing giant have created devices that can be used to perform calculations in microprocessors, the same function silicon transistors now have.
Tags: Processors
Hurd offers just a glimpse of HP strategy
News At a meeting with investors in New York, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd presented a broad overview of HP's mission.
Tags: Personal Computers, R&D, Operations, Strategy
IBM's mainframe makeover
News For years, Big Blue applied mainframe technology to other server lines. Now it's the other way around.
IBM set to wield flexible blades
News Big Blue unveils its first blade servers, along with a plan for applying the concept to other products.
IBM retools software for utility push
News IBM will fill in key pieces of its "on-demand" computing initiative--in which it will sell computing resources as if they were utilities like electricity or telephone service--with upgraded server software due to ship later this year.
Gates: Windows to call on phones
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says future versions of Windows will be more phone-friendly, as he demonstrates prototypes at a company-sponsored conference.
IBM's storage momentum continues
News The company snags two new customers with its midtier FastT storage device, a machine one analyst calls a "barn burner".
Hardware powerhouse HP shows its software side
News Computing giant Hewlett-Packard is trying to get software right--again.
Industry shift to services fuels IBM spree
News IBM uses its fat checkbook to cash in on services-oriented architecture--and run from downward price pressure.
Tags: Acquisitions, Services
Leak scandal costs HP's Dunn her chairman's job
News Patricia Dunn to step down as chairman in January in the wake of a controversial probe into media leaks.
Tags: Security, Legal, Privacy, HR policies and procedures
IBM raises stakes for wireless notebooks
News IBM is trying to take a bite out of Apple Computer with the introduction of new wireless-capable notebooks.
IBM locks new wireless laptops
News IBM is trying to take a bite out of Apple Computer with the introduction of new wireless-capable notebooks.
Cisco customers struggle with delays, shortages
News Are you ready? Cisco Systems, in some cases, is not.
Gates says states' remedy "impossible"
News Microsoft's chairman takes the stand in the antitrust trial to argue the difficulty of complying with the remedy, warning that it would be a major setback to Windows development
Microsoft, DOJ prep for next step
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