Installed Base For PCs Set To Jump To 2 Billion he installed base for PC's will reach 2 billion by 2014 claims research group Gartner. The estimate is based on an average growth of 12%. Currently the base is 1 billion.
Microsoft Offers XP Stay Of Execution According to reports, Microsoft has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost PCs, flowing from the increasing popularity of these devices.
Dell Adds More Grunt On XPS Desktop Dell has raised the performance bar yet again with the launch of the XPS 730 H2C edition, a powerful gaming desktop that can support quad-core processors, quad GPU graphics solutions and up to four hard drives.
Apple Grows While Microsoft Slows According to a story in seattlepi.com, the biggest cash pile in the technology industry has historically belonged to Microsoft but now Apple has taken the lead, with implications for both companies.
Apple Beefs Up iMac Range Apple has powered up its iMac notebook line up with the latest Intel processors and faster graphics.
Dell Shows That Size Matters In PC Land They say that small is beautiful, but Dell is taking that mantra to new levels. Small laptops may have been hogging the limelight lately, but Dell's new micro PC could bring attention back to the desktop real estate.
AMD Moves Into PC design To Bolster Flagging Sales Struggling chip Company AMD has moved into the computer design market in an effort to boost sales. The move has been given a boost along by Dell and several other leading PC brands.
Global PC Market Continues Its Climb According to reports from Gartner, total global PC shipments during the quarter of 2008 rose 12.3 per cent in comparison with the same time last year.
PC Desktop Makes A Comeback According to IDCs Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker global desktop PC shipments grew by 10.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2007.
Is Dell Short-Changing Local Consumers? For those that have patiently been waiting for a sub- $1000 laptop with a built-in Blu-ray player for HD video, your wait is over- if you are in North America or Europe that is.
Sony Revamps Vaio Range Sony has rolled out three new Vaio computers designed for a different AV experience.
What Downturn? PC Shipments Booming Don't worry about the recession. Worldwide PC shipments will grow by 12.8 percent in 2008 to hit 302 million units, says IDC. And growth is set to continue in double digits in 2009, though the figure will drop to 11 percent, the research firm says.
Sony Unveils High Definition Blu-ray PC Box Sony is promising consumers the full high definition package with the launch of its Vaio TP PC. The company claims that this ‘Living Room PC’ comes equipped with HDMI connectivity, bundled HD TV tuner, and Blu-ray playback functionality.
New Microsoft Service Pack Nobbles Word An automatic Microsoft upgrade that has crashed popular word proccesing package Word which is part of Microsoft's Office 2007 offering has been pumped to millions of computers.
Lenovo Launches First Consumer Notebooks, Desktops Lenovo has released its first consumer PCs with a line of ‘Idea’ notebooks and desktop PCs with frameless screens, facial recognition software and Dolby surround sound for watching movies.
Boring Dell Gets Into Bed With Victoria Secrets Model Dell has called on the services of a top Victoria Secrets model for the public unveiling of the Dell XPS One all-in-one PC which wil go head to head with an all in one Sony Vaio and the Apple Mac. The cocktail party was held in the trendy SoHo section of Manhattan in New York.
Lenovo To Ship Powerful And ‘Green’ Desktops Lenovo has launched the new ThinkStation brand – new workstations that aims to offer the ‘ultimate performance and reliability’ for professionals.
Acer Launches First Dual HD-DVD Blu-Ray PC Acer has unveiled what it claims to be the first desktop PC with a combo drive that can play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD content in its new Aspire M5630 series.
Microsoft Secretly Changing PC Settings Only hours after Microsoft was nobbled in the European marketplace for being involved in antitrust behaviour, it has been revealed that the company is secretly changing the configurations to PCs running the Windows operating system.
Staid Old PC Brands Get Another Wack From Apple Apple has done it again. This time it has introduced a new line of slimmer desktop computers in a long-expected update of its iMac brand. The redesign is set to hurt even harder the staid old PC brands like HP, Dell and Acer.
HP Launches Powerful Quad Processor Desktops Hewlett-Packard has announced the launch of its first consumer desktop PCs with Intel Core 2 Quad processors. The HP Pavilion Media Center m8190a PC and HP Pavilion a6160a Home PC are multimedia powerhouses that deliver rich entertainment experiences at impressive speeds, the company claims.
Hot Vista Media Centre PCs And Notebooks The Microsoft Windows Vista operating system takes your PC one step closer to being the heart of your entertainment system. Find out how to take Vista to your living room with our media centre PC and notebook, and universal remote line up.
Madonna Sings To Microsoft's Tune Madonna has scored a freebie from Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer. Imagine her surprise when a courier delivery truck rolled up with a spanking brand new "Surface Computer."
Brand New PC Technology Surfaces From Microsoft We have had the cube PC and the tablet PC, now we have the surface PC, a brand new initiative from Microsoft that could well change computing forever.
Apple Deliver The Most Powerful Desktop On This Planet Apple Australia is offering what must be pretty close to the most powerful desktop PC on the planet: a version of its Mac Pro tower model with two 3GHz Xeon "Clovertown" quad-core processors from Intel.
Acer Sued By HP Over PC Patents Just when Acer was cranking up market share in the USA at the expense of HP and Dell, Hewlett-Packard has decided to sue, clainming patent infringement of five of HP’s patents.
New Ultra-Slim Acer Desktop PCs Heralding a new era away from bulky desktop or media centre PC units, the new Acer slim-line PC range promises an ultra small form factor without affecting the performance of the machines.
Microsoft To Demo CE Features of Vista Despite stepping down as the day to day head of Microsoft Bill Gates will still do the opening night keynote at the 2007 CES. At the same time Microsoft is set to spruik its new Vista OS.
Microsoft Boss Prefers An Apple Mac Jim Alchin, the man who has just brought you Windows Vista has told his boss Stever Balmer that if he had his way he would buy an Apple Mac.
YouTube Video Clips Targeted By Hackers Video clips posted to web sites like YouTube are attracting the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals.
Green Terrorists Stalk Apple Greenpeace is again up to what it does best, intimidating businesses that don’t toe the Greenpeace line. This time they have Apple in their sights.
Microsoft To Offer Free Vista Upgrade Microsoft has teamed up with PC vendors to promote the delayed Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
HP Workstations For Demanding Applications HP has announced two new Intel Xeon based workstations (xw640 and xw8400) that it claims are ideal for users in design and engineering, video and 3D animation businesses as well as original equipment manufacturers.
Chips 100 Times Faster Than Current Ones Tested Scientists in the USA have driven an IBM processor - made of germanium impregnated silicon - to over 500GHz, at least 100 times faster than current desktop chips.
The Supercomputer Of Today The world's first supercomputer, installed in 1977, was 160 mflops the size of a small car, required its own power supply and cooling system, and cost almost US$9 million. In comparison, specialist high-end motherboard and system maker, Tyan Computer, has released the Typhoon PSC.
PCs Playing Key Role In HD-DVD Vs Blu-ray War PCs are emerging as a battleground in the budding war between two technologies vying to be the standard for high capacity DVDs -- and take the lucrative mantle of next benchmark in optical storage.
Dell To Ship Google The CEO of Google has admitted that Google have struck a deal with Dell to ship millions of Dell computers with Google software.
Why Apple Is Better Than Microsoft COMMENT: For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers and other digital devices. One is the component model, championed by Microsoft. The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple.
How to Pimp (and Tweak) Your Media Center IceTV released their way to PIMP your Media Center ride this week, but here the SmartHouse team have come up with some more ways to make this operating system work Your Way.
Dell Struggles To Compete Dell is struggling to compete on price as manufacturers like Acer, HP, Lenovo and notebook brands like Toshiba, LG and Samsung eat into their profitability. Even a move into CE products is not helping.
Sub-$200 Dual Digital PCI TV Tuner Pioneer Computers has released a dual digital PCI TV tuner at the keen price of $199. It claims the device is an Australian first.
Alienware To Stand Alone Games-cool PC maker Alienware - known for its powerful (and pricey) PCs and its UFO themes - says it will remain a standalone operation, despite being acquired byDell in a surprise move yesterday.
Dell Confirms Alienware Purchase As first tipped by Smarthouse, Dell has announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alienware.
Run Windows XP On A Mac Dead Easy! According to the web site Windows XP On A Mac a hacker has cracked the PC holy grail by getting Windows XP to run on an Intel powered Mac.
BluRay PCs Soon Toshiba and Samsung have completed the technical development of its Blu-Ray disc drives for PCs with product excpected to appear soon.
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