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Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer.
The worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year, Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday.
A piece of anti-theft software built into many laptops at the factory opens a serious security hole, according to research presented Thursday.
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.
Gartner Inc. analysts are predicting this holiday season will be sweeter than last year's for the PC industry.
Global shipments of personal computers fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year, but the decline was smaller than expected and research group IDC on Wednesday said the industry could turn around by the end of the year.
The research firm IDC said Thursday that worldwide personal computer shipments fell 1.9 percent during the fourth quarter and projected an 8 percent drop in the first half of the year.
The worldwide PC industry will experience its sharpest shipment decline in history this year as the global economy continues to deteriorate, said technology research group Gartner Inc. on Monday.
The first computer with a screen of organic light-emitting diodes, a technology that is being touted as the future of both displays and lighting, was announced this week at the International Consumer Electronics show by San Francisco-based OQO Inc.
U.S. shipments of personal computers are expected to drop nearly 3 percent next year, while demand in much of the rest of the world will slow down quickly as the financial crisis spreads, research firm IDC said Wednesday.
A Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC.
TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.
Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.
When Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. brought out the Eee PC last year, it created a whole new category of tiny, cheap laptops. Despite its success, the computer had one confounding element: Its keyboard was really small — good for kids, maybe, but not for adults.
Intel Corp.'s low-cost laptop initiative got a boost Wednesday from Portugal's government, which is pledging to provide elementary school students with 500,000 computers based on the chipmaker's Classmate PC design.
Little, cheap and sturdy, laptops designed to bring technology to the children of developing countries are rolling out after years of promises. But don't expect them to do much for high-tech kids in the U.S.
The rapid growth curve for computer shipments in last year's third quarter extended into the year's final months, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
Tired of Windows? The next generation of laptops may let you jump from one operating system to another to play movies, surf the Web or read e-mail.
LAS VEGAS — Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows Vista operating system promises to make your computer desktop jazzier and easier to navigate, but some of the machines debuting with the new software will feature dramatic makeovers themselves.
Hewlett-Packard Co. supplanted Dell Inc. as the world leader in personal computer shipments during the third quarter, returning the bragging rights to Silicon Valley for the first time in nearly three years, according to figures released Wednesday by two influential research firms.
Microsoft Corp. has developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way many people use pre-paid cards for cell phones.
Looking for a great PC that runs a fully fledged version of Windows XP but weighs less than two pounds? Well, it's here — at least if you can live without the "great" part.
Here is a moment to marvel at. Half-century-old episodes of "I Love Lucy" are now available on Google's new Video Web site for a nominal charge to my credit card, to be viewed on my computer any time I wish. Amazing!
Computer shipments rose at a faster-than-expected 13 percent worldwide in the first quarter, and the No. 1 PC maker, Dell Inc., lost ground to rivals, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
The personal computer market's rapid growth will slow in the next few years because a recent rebound in computer replacements has left many customers with systems that won't soon need replacing, according to a forecast Monday from a technology research firm.
Political correctness endangers us all"The brain-addled 'diversity' of General Casey will get some of us killed, and keep all of us cowed
Hard Evidence: Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.The above list is not exhaustive, but I would submit that five of the seven items (the first and the last four) would have been grounds to have had him either put under close surveillance or dismissed from the service
20 New High Quality Free FontsEvery now and again we take a look around, select "fresh" high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects.
FTC: BlueHippo pocketed $15 million, only shipped one PCHow sleazy could any company be with an adorable blue hippo for a mascot? Baltimore-based BlueHippo provides the answer: really, really sleazy.
Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guideVentblockers Our shock picture last Friday of a Quatermass-style lifeform lurking inside a PC prompted a flurry of snaps forwarded by readers who had similarly confronted unspeakable horrors.
According to Wiki, Windows SideShow is "a technology introduced in Windows Vista that enables Windows PCs to drive a variety of auxiliary display devices connected to the main PC". I however call it the technology that time forgot.
One word that sums up the new cross-platform role-playing shooter "Borderlands?" Guns. Lots and lots of guns. 2K Games' newest release puts you in the shoes of one of four treasure hunters on the distant world of Pandora.
Windows 7 vs XP Performance ReviewWill upgrading your older Windows XP PC to Windows 7 make it perform better? Yes…and no. We ran a slew of tests and were surprised to find that XP aced as many as Windows 7.
Wars over Christmas, 2009..Christmas Tree 1..Holiday Tree 0FRANKFORT, Ky. — A spokeswoman for Kentucky Gov.
Fort Hood: Political Correctness as Murder WeaponRampant political correctness was responsible! I'm sure that affirmative action had something to do with it too!!
GameSpy's 25 Favorite PC Games of the '90sThe 1990s were landmark years for PC gaming, giving rise to three of the most deeply ingrained genres on the platform (first-person shooters, real-time strategy games, and massively multiplayer online games), and delivering memorable classics in the role-playing and adventure gen …
Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 - won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course!
Nine E-Readers to Gawk At - Photo Essays - TIMEPhoto Essay from Time Magazine. Not sure how old this E-Reader list is. But I didn't know there were other companies outside of Sony and the Kindle that were selling competitive E-readers. Cool. Would love to buy one of these.
Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl Gecko in the machine My boss brought in his home PC because it was booting up with a strange crackling sound and apparently there was a funny smell coming from it. OK, let's take a look at it.
Migrate to Windows 7 at Your Own Pace - washingtonpost.comAlthough I've been playing with Windows 7 for a couple months now, I'm not quite ready to dive in. I want to make gradual move, keeping my Vista-based PC up and running while I transition to the new OS.
Browser turns any PC into server The 3rd-party browser Opera unveiled Opera Unite. A browser that will allow any PC to act as a small-scale web server.
The Rush Limbaugh Media Lynch MobWhich public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the ac …
Woot! Loaded Gateway desktop PC for $480Remember desktop PCs? People used to use them before laptops were powerful.
It's time to replace my desktop, and I can't decide between another PC or Mac. Is it worth paying twice as much for a Mac? What do you use? Have you ever owned the other?
HP to merge printers and PC to bolster bothHP's printer division, long a cash cow, is being folded into its PC division after sales of printers and ink fell this year.
Windows 7 PCs to go on sale earlyIf you've been putting off buying a new PC because you're waiting for Windows 7 to ship, you're in luck. At least one manufacturer plans to make Windows 7 PCs available to customers early, nine days to be exact, and Redmond isn't going to get in its way.
Computers: Goodbye, Gobbledygook For the last 30 years, the computer industry has bragged about its achievements. And when the industry was excited about a breakthrough, it expected — even demanded — that consumers get excited, too. But that less-than-symbiotic relationship may be coming to an end.
Packard Bell debuts oneTwo line of all-in-one PCsIt seems like a no-brainer, introducing small footprint, multitouch Windows machines to rooms usually off-limits to PCs. HP's certainly taking a stab at it, and now the "trendy lifestyle brand" (ugh) Packard Bell is going for the gold in Europe.
Ambushed Marines' Aid Call 'Rejected'NATO-led forces are investigating the death of four Marines in eastern Afghanistan after their commanders reportedly rejected requests for artillery fire in a battle with insurgents, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. ... The U.S.
School District replaces form that used dated racial wordThe form that went out in the district's code of conduct books this year included the term "negro." It also listed black or African American as acceptable descriptions.
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