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Microsoft has eased hardware requirements for PC makers to load Windows XP Home on ultralow-cost PCs to allow touch screens and larger screen sizes.
AMD continued its recent new product push with the unveiling of three new high-end quad-core processors.
Lenovo this week brought out the IdeaCentre K210, it's first desktop computer aimed at the U.S. consumer market.
Researcher iSuppli says that global sales of PC hardware continued to be strong in the first quarter despite a sagging U.S. economy.
Windows XP may not be as readily available at stores after today as it has been in the past, but it's not exactly vanishing into the ether, either.
As of today, Microsoft will stop offering licenses to most big-name computer makers and halt shipments to retailers of boxed copies of its seven-year-old Windows XP operating system.
Microsoft rejected calls for a reprieve on its plan to stop licensing Windows XP to the major PC makers as of June 30, but that doesnt mean the seven-year-old operating system will disappear overnight.
Buying replacement ink from a third-party vendor can save you big bucks. But will you pay with lousy-looking prints that fade in no time? We did months of testing to find out.
A team of researchers at Purdue University is building a miniature refrigeration system that could ease the process of cooling desktop and laptop PCs.
Microsoft laid to rest any rumors that it might reconsider pulling Windows XP from store shelves and from most PC makers next Monday.
Love him or hate him, Bill Gates is inextricably tied to computing as we know it. Here's a look back at some of the key developments in that sometimes troubled relationship.
Plaintiffs in the U.S. Microsoft antitrust case complain about continuing problems with technical documentation.
Gartner predicts that 2 billion PCs will be in use worldwide by 2014, twice the number in use today.
One week from today, Microsoft will pull the plug, more or less, on Windows XP. But there will still be ways to get the aging operating system.
In 1981, when the IBM PC was introduced, Bill Gates supposedly said that 640KB of memory "ought to be enough for anybody." The quote has followed him through the years, despite any solid evidence that he actually said it.
A collection of recent and not-so-recent photos of Bill Gates, who is retiring from his day-to-day role at Microsoft on June 30.
It's conceivable that Bill Gates ultimately will be remembered more for his ongoing philanthropic work than for his business and technology exploits at Microsoft.
Bill Gates will officially retire from his day-to-day role at Microsoft on June 30. As he prepares to leave, the big question is whether his company's best days are behind it.
A small New York company has charged that Dell, Western Digital and Hitachi have violated two of its patents for technology that the vendors used in PCs and disk drives.
Microsoft's restrictions on the types of PCs that can be downgraded to Windows XP after June 30 means Dell will offer the option only to home users buying machines designed for gamers.
Downgrading from Windows Vista to XP on some new Dell computers could cost buyers up to $50 after Wednesday, according to the company's Web site.
Windows XP is nearing its official retirement at the end of the month, but Microsoft has offered up a few loopholes that could allow buyers to continue getting PCs with the OS installed after June 30.
Three of the top four PC sellers worldwide plan to sell systems with Windows XP installed right up to Microsoft's mandated June 30 deadline. Dell is the only one in the group that will stop taking orders for XP systems early.
Hewlett-Packard today launched 17 new products, including laptops, desktop PCs and a monitor capable of displaying 1 billion colors, at a media event in Berlin.
What's the going price for a high-end monitor that can display 1 billion colors? If it's the new DreamColor LP2480zx from HP, plan on paying $3,499.
Western Digital unveiled its first 1TB 3.5-in. hard drive and announced it is repackaging its entire hard drive portfolio into three new product families.
Symantec has released a free tool that clears spurious Windows' registry entries that had crippled some PCs running the company's security software after they were upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Vista SP1.
Acer Inc. introduced an ultraportable based on a new Intel processor at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
Its goal is to help third-party developers build applications using the address books behind Yahoo Mail, Messenger, Go and other applications.
Intel used to lock down its chips to prevent users from overclocking, but the company's mind-set has changed.
Microsoft's decision to allow low-cost desktop makers to install Windows XP Home on their hardware for an additional two years reverses a move the company had rejected in April.
Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating system on low-cost desktops.
Intel unveiled a new line of chip sets for desktop PCs at the Computex show in Taiwan.
Lenovo is planning in June to conduct a final test of IT equipment it's supplying to the Beijng Summer Olympic games.
A New York court found that Dell deprived customers of technical support that they bought or were eligible for under warranty in several ways.
Windows 7, the successor to the Vista operating system, will incorporate touch technology from Microsoft's Surface tabletop computer, the software maker said.
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A chipmaker has released an open source reference design for a low-cost, ultra-small laptop, a move it hopes will spur fast-to-market variations for the device.
The U.K. National Health Service confirms that a tape containing personal information on 38,000 past and present patients was lost in transit; and Alibaba.com and Intel are jointly developing a PC for small and midsize Chinese companies.
The idea is to train a camera down on a sheet of infrared laser light and then keep track of what it sees on the surface, creating what feels like a touch-screen monitor.
