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- Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales
- Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon this Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year in the U.S. Netbooks FTW! Chalk it up to a small form factor (7-10 in., about 3 lbs.) and an even smaller...
- Tags: Monitor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sales, LCD, MSI, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card
- Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...
- Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- WARP speed for Windows 7
- The other day the eagle-eyed Long Zheng noticed a document on Microsoft's MSDN site outlining how Microsoft plans to allow DirectX 10 acceleration on the CPU. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Video Card, Microsoft Windows 7, NVidia Corp., Microsoft Windows, ATI Technologies Inc., CPU, Graphics, DirectX, GPU, Video Cards, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
- Here are a few of ZDNet's favorite items from the past week, including Adobe suites, laptop bags, and a Panasonic flat panel TV. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-01
- Top-selling products on Black Friday 2008
- PriceGrabber.com published the list of top products sold on Black Friday 2008. Nintendo Wii Console Ugg Australia ‘Classic Short’ Boot Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player Samsung LN52A650 52″ LCD TV Nintendo Wii Fit Panasonic TH-42PX80U 42″ Plasma TV Sennheiser HD 555 Headphones Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black SLR...
- Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Canon Inc., Nintendo Wii, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Notebooks & Tablets, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Dell gets a jump on Black Friday, a $389 desktop with 20-inch LCD
- Dell is getting an early start on Black Friday. The company has been running daily specials at www.dell.com/everyday for some time, and there have been some good deals on consumer desktop and laptops. But some of the best deals are currently hiding under the umbrella of "Small and Medium Business"...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., LCD, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Semiconductors, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- IT Dojo: Investigate RAM problems with Vista's Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool [video]
- Application failures, operating system faults, Stop errors: If you see any of these while running Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to investigate possible RAM problems with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, included in Vista. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, RAM, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Verizon Wireless announces Samsung OMNIA and HTC Touch Pro
- I purchased and then reviewed the Samsung OMNIA after a trip to Singapore in September. Today, Verizon Wireless announced the OMNIA will be available starting tomorrow for US$249.99 after a US$70 mail-in rebate and 2-year contract. I paid over US$700 for my OMNIA just a couple months ago and can't...
- Tags: Touch Screen, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Verizon Wireless, HTC Touch, Samsung OMNIA, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Software, Components, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
- AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet Germany tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel Xeon chips. AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to utilize the improved performance and efficiency of...
- Tags: Performance, Level 3 Communications Inc., Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Nehalem, Dunnington CPU, Processor Development, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AMD, Opteron, Intel, Xeon, benchmarks, processors, Shangahi, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany, Christoph Hochstatter, ZDNet Germany
- News items 2008-11-24
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
- Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...
- Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Details of AMD's Phenom II desktop chips keep leaking out
- AMD will announce its second-generation Phenom quad-core chips at the big Consumer Electronics Show in January. But at the current rate at which the company is leaking information about its first 45nm desktop processors, there may not be much left to say by the time they get to Vegas. ...
- Tags: Desktop, AMD Phenom, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Core, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget hardware
- Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. Over the next few weeks I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit. The other day I posted the...
- Tags: ASUS, Board, Power Supply, Intel Core 2 Duo, 300W Power Supply Unit, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- ISV Quotes for the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series
- Read testimonials touting the benefits of Inte's Xeon Processor 7400 Series froms some of today's leading technology companies. Including quotes from: Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Parallels, Red Hat, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Transitive, Virtual Iron, and VMware.
- Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-11-21
- Leading Virtualization Performance and Energy Efficiency in a Multi-processor Server. Product Brief for Intel® Xeon® processor7400 series.
- Fewer servers. More performance. With the architecture that's specifically built for virtualization, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series gives you more than 40% better performance and up to 38% better virtualization performance than previous generations —within the same power envelope. Intel Xeon processor 7400 series helps provide your...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Performance, Multiprocessor, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-11-21
- Don't brandjack the Shaq - and watch your client's back
- This, along with the "Mad Men" situation, is proving how imperative it is that people monitor their brands on the social Web. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Social Web, Branding, Monitors & Displays, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio, Brand, Twitter, Shaq
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end hardware
- Lists ... if there's one thing that people seem to what at this time of year it's lists. Over the next few weeks I've planned on posting several kit lists for the Holiday season covering a wide variety of different kit. To kick off the lists, I...
- Tags: Kit, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ASUS, Card, Board, Bay, Motherboard, CPU, Creative Labs Inc., Core, WD3000HLFS, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Components
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Virtualised Web Hosting featuring the Quad Core AMD Opteron Processor
- This short video profiles the role that AMD plays within Rackspaces 40,000 servers across the globe, with virtualised web hosting that delivers energy savings and flexible, scalable ease-of-use.
- Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Web Hosting, Processors, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-11-19
- Sneak Peek: BlackBerry Storm
- Apple ignited a firestorm of competition when it announced the iPhone in January of 2007. Since then the touchscreen smartphone segment has been ablaze with competition from all the major OEMs and carriers, including Nokia Tube, RIM (Thunder/Storm), LG Voyager, Samsung Instinct, Sony Ericsson (X1), HTC (G1) and yes, even...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Gallery: AMD demos 'Shanghai'
- AMD held a demonstration of its new quad-core, 45nm Opteron processor, Shanghai, on Wednesday at a datacenter belonging to the second largest ISP in Europe, Strato, in Berlin. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Shanghai, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Semiconductors, Components, Andy Smith, AMD, server, Operteron
- Image galleries 2008-11-17
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The Intel Core i7 microprocessor is built using a new microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, that allows chips to handle more data, quicker and more energy efficiently. Go inside Intel labs and meet some of the thousands of Intel engineers who helped design and test the new processor.
