http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Computer_Hardware_and_PeripheralsFind stories, videos, and photos about Computer Hardware and Peripherals from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:13:30 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/tztop.windows.seven.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Computer_Hardware_and_Peripherals14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Computer Hardware and Peripherals from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf consumers like the new Windows 7 operating system, they'll have the much-maligned Windows Vista to thank.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/08/20/cnet.drop.netbook.label/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/08/20/cnet.drop.netbook.label/index.html#cnnSTCTextCan we all agree on something? There's no longer a difference between a Netbook and a notebook.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/08/06/cnet.apple.tablet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/08/06/cnet.apple.tablet/index.html#cnnSTCTextRumors have it Apple is a month away from announcing a tablet computer. Another tablet, the Crunchpad, is also due for imminent release.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/08/google.chrome.challenges/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/08/google.chrome.challenges/index.html#cnnSTCTextGoogle's netbook-friendly Chrome OS takes direct aim at Microsoft, whose eight-year-old Windows XP leads the netbook market. But the odds are stacked against Google.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/03/dell.netbooks.gps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/03/dell.netbooks.gps/index.html#cnnSTCTextSay hello to your latest personal navigation device: a netbook. Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company's netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/12/wired.macbook.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/12/wired.macbook.prices/index.html#cnnSTCTextApple has traditionally held its ground as a premium computer manufacturer, but it might just be getting sucked into a recession-prompted price war.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/13/technology/schlender_barrett.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/13/technology/schlender_barrett.fortune/index.htmAt the end of May, Craig Barrett, the chairman and former CEO of Intel and avid horseman, will ride off into the sunset.Wed, 13 May 2009 21:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/expert.q.a/05/12/netbooks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/expert.q.a/05/12/netbooks/index.html#cnnSTCTextI keep hearing about netbooks. What's a netbook? It just sounds like another fancy name for a laptop -- but I won't be fooled by nonsense! Please set me straight on this very important matter so that I can keep being the smart one among my peers. Thanks!Tue, 12 May 2009 16:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/04/29/cnet.apple.mobile.computer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/04/29/cnet.apple.mobile.computer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIs the world finally ready for the mobile minitablet? It's become quite clear over the last several months that Apple is ready to bridge the mobile computing gap, with plans to develop a device that fits somewhere in between the iPhone and the MacBook.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/expert.q.a/03/17/pirillo.wireless.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/expert.q.a/03/17/pirillo.wireless.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextI use a wireless router at home, but it seems that other people on my block do as well! I can see their access point IDs show up in my list. Can they see mine, too -- and is this a problem? What are some things I need to keep in mind when it comes to wireless home network security?Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/11/17/review.macbook/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/11/17/review.macbook/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith the new 13-inch MacBook looking and feeling more like the more expensive 15-inch MacBook Pro line than ever, it's harder to tell the difference between the two laptops.Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/smallbusiness/multifunction_printers.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/smallbusiness/multifunction_printers.fsb/index.htmAt work I have little need for budget desktop printers. We use high-end, high-resolution machines to proof photography and illustrations at Nesnadny & Schwartz, my graphic design studio in Cleveland. But I also keep an office at home, where my two middle-school daughters use my printer for assignments as liberally as Jackson Pollock used paint.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/02/sony.handycam/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/02/sony.handycam/index.html#cnnSTCTextI used to think that hard-drive models would take over the camcorder market as miniDV slowly faded into the horizon. I've since changed my tune after using flash-based models, especially those that include some onboard memory. Fri, 02 May 2008 19:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/02/asus.eee/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/02/asus.eee/index.html#cnnSTCTextAsus first released the low-cost, low-power Eee PC in the fall of 2007, winning rave reviews for the 7-inch $399 laptop, which cut overhead by using a tiny 4GB solid-state hard drive and a custom Linux operating system with preinstalled software such as Firefox and Open Office. Fri, 02 May 2008 17:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/03/05/lenovo.thinkpad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/03/05/lenovo.thinkpad/index.html#cnnSTCTextWe're not even two months into the new year, and we've already seen Apple's remarkably slim MacBook Air and Toshiba's update to its featherweight Portege R500. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/28/asus.geforce/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/28/asus.geforce/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Asus EN8800GT is the first card we've reviewed with Nvidia's new GeForce 8800 GT graphics chip. You should be able to find this card for just less than $300 or so online, which puts its real world price a bit higher than Nvidia's suggested price of about $250. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/21/amd.processor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/21/amd.processor/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor raw performance, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 chips have lingered behind their Intel Core 2 Duo counterparts all year. Only aggressive pricing from AMD kept its old dual-core CPUs in systems and on store shelves. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/30/toshiba.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/30/toshiba.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe current flood of excellent gaming laptops (Dell's XPS M1730, HP/Voodoo's Envy, and Alienware's m9750) means that PC gamers have plenty of choices when it comes to picking a new mobile rig.Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/09/iomega.storcenter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/09/iomega.storcenter/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe StorCenter Network Hard Drives are the latest version of Iomega's home-targeted network-attached storage drives. They are basic NAS drives that offer up many of the same features that the competition offers. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/02/maxtor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/02/maxtor/index.html#cnnSTCTextLike the name suggests, the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini is the tiniest member of the OneTouch 4 family of external hard drives. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/09/06/apple.mac.mini/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/09/06/apple.mac.mini/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt the same time it revamped its iMac, Apple also more quietly updated its smaller-scale Mac Mini desktops, adding a faster Intel Core 2 Duo processor in place of the old Core Duo chips. The result is more or less competitive performance compared to similar Windows PCs. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/21/technology/apple_computers.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/21/technology/apple_computers.fortune/index.htmLast January, when Steve Jobs rechristened his company by ostentatiously excising the word "Computer" and leaving it as simply "Apple Inc.," he did so during the very same public event when he first showed off the iPhone.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/17/markets/spotlight_dell/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/17/markets/spotlight_dell/index.htmDell announced Thursday afternoon that a year-long investigation into its accounting practices has ended and the company plans to restate earnings back to 2003.Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/08/16/hp.laptop/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/08/16/hp.laptop/index.html#cnnSTCTextFans of ultraportable laptops have had a lot of products to be excited about in recent months, with two excellent models in particular standing out - -the Toshiba Portege R500 and the Sony VAIO TZ150. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/07/technology/dell.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/07/technology/dell.reut/index.htmDell Inc is developing consumer PCs that can run multiple versions of Microsoft Corp's Windows and Linux software at the same time, the personal computer maker's chief technology officer, Kevin Kettler, told Reuters.Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1649543,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1649543,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsn electrical problem at a Samsung Electronics Co. factory Friday forced a partial halt in production at the world's largest memory chip maker, the company said, raising prospects of a global shortageFri, 03 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/news/international/bc.samsung.plant.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/03/news/international/bc.samsung.plant.reut/index.htmSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Friday it shut down six of its chip production lines following a power cut at a plant near Seoul, prompting expectations of tighter supply and a rise in prices.Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/31/panasonic.camcorder/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/31/panasonic.camcorder/index.html#cnnSTCTextHard-drive camcorders have been slower to catch on than I would've thought. Sure, they cost a bit more than their DVD- or tape-based equivalents, but the convenience of having such a large storage capacity -- and not having to deal with tape -- make them appealing. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news/international/bc.intel.eu.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news/international/bc.intel.eu.reut/index.htmThe European Union's top antitrust regulator has charged that Intel tried to use its huge market share to push smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices out of the central processing unit (CPU) business.Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/25/technology/bc.semiconductors.slump.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/25/technology/bc.semiconductors.slump.reut/index.htmChipmakers around the world reported disastrous second-quarter results as they failed to combat some of the biggest price drops in the sector, but on Wednesday said the worst was over for now.Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/19/lacie.drive/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/19/lacie.drive/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe LaCie Biggest FW800 is a four-bay external SATA RAID drive that supports several levels of RAID, hot-swapping, and a variety of connection options. It comes in two capacities: 1 terabyte ($1,050) and 2 terabytes ($1,530). Connection options include USB 2.0, FireWire 800, and FireWire 400 (using a FW400-to-FW800 cable). Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/17/hp.pavilion.mc/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/07/17/hp.pavilion.mc/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8120n is proof positive that quad-core processing is ready for mass consumption. This $1,150 entertainment-minded desktop serves up Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU, a quad-core chip that up to this point we've seen only in much higher-end systems meant for gaming. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/06/01/seagate.freeagent/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/06/01/seagate.freeagent/index.htmlThe Seagate FreeAgent Go drive is a compact portable hard drive that combines fast data transfer speeds with file sync capability and a portable PC environment.Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:19:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/01/pf/hard_drive.moneymag/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/01/pf/hard_drive.moneymag/index.htmDave Gerardi, a magazine editor and freelance writer in the suburbs of New York City, was trying to catch up on some work at home. Suddenly his computer screen froze. Thinking the glitch was routine, he restarted the machine.Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/24/sony.handycam/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/24/sony.handycam/index.htmlThough most digital cameras produced today have sufficient resolution to make the spec itself almost a nonissue, the same can't be said about camcorders.Thu, 24 May 2007 17:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/01/dell.laptop/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/01/dell.laptop/index.htmlSay what you will about market leader Dell (and many have), but with its top-shelf XPS line, the company has consistently put out distinctive laptops that feature the most advanced components on the market.Tue, 01 May 2007 17:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/03/01/8401037/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/03/01/8401037/index.htmApple's unveiling of the iPhone at this year's Macworld trade show quietly signaled the end of Moore's Law as we know it. At the same time, it ushered in a new era of technical innovation, driven b... Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/22/velocity.grand.theater/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/22/velocity.grand.theater/index.htmlThe CineMagix Grand Theater represents Velocity Micro's first foray into the realm of the all-out home theater PC.Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:40:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/07/technology/pluggedin_boyle_kodak.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/07/technology/pluggedin_boyle_kodak.fortune/index.htmIt was perhaps fitting that Kodak launched its foray into the inkjet printer market at the NBC studio where Saturday Night Live is broadcast. Like the graying comedy show, Kodak has been showing its age of late, and it paid a huge price for not recognizing how quickly the market for traditional film would evaporate.Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/07/car_entertainment/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/12/07/car_entertainment/index.htmlMinivans and big SUVs are sometimes referred to as "living rooms on wheels." As entertainment technology improves, shrinks and becomes more portable, that expression is becoming more and more literal.Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/05/supercomputers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/05/supercomputers/index.htmlThe chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 was the showdown of man vs. machine: the world's greatest chess player versus the world's greatest chess-playing computer.Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:02:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/technology/supercomputers/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/technology/supercomputers/index.htmSupercomputers don't come draped in a cape or tights, but they're heroic nonetheless.Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/magazines/business2/microsoft_vista.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/01/magazines/business2/microsoft_vista.biz2/index.htmLooking for a cheap PC this holiday season? Good luck trying to find one with anything but Microsoft's Windows on it.Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:14:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386208/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386208/index.htmRacing to solve the world's most urgent problems - and to out do one another in global rankings - supercomputer designers have unleashed almost unimaginable power. A look inside the vast, chilled r... Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386121/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386121/index.htmAugust was the cruelest month for the computer company Michael Dell founded in his University of Texas dorm room 22 years ago. In close succession, Dell Inc. recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries b... Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:12:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/technology/lewis_school.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/31/technology/lewis_school.fortune/index.htmThe textbooks say that summer does not officially end until the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22 or Sept. 23 (depending on the time zone you're occupying at the time), but for millions of young people it's over the moment the first class bell rings for the fall semester.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/18/technology/futureboy0818.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/18/technology/futureboy0818.biz2/index.htmPop quiz: What new technology has the United States and Japan engaged in the virtual equivalent of the Space Race? The surprising answer: It's biotech.Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:22:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383599/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383599/index.htmAMD is going after Intel in court, but it has already struck where it really hurts. After 20 years of unequivocal Intel supremacy, the market for x86 microprocessors has finally become - and for th... Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:21:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/07/8382587/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/07/8382587/index.htmMargie Backaus is standing on a 17-acre plot outside Secaucus, N.J., shaking her head in disbelief. Garbage bags and broken glass litter the ground, and weeds have taken over the parts of the land ... Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:22:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/magazines/fortune/futureoftech_serverfarm.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/magazines/fortune/futureoftech_serverfarm.fortune/index.htmMargie Backaus is standing on a 17-acre plot outside Secaucus, N.J., shaking her head in disbelief. Garbage bags and broken glass litter the ground, and weeds have taken over the parts of the land that aren't bald. At least the view is nice, if you like power lines, shipping containers, and the New Jersey Turnpike.Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:57:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/24/technology/nvidia_intel/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/24/technology/nvidia_intel/index.htmRegardless of what the market makes of the impending nuptials of PC chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices and graphics chip maker ATI Technologies, one clear winner in the match-up appears to be Nvidia, at least as far as traders are concerned.Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/05/01/8376227/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/05/01/8376227/index.htmIf you travel for business as much as I do, you probably spend more time looking for a high-speed Internet connection than you do looking for your hotel.Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/19/technology/lenovo_story/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/19/technology/lenovo_story/index.htmWhen Lenovo announced early last year that it would buy IBM's personal computer business, the company's shares surged.Fri, 19 May 2006 16:45:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/03/technology/hard_drives/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/03/technology/hard_drives/index.htmWhile sales of desktop PCs are slowing down, the spike in popularity of laptops, Xbox 360s, digital video recorders and iPods has boosted hard drive manufacturers nonetheless.Wed, 03 May 2006 13:40:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/22/technology/business2_browser0322/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/22/technology/business2_browser0322/index.htmLast year, Nokia became the world's largest camera maker when it shipped 100 million cameraphones. Top Nokia executive Anssi Vanjoki took credit for driving Konica-Minolta out of the camera market, noting that the company first predicted the demise of the camera business in 2000. Now the company is setting its sights on the music player and camcorder markets, by adding those functions into its phones. One development that may help cell phone makers like Nokia push music players on to cell phones: NEC has developed a new chip that allows cell phones to play music for up to 50 hours. That would be a big improvement over the iPod, which claims a battery life of up to 20 hours.Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:45:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/20/8371799/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/20/8371799/index.htmChange is inevitable, and that's generally a good thing. Granted, you won't find many dinosaurs happy about the sudden climate change 65.5 million years ago, but in the grand scheme of things the w... Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:07:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/09/technology/business2_workingtech0309/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/09/technology/business2_workingtech0309/index.htmSAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Much to Wall Street's dismay, Intel is continuing to invest billions of dollars in Itanium, a chip that most of the industry has written off.Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:17:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/02/technology/buynow_fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/02/technology/buynow_fortune/index.htmThe holidays are past, the sales are on, and perhaps you're tempted to buy yourself the technology toy that Santa somehow forgot to drop down your chimney.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:43:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/23/technology/seagate_biondi/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/23/technology/seagate_biondi/index.htmWhen Seagate named Frank Biondi, a former CEO of Viacom, Universal Studios and HBO, to its board of directors on Thursday, the news drew little notice.Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363104/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363104/index.htmHERE'S CAUSE FOR HOLIDAY CHEER: PRICES FOR FLAT-PANEL TVs and computers have been falling like snowflakes. (If it seems to you as if prices are drifting up, perhaps it's because the elves have been... Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/08/technology/ipod_mac/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/08/technology/ipod_mac/index.htmMore than 1 million Windows users bought Mac computers for the first time this year, according to a recent report.Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:19:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/30/technology/techinvestor/tech_biz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/30/technology/techinvestor/tech_biz/index.htmLast week Hewlett-Packard announced that it is acquiring two small software makers, Peregrine Systems and AppIQ, to bolster its enterprise software business. These deals, the first big software moves made under new HP CEO Mark Hurd, are a good start, but they aren't nearly enough to cure the company's software woes.Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:55:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/29/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/29/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Comic book super hero The Flash was known for his ability to get from one place to another with amazing speed.Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:56:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/27/technology/amd_intel/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/27/technology/amd_intel/index.htmAdvanced Micro Devices has been chipping away at Intel's lead in a key market and beating it to the punch with several new technological advances, but before AMD can take on the behemoth that is Intel, it'll have to do a lot more, industry analsyts said.Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/05/8271403/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/05/8271403/index.htmThe best roadmap to IBM's hardware future is the amazing thumbnail-sized processor known as the Cell chip--the heart, soul, and brain of the new Sony PlayStation 3 game box. Of course, since this i...Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356525/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356525/index.htmThis summer, when a group of independent computing researchers compiled a list of the world's top 500 supercomputers, 25 of those on the list--including a Cray system that ranked 10th--were powered...Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/29/technology/falling_prices/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/29/technology/falling_prices/index.htmIf you're willing to forgo extras, you can snap up a brand-new PC for as little as 300 bucks.Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/17/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/17/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - It could be a confusing holiday season for some holiday shoppers.Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/techinvestor/tech_biz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/techinvestor/tech_biz/index.htmApple's announcement last month that it was switching from IBM PowerPC chips to Intel chips was one of those seismic events whose aftershocks continue to be felt for a long time.Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/09/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/09/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - It's the consumer, stupid. That might as well be the motto for Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital.Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/06/01/8263444/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/06/01/8263444/index.htmTo reach the lab where IBM, Sony, and Toshiba engineers have spent four years and more than $400 million toiling in secret on a computer chip that, if they are right, will usher in a dramatic new e...Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/05/01/8259687/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/05/01/8259687/index.htmImagine plunking down $100,000 and walking away with your very own supercomputer. The low-cost computing revolution means you can now get that result with a handful of off-the-shelf components. By ...Sun, 01 May 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/04/18/8257006/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/04/18/8257006/index.htmNo. 50 Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/03/07/8253438/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/03/07/8253438/index.htmIT'S FITTING THAT 2005 SHOULD be the year Dell is named America's Most Admired Company. The computer maker turns 21 years old in May, and as it attains the age of majority, it has grown from an ind...Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/07/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/07/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmSamsung's announcement last week that it expects to see prices of its dynamic RAM chips fall by 30 percent in 2005 wasn't terribly surprising.Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189560/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189560/index.htmShortly before Jerry Sanders stepped down as chairman of Advanced Micro Devices last spring, Hector Ruiz, his handpicked successor as CEO, took the company co-founder aside for what Ruiz hoped woul...Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186672/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/10/01/8186672/index.htmChip manufacturers have a problem, and it's a doozy: As chips get smaller and faster, they also run hotter. The trend can't continue, says IBM Systems and Technology Group VP Bernie Meyerson: "The ...Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/15/tech.price.fixing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/15/tech.price.fixing/index.htmlA German manufacturer of technology commonly used in personal computers has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $160 million fine for engaging in an international price-fixing conspiracy that drove up computer prices, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/10/super.comput/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/10/super.comput/index.htmlNASA researchers have teamed up with a pair of Silicon Valley firms to build a supercomputer that ranks alongside the world's largest Linux-based systems.Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/07/01/374837/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/07/01/374837/index.htmAt Sony Pictures Imageworks, the special-effects house behind Spider-Man 2, there's no such thing as faster. "You just get it done better," says VP for technical operations Bill Villarreal. Yet the...Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/14/372634/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/14/372634/index.htmMichael Jordan was at the top of his game--basketball, that is--when he decided that baseball would be a logical extension of his athletic skills. But Jordan struck out, never reaching the big leag...Mon, 14 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/05/01/368263/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/05/01/368263/index.htmThere was a point in 2000 when SanDisk seemed to have it made. The company's flash memory chips were a favorite in the endlessly expanding telecom industry, and digital-camera manufacturers couldn'...Sat, 01 May 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/09/fortune.ff.amd.chips/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/09/fortune.ff.amd.chips/index.htmlAdvanced Micro Devices, the computer industry's spunky, pugnacious comeback kid, has had an amazing few weeks. On January 20 it announced that last year's fourth quarter was its first profitable one in over two years. Subsequent news underscores why.Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/01/technology/intel_to.dj/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/01/technology/intel_to.dj/index.htmPALO ALTO, Calif. -(Dow Jones)- Intel Corp. (INTC) will unveil its newest Pentium chip Monday, a processor code named Prescott that was delayed from late last year.Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/12/01/354195/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/12/01/354195/index.htmKrishna "Kittu" Kolluri calls it "a gift from God." Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351681/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351681/index.htmApple asserts that its new dual-processor Power Mac G5 is the world's fastest personal computer. Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/01/348202/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/01/348202/index.htmOne of the most indispensible tools of campus life is the cellphone, and I have two recommendations: the T-Mobile color Sidekick phone/PDA/web browser and e-mail device ($300) and the Nokia 3650 (r...Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348370/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348370/index.htmThe darkest times, the years Cray Inc. employees came to call "the occupation," began in 1996. One of the earliest signs of trouble was, strangely enough, the Beach Boys. It was summer, just a few ...Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/08/11/346854/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/08/11/346854/index.htmPower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord Acton Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346314/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/08/01/346314/index.htmIn Silicon Valley, it's known in some quarters simply as "the hunger." Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/06/01/342775/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/06/01/342775/index.htmIt's an ordinary Saturday afternoon: You're in the bedroom sending e-mails from your laptop when your wife, who's in the kitchen, picks up her Pocket PC and swoops into your hard drive to copy the ...Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/28/341740/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/28/341740/index.htmAhhh, spring. It's the time of year when the birds warble sweetly, the sun smiles warmly, and the FedEx delivery person gets really, really cranky because of all the new gadgets arriving at the FOR...Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/14/340927/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/04/14/340927/index.htmSetting up a wireless network at home allows everyone in the family--and maybe even your neighbors too!--to share your high-speed Internet connection. No longer tied to a desk, teenagers can use l...Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340122/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/31/340122/index.htmThe confusion over rival DVD formats has lots of consumers burning mad. Who can blame them? Go into an electronics store and you're asked to choose: DVD-R, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, or DVD+R/RW. Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/02/17/337290/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/02/17/337290/index.htmIt may be the most sophisticated factory ever built. In a cavernous building the size of several football fields, rows of multimillion-dollar machines loom over white-suited workers. Air scrubbed f...Mon, 17 Feb 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/30/334557/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/30/334557/index.htmAs we bid adieu to 2002--and not a moment too soon!--let's pause to appreciate the products that brightened an otherwise dull year in personal technology. How tedious was 2002? My favorite new prod...Mon, 30 Dec 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/25/332610/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/25/332610/index.htmIn spring 2000, as the Nasdaq plunged 2,000 points, two vastly different companies quietly embarked on programs to offer their employees a whiz-bang new technology called 802.11b, or Wi-Fi--wireles...Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/11/331816/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/11/331816/index.htmThe labyrinthine vastness of Intel's nearly completed D1D semiconductor factory in Hillsboro, Ore., is every bit as breathtaking as the microscopic intricacy of the microprocessors it will soon sta...Mon, 11 Nov 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/11/01/331620/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/11/01/331620/index.htmHector de Jesus Ruiz, the new chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices, is a short, balding fellow who is so quiet and soft-spoken that his sentences often disappear into an inaudible mumble. In f...Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/11/01/331314/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/11/01/331314/index.htmAll-in-one desktop PCs are hot, in part because computer makers are hoping the hip, space-saving designs will spur buying. The fire was fueled early this year when Apple unveiled its first-ever fla...Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:01:00 EST