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VC Tom Perkins resigns from HP's board

Perkins, an early HP Labs employee, later founded one of Silicon Valley's most famous venture capital firms.

May 19, 2006 5:59 PM PDT

HP plans data center consolidation

The computer giant will merge 85 data centers into six facilities operating in pairs in three U.S. cities.

May 17, 2006 8:00 AM PDT

Computer, ink sales shore up HP's profits

Better-than-expected profit comes from gains in PC market share and sales of ink supplies.

May 17, 2006 6:05 AM PDT

Researcher: Macs not as expensive as thought

A comparably equipped Windows-based computer is only about 13 percent less expensive than a Mac, says analyst.

May 16, 2006 10:55 AM PDT

Tech firms to lobby for patent litigation reform

An attorney from Intel is heading a cross-industry coalition to lobby for changes in patent litigation standards.

May 11, 2006 1:22 PM PDT

HP: We're hurting Dell

HP claims to be winning orders from big businesses at its rival's expense. Dell's warning on earnings cited.

May 11, 2006 7:57 AM PDT

HP notebooks get spring makeover

Company spruces up its laptop lineup as more and more PC makers recognize the importance of design.
Photos: New looks for HP

May 9, 2006 4:35 PM PDT

HP updates notebook designs

Company unveils several notebooks for businesses and consumers, plus new partnership with Vodafone.

May 9, 2006 10:10 AM PDT

Rollins: Increased Taiwan spending 'key' to Dell expansion

CEO of PC maker plans $12.5 billion in component purchases from island companies to cut costs and gain market share.

May 8, 2006 7:09 AM PDT

Tech bigwigs push for the global good

At the World Congress on Information Technology, Dell, Intel and others make pitches to governments for increased investing.

May 4, 2006 8:55 AM PDT

Michael Dell pushes governments to invest in IT

Developing countries can improve lives of their citizens with fast networks and better access to PCs, he says.
Photo: Michael Dell at WCIT

May 4, 2006 8:01 AM PDT

Next Solaris gets open-source database

An update to Solaris 10 due in June will include the open-source PostgreSQL database.

May 3, 2006 4:23 PM PDT

HP seeks smarter data-center cooling

The company believes arrays of thousands of temperature sensors will enable wiser use of air conditioning.

May 3, 2006 2:42 PM PDT

Dell gets on The Green Grid

Despite exclusive deal with Intel, PC maker links up with AMD's organization to reduce data center power consumption.

May 3, 2006 8:54 AM PDT

Microsoft scientists pushing keyboard into the past

If you are going to use a cell phone to send e-mail, something has to be done about the keyboard.
Photos: Rethinking the keyboard

May 3, 2006 8:49 AM PDT

Sun shines spotlight on storage

Adapting Galaxy servers, adding brains to storage systems among plans to turn around weak part of business.

May 1, 2006 9:35 PM PDT

Ex-Sun exec returns to run software group

Rich Green, who left for a start-up in 2004, is expected to be named Sun's software chief, CNET News.com has learned.

May 1, 2006 3:20 PM PDT

IBM warms to AMD Opteron servers

Opteron advantages, plus HP and Sun successes with the chip, could mean a stronger commitment from IBM.

April 28, 2006 9:09 AM PDT

Some AMD Opterons suffer heat issue

The chipmaker is tracking down hundreds of single-core processors that could produce errors.

April 28, 2006 7:58 AM PDT

Course corrections at IBM server group

Bill Zeitler has to roll up his sleeves and fix Big Blue's server product strategy--in a hurry.

April 28, 2006 4:00 AM PDT