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Sidekick Snafu: The Data Saved and the Damage Done October 16, 2009 
T-Mobile's Sidekick users had a pretty rough time this week thanks to a mistake that first looked enormous but eventually was pretty much fixed, though with no small amount of worry and strife in between. An unfortunate series of events caused a major inconvenience for users of the smartphone.
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Acer Topples Dell to Claim No. 2 PC Vendor Slot October 15, 2009 
As global PC shipments rose 2.3 percent year over year in the third quarter, Taiwanese PC manufacturer Acer took the No. 2 spot in PC sales worldwide, according to market research firm IDC. That pushed Dell into third place; market leader HP, however, maintains its commanding lead. HP accounted for 20.2 percent of PC shipments worldwide in the third quarter, with almost 15.8 million units.
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Acer Joins the Android Horde October 14, 2009 
Acer has announced details surrounding two hotly anticipated mobile devices running Google's Android mobile operating system: the Liquid A1 touchscreen smartphone, which Acer first said it was developing when it joined the Open Handset Alliance earlier this year; and the Aspire One netbook, which is available for preorder at Amazon for $349.99.
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HP Readies New PCs for the Windows 7 Party October 14, 2009 
HP has released a slew of new PCs -- both desktop and notebooks -- that leverage its growing investment in touchscreen technology ahead of Microsoft's Windows 7 release. The products target just about every buying constituency there is, from college students seeking affordable notebooks to businesses interested in upgrading to high-end desktops and laptops.
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Sony's Flyweight Vaio Enters the Ring October 08, 2009 
Sony on Thursday announced specs for its super-light Vaio X laptop, which was first unveiled in September at the IFA trade show in Berlin. At 1.6 lbs with a standard battery, the laptop, which has an 11.1-inch screen and a carbon fiber body, is claimed to be the lightest in its class. Prices start at around $1,300.
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Stylish, High-Performance PCs Suggest a Sea Change for Dell October 06, 2009 
To fully understand what Dell has accomplished with the Latitude Z and its other new business client offerings, it helps to remember where the company's PC solutions began. For years, Dell emphasized substance and notably aggressive pricing over style, delivering products with solid features and conventional design elements at costs designed to appeal to its core business customers.
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Microsoft's Eagle-Eyed LifeCam a Sharp Mix of Features, Price October 05, 2009 
With high-definition video popping up everywhere, it's a wonder it has taken this long for the first 720p HD webcam to hit the market. It's Microsoft's LifeCam Cinema webcam, and not only is it a honey of a webcam, but at $79.95, it's nicely priced to boot. Installation of the camera requires three steps.
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Dell Zeros In on the Corner Office With High-Style, $2K Laptop September 29, 2009 
This is way out of the Dell dude's league. Dell's newest addition to the Latitude line, the Z600, is designed as a sleek envy item for high-ranking corporate executives, entrepreneurs and other style leaders, and bears the stats to prove it, beginning with its $1,999 starting price tag.
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Cobbling Together an Almost Good-as-New MacBook September 29, 2009 
One question that often plagues me is whether it's worth upgrading an existing Apple notebook with more RAM and a new hard drive -- or whether it's a better option to simply buy a whole new one altogether. I tend to buy a new PowerBook, iBook, or MacBook every two years or so, and usually around the 16-month point, I'm in a quandary.
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The US' Perilous Path to Energy Enslavement September 28, 2009 
Hidden in the messaging at the Intel Developer Forum last week was a goal to dramatically lower U.S. electricity bills and save the country from becoming an energy slave to China by 2020. At the core of this is the view that the current Obama administration may be focused on the right things but in the wrong order.
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HP Launched the Craziest DreamScreen Last Night September 18, 2009 
HP has just made either the most hyperactive digital picture frame on the market or the lamest tablet PC ever. The DreamScreen looks sort of like what you'd have if someone tore an HP Mini in two and handed you the monitor side. It's a device that can run video, show pictures and play music with built-in speakers. It has USB ports and it can hold 2 GB of data.
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ARM Targets Intel's Linux Zone September 18, 2009 
In the latest phase of its battle with Intel for the notebook and netbook markets, ARM has unveiled two new 2GHz capable Cortex-A9 dual core processor implementation. These give silicon manufacturers a way to develop high-performance, low-power Cortex-A9 processor-based devices, ARM said. However, it looks like this battle will only take place in the Linux corner of the market.
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Lenovo Touches Up Laptop, Tablet Screens September 15, 2009 
Lenovo on Tuesday unveiled two new computers with multi-touch capabilities that let users employ four fingers on the screen. The new PCs are the ThinkPad T400s laptop and the X200 tablet PC. Lenovo also unveiled SimpleTap, a feature that lets users access hardware functions such as adjusting screen brightness or locking the screen. Both the T400s and X200 are available now.
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Does Green Matter to You? September 07, 2009 
I'm at IFA as I write this, and in Europe, green clearly does matter. Here, they even have a viable Green Party, but in the U.S., I sometimes wonder whether we care. This was showcased in a presentation in which Sony ranked geographical areas in terms of the importance of green, and the U.S. came in last.
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Sprint Gives Android a Hero's Welcome September 04, 2009 
Android is finally getting a little more wardrobe variety. It's also moving out into new U.S. carriers. Sprint is the latest wireless company to jump in with the Android crowd; it'll start selling the HTC Hero this October. The Hero looks to be a pretty capable handset. It's loaded with Google apps, of course, plus a pretty big camera, a touchscreen, video features, WiFi and expandable memory.
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Nokia Expo Ushers In Fresh Phones, Facebook Features September 02, 2009 
Nokia on Wednesday unveiled three new smartphones at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. It also announced a partnership with Facebook through its Lifecasting With Ovi application. One smartphone, the N97 mini, is targeted at women, IDC analyst Ramon T. Llamas told TechNewsWorld. The other two, the X6 and X3, are aimed at maintaining Nokia's position in the mid-range smartphone market.
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