Mark Hachman

Intel Corp. trimmed prices on its Pentium 4, Pentium III and server lines this past Sunday, as expected. Both Intel and its rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., are instituting price cuts to attract buyers as the holiday selling season begins to ramp up. Although the overall technology industry is laboring to pull out of its […]

Dell Computer Corp. is entering the prebuilt PC arena, competing with traditional vendors of non-configurable PCs traditionally sold at retail. “We continue to appeal to more experienced computer users,” said a spokesman for Dell, Round Rock, Tex. “Now, were going after more retail-prone customers to widen our net.” The Dell SmartStep is a prebuilt PC […]

While Microsoft Corp. attempts to sway buyers on the ease-of-use and features of Windows XP, both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices will be using the intricacies of computer code to sway OEMs. At the heart of the estimated $500 million joint marketing program between Intel and Microsoft is an effort to convince customers the two […]

The largest vendor of CD rewriteable drives, Hewlett-Packard Co., will phase out its entire retail CD+RW product line by the end of the year in favor of rewriteable DVDs. The news caught analysts by surprise, since the rewriteable CD market is still booming. But stronger competition in the rewriteable CD market is forcing HP out, […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Athlon XP is alive and for sale on the Web in advance of its launch Oct. 8. Web merchants are already advertising AMDs new desktop processor, also known by the code name “Palomino,” for sale on the Internet. On all of the postings, the vendors say the processors are expected on […]