Michelle Maisto

The Acer Veriton M265, Veriton M412G and Veriton M670G desktops have all received a design update for more intuitive use, simplified repairs and better physical integrity. The new design includes open air vents on the front of the systems, for improved ventilation; a series of slats covering a mesh panel, to strengthen and reinforce the […]

Lenovo is looking to take the guesswork out of hard disk drive encryption by offering a new remote management application that ensures corporate data is protected when laptops leave the office.“You’d think it would be easy to do,” said Stacy Cannady, product security manager at Lenovo, explaining the PC maker’s new Hardware Password Manager, a […]

Mininotebooks-or “netbooks”-saved the day in a difficult economy, according to 2009 first-quarter PC shipment numbers from IDC. At the same time, Hewlett-Packard knocked Dell out of the No. 1 spot in the U.S. PC market.In the United States, shipments fell only 3 percent, buoyed by the sale of portable devices from Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Toshiba.“Tight […]

Dell is planning to enter the smartphone market in China by the end of 2009, Reuters is reporting, citing two unnamed analysts.The analysts confirmed that Dell is working on handsets with Chi Mei Communications, an arm of Hon Hai, an electronics giant in Taiwan, and also that software maker Red Office is designing operating systems […]

Apple has ordered 100 million units of 8-gigabit and 16-gigabit NAND flash memory chips, mostly from Samsung, according to an April 13 research note from Daniel Amir of Lazard Capital Markets.The chips will likely go toward the new iPhones Apple is preparing to launch in June, according to the report.The majority of the order is […]

Few disagree that, with the iPhone, Apple changed users’ expectations of devices and how they interact with them-in short, mobility. Whether the iPhone is a fit for the enterprise, however, is a topic that provokes debate.Forrester Research released a report on April 10, “Making iPhone Work in the Enterprise: Early Lessons Learned,” in which report […]

Samsung has released a new rugged mobile phone for use on the AT&T Push to Talk network. The Samsung a657 is one tough cookie, with a candy bar layout-ideal for mounting on a dashboard-and rubberized sides for a sure grip.Meant for the rough environments, such as those faced by workers in field service, maintenance and […]

Netbooks have resisted the dips in shipment numbers that other hardware has experienced in response to an ailing economy. Now, new data from ABI Research suggests that not only are netbooks weathering the recession, but they may be helped by it.“Netbook sales may not be adversely affected-in fact may actually be helped-by the recessionary pressures,” […]

More details of the Palm Touchstone-a charging device for the Palm Pre-are emerging, and with them greater confidence that the Pre may see an April 30 release date, instead of the early June date expected to coincide with the new Apple iPhones.The April date has been circulating since someone at Sprint reportedly Twittered about it […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has approved its specifications for Bluetooth 3.0, and the improved connectivity tool will launch April 21.While Bluetooth is currently ideal for transferring contact information and low-resolution images, Bluetooth 3.0 will offer higher speeds and be capable of handling larger video and music files.Bluetooth 3.0 will use 802.11 technology (not technically […]