Scott Ferguson

Toshiba and Fujitsu are each rolling out a mininotebook for the U.S. netbook market that will put both companies in direct competition with rivals such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Asus, Acer and Lenovo. On June 2, Toshiba officially announced its first netbook for the North American market, called the Mini NB205. In addition, Fujitsu America announced […]

Intel and Psion, a company that specializes in creating rugged devices and developing RFID technology, both announced June 1 that the companies had resolved a trademark dispute concerning the term “netbook.” On Monday, Psion issued a statement on its Website that claimed it had settled the trademark dispute with Intel, which had been filed in […]

Chip sales plummeted 25 percent between April 2008 and April 2009, as the semiconductor industry continued to deal with the fallout from the recession in the United States and a slowing global economy, according to a new report. In its June 1 report, the Semiconductor Industry Association found that global sales of processors fell from […]

After building up hype earlier this month, Dell officially launched its XS11-VX8 server system May 19. The new Dell server, which is designed for dense, Web 2.0 data center environments, uses Via Nano processors, which are more commonly seen in netbooks and low-cost laptops. For Dell, offering the XS11-VX8 server with Via Nano processors was […]

Verizon Wireless will begin selling a $199.99 HP Mini netbook starting May 17. Several Web sites and publications had written that Verizon was ready to offer a netbook tied to a data plan and service agreement, and the carrier officially announced May 14 that it would begin selling Hewlett-Packard‘s HP Mini 1151NR netbook on May […]

AT&T is claiming that twice as many smartphone users are choosing its service in the United States compared to competing options from the likes of Sprint and Verizon Wireless. In a May 15 statement, AT&T claims that “independent market research” showed that twice as many smartphone users have picked its service plan compared to other […]

It’s official: Verizon Wireless will begin selling a $199.99 HP Mini netbook starting May 17. Several Web sites and publications had written that Verizon was ready to offer a netbook tied to a data plan and service agreement, and the carrier officially announced May 14 that it would begin selling Hewlett-Packard‘s HP Mini 1151NR netbook […]

Dell Adamo, Studio, Inspiron Laptops on Display in New York by Scott Ferguson The Dell Adamo The Adamo laptop, which weighs about 4 pounds and is about 0.65 inches thick, debuted in March and showed that Dell is interested in design as well as in more traditional laptops. The Dell Adamo The Adamo is milled […]

Intel is investing up to $12 million to create a research center that will focus on developing new graphics and visual computing technology at a time when the entire PC industry is trying to create new types of graphics-intense applications. Intel Senior Fellow and CTO Justin Rattner announced the $12 million investment May 12. Intel […]

Nokia is launching its latest E-Series smartphone-the Nokia S52-which offers business users the ability to talk up to 8 hours without recharging the handset, as well as support for both Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler for e-mail use. On May 6, Nokia announced that it will launch the S52 smartphone in the second […]