Scott Ferguson

While PC vendors spent most of the 2009 International CES trying to outdo themselves when it comes to offering the latest and greatest “netbook” or mininotebook with an Intel Atom processor, rarely did these same companies talk about plans for low-cost desktops using the same chip. Now, Lenovo seems to have come up with at […]

A slowing global economy along with a strengthening U.S. dollar means that IT spending will decline about 3 percent in 2009, as companies cut back on their purchases of desktops, notebooks, servers systems and other hardware, according to a Jan. 13 report from Forrester Research. While a weak U.S. dollar helped to boost IT spending […]

Intel is looking to bring its newer 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo processors along with its vPro management technology into the retail space with a new point-of-sale design that looks to expand the base for the chip giant’s embedded portfolio. At the National Retail Federation Convention in New York, which kicked off Jan. 12, Intel displayed […]

Notebooks and Netbooks Take Center Stage at the 2009 CES by Scott Ferguson No Title The Toshiba Portege R600 is an ultraportable, lightweight laptop for enterprise users and SMBs. The Portege R600 offers a 12.1-inch display and an ultra-low-volt Intel processor. The laptop weighs about 2.4 pound and measures less than 1 inch thick. Pricing […]

10 Killer Phones Spotted at the 2009 CES The Palm Pre A major announcement from the 2009 CES came from Palm when the company announced its Pre smartphone. The Palm Pre looks to compete against the Apple iPhone and other touch-screen devices that have come into the handset market in the last year. The RIM […]

LAS VEGAS-Dell offered a sneak peak at its latest high-end laptop, called the “Adamo,” at the International CES expo here, confirming rumors that the company had engineered a notebook that could rival the Apple MacBook Air. During a Jan. 9 press conference to announce a mininotebook called the Dell Mini 10, Dell executives gave the […]

Whats New in Data Storage from CES by Scott Ferguson No Title At Toshiba’s booth, the electronics giant showed off its latest NAND-based solid-state drive. This 2.5-inch SSD offers 512GB of data storage and is based on the company’s 43-nanometer technology. This SSD also offers 240MB per second of maximum reading speed and 200MB per […]

LAS VEGAS – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the beginning of the annual International CES expo and announced that the company would release the beta version of it upcoming Windows 7 operating system by the end of the week. In his Jan. 7 keynote at CES, Ballmer announced that the beta version […]

Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to officially roll out its first 45-nanometer processors for desktop PCs at the 2009 CES along with a new platform for gaming machines called “Dragon.” On Jan. 8, AMD is expected to roll out two new processors that are part of its Phenom II family of chips. These processors are […]

First Images of the Palm Pre Smart Phone for the 2009 CES by Scott Ferguson No Title The Palm Pre smart phone debuted at the 2009 International CES show and is seen as the companys answer to both the Apple iPhone and the RIM BlackBerry. No Title When the Palm Pre goes on sale later […]