If you were shocked by WSJ's article claiming that Dell is all set to put an end on XPS gaming brand then you're not alone as even Dell guys can't believe it. After the story was published, Dell went...

Though Intel is yet to offer SSDs to normal consumers, the chip giant was recently awarded SSD orders from Google for use in its data centers across its North America headquarters. The benefits offered by solid state disks far...

Sensing that rival Linux is slowly gaining popularity in low-cost small size notebook and UMPC segment, Microsoft recently cracked a deal with PC makers under which MS will offer discounted version of Windows operating system for machines with less...

Man, this Microsoft-Yahoo saga is driving me nuts. Initially when Microsoft bidded $44.6 billion for Yahoo, the internet pioneer firmly said no as it thought the price which Microsoft was offering was too low. Then the software behemoth raised...

The proposed marriage is over. Microsoft finally backtracked from its initial position and decided to withdraw the Yahoo-bid. And no, Microsoft never went ahead with its threat. “Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion,...

Cray and Intel today signed a multi-year agreement to advance high-performance computing (HPC) on Intel microprocessors while delivering broad new Intel and Cray technologies in future Cray server systems. The collaboration of these two industry leaders will result in...

30 years ago Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually became the internet. It was the first spam email ever....

Is CPU really dead? According to NVIDIA it is. In a dramatic way, NVIDIA's VP of Content Development Relations Roy Taylor send out an email to The Inquirer mentioning a war between the world's largest processor maker and the...

Seagate today filed a patent suit against flash drive maker STEC for violating its intellectual property rights. Seagate claims that STEC violated four of its patents covering the way a storage device communicates with a computer. This technology is...

Microsoft is growing impatient with the Yahoo deal. According to latest buzz on internet, the software behemoth has given an ultimatum to Yahoo -- accept $31-a-share offer gracefully in three weeks time or risk a hostile takeover attempt. Steve...

Dell is not only working day-in-day-out to beat market leader HP, but also to protect environment from green house gases. Today the firm announced that it is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus,...

Dell today reaffirmed their plan to lay off a total of 8,800 employees (the firm has already reduced headcount by 3,200 in the last nine months) in order to restore the "competitive advantage of the company’s operating model, rationalize its...

If you're a Japanese who regularly downloads "free" music, movies, softwares etc then this could be the saddest news you'll read in long time. Reportedly, the Japanese government, along with Internet service providers have decided to cut off internet...

NVIDIA seems to be in an acquisition mood. Soon after buying in-game physics leader Ageia, NVIDIA has now set its eye on Taiwanese processor, chipset maker VIA Technologies. Though no deal has been finalized yet, both the companies discussed three...

Just before the summers -- when Cola companies fight it out in open for market share -- a different type of battle is in progress. This time its a chip war between market leader Intel and the underdog AMD....