HardwareDell offers new machines with Linux Ubuntu 8.04

Dell said it spent months in development and testing to deliver more peripheral support for features, including ATI video graphics, wireless networking and fingerprint readers.

HardwareIntel slashes chip prices up to 31%

Intel announced significant price cuts for seven processors, apparently to reduce inventory of its older chips.

HardwareWatch out Cisco: Here comes Brocade/Foundry

Brocade, the market leader in Fibre Channel storage-area network (SAN) switches, says combining itself with Foundry will create an end-to-end alternative for next-generation data centers unifying Fibre Channel and Ethernet.

HardwareIntel Atom for netbooks pricier than desktop version

The Atom N270, the mini-laptop version of the microprocessor, costs $44, compared with $29 for the Atom 230, the desktop version of the chip.

HardwareIntel updates parallel development tool

Intel said Version 2.1 of Thread Building Blocks makes it easier to apply the tool to new uses such as graphical user interfaces, artificial intelligence and network input/output.

HardwareAMD SB750 arrives on the Foxconn A79A-S...

(7/22/08 update - We are still clarifying ACC details with AMD before we publish the full article this week) Our first AMD SB750 equipped motherboard arrived this weekend courtesy of Foxconn. We have been working around the clock to dispel or verify the rumors about how a simple update to the SB700 SouthBridge could unlock the overclocking potential...

HardwareBlu-ray Disc rapidly gaining popularity in Japan

Shipments of Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders and players are increasing fast in Japan and hit 122,000 in June, according to data released today.

HardwareBuild a three-screen workstation for $230 or less

If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money.

HardwareForrester: Five storage strategies that will save you money

In a new report called "Five Key Storage Strategies for a Down Economy," Forrester analyst Andrew Reichman provides a road map for smart purchasing and maximizing the resources you already have.

HardwareWindows Home Server: All Better, Only It’s 7 Months Later

If you recall my past blog post on Windows Home Server, we were discussing a critical file corruption bug in the operating system that Microsoft had finally identified. The Drive Extender technology for handling the WHS storage pool had a particularly nasty and hard to fix race condition that resulted in data corruption in certain situations when the...