Steady Increase Seen in Tech Services Spending
May 18, 2008
Global spending on IT services grew 11 percent last year to $751 billion, according to Gartner. IBM did best in the year, slightly increasing market share to 7.2 percent, after doing $54.4 billion of work. Read more
Dell Promises Greener PCs — Soon
May 18, 2008
Dell this week vowed that its desktops and laptops will be using 25 percent less energy by 2010. “Our customers are inspiring us to address the environmental challenges facing our planet,” said Albert Esser, Dell’s vice president of power and infrastructure solutions, in a statement. “We’ve listened to them and are designing next-generation technologies that dramatically reduce energy consumption, drive meaningful cost savings and help achieve a low-carbon economy.” Read more
Xbox 360 breaking game console records
May 18, 2008
The Microsoft Xbox 360 has become the first gaming console in the U.S. to hit the 10 million units sold milestone.Microsoft was not shy one bit to toot its horn about this mark. Read more
Dell Laptops Make The Grade
May 18, 2008
Colleges and universities that want to make mobile technology more accessible and affordable for their students are increasingly turning to Dell, the leading supplier of computer systems to higher education customers1. Read more
Dell Inspiron 1720
May 14, 2008
The Dell Inspiron 1720–the bigger brother of the of the Dell Inspiron 1520–is a desktop replacement that shares many of the same features we liked in its sibling: a choice of colors, a speedy Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 802.11n Wi-Fi, discrete graphics, and 3GB of free online backup. We just wish it were a bit lighter. Read more
Dell Inspiron 1520 Review
May 14, 2008
The Dell Inspiron 1520 under review here is the latest 15.4” in an ever-growing succession of what can be categorized as “consumer mainstream” notebooks offered by Dell’s Home & Home Office division. Read more
All aboard the iPhone
May 14, 2008
The iPhone armada may at last be under way, writes Garry Barker, www.smh.com.au
Here we stand, metaphorically speaking, telescope in hand, on the Sir Francis Drake bowling green overlooking a heaving ocean of technological developments, watching the full sails of the iPhone fleet approaching our shores. It’s as exciting as that. Read more
Microsoft’s Hotmail, Live Messenger Head To BlackBerry
May 13, 2008
BlackBerrys aren’t just for business messaging anymore, and Microsoft isn’t depending only on Windows Mobile for its mobile strategy. Read more
Apple MacBook Air Review
May 12, 2008
The MacBook Air is driving me insane. I want it like no other hardware. It’s thin, yea, ok, we know this. And many power users have been bitching for more: 3G, bigger storage, more USB ports, and an internal drive. If you feel that way, this computer isn’t for you. Read more
Dell XPS 630 Review
May 12, 2008
If you’ve followed the tech sector for any appreciable amount of time, you’ve no doubt heard the tale of Dell Inc. - one of those stories where a guy with a dream founded a company and eventually built it into a corporate giant. Read more
