Bonnie Cha in Product News on May 2 at 4:29 pm PT
Dell rolls out a pair of desktops with Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chipset, but they’re not for everyone.
News Byte
Lauren Goode in Mobile on April 11 at 8:37 am PT
More evidence pointing toward tablets disrupting the PC industry: According to a
new Forrester Research survey of more than 5,000 U.S. adults, 35 percent of tablet owners say they use their laptops less frequently since getting a tablet, while 45 percent have no plans to buy an e-reader now that they own a tablet. The television set is faring better, however, with just 12 percent of those surveyed saying they use their TV less frequently since getting a tablet; likely because 85 percent of tablet owners cop to using their tablets
while watching TV.
Lauren Goode in Product News on April 10 at 5:00 am PT
Toshiba is rolling out a line of new tablet devices, including a giant 13-inch stay-at-home device.
Voices
Brian Bolduc, Contributor, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 11 at 2:45 pm PT
By 2020, the word “computer” will have vanished from the English language, physicist Michio Kaku predicts. Every 18 months, computer power doubles, he notes, so in eight years, a microchip will cost only a penny. Instead of one chip inside a desktop, we’ll have millions of chips in all our possessions: furniture, cars, appliances, clothes.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 2:32 pm PT
Intel credited efficiency with keeping gross margins high and said it’s well-positioned in the markets for tablets and phones.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 1:20 pm PT
Even with hard drives in short supply, killing demand for PCs and servers, chipmaker Intel manages to beat Wall Street expectations.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 17 at 3:12 pm PT
Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.
One area of literacy that’s changing is the order in which things are presented — it isn’t linear, it’s organised spatially, and often some meaning is carried in the design, layout, images, sounds, movement, subtle changes in colour in a game — it’s all part of what literacy is in today’s world. These are fundamental changes to operational literacy, the biggest since the printing press.
– Dr. Rosie Flewitt of the Educational Dialogue Research Unit at the Open University, in conversation with Stewart Mitchell of PCPro about how keeping computers from children at an early age may deprive them of modern communication skills
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 16, 2011 at 9:11 am PT
Three weeks after deciding to keep its PC business, Hewlett-Packard offers up its first Ultrabook.
Someone screwed up how computers work, and I blame it on Bill Gates. I had one typewriter in 50 years. But I’ve bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that’s why Bill Gates is rich and Underwood is out of business.
— Andy Rooney
