Dell has received a letter from the Board of Directors of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC confirming that the company has regained compliance with all NASDAQ listing requirements by reason of its recent filing of past due periodic reports. Accordingly, the company's securities will continue to be listed on NASDAQ.

The Mitac E100 rugged tablet PC has recently been blessed by the US FCC.

The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smartphones that act like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles, and digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.

Intel pushed and prodded. Microsoft came in right at the end. How Taiwan's Asustek built its cheap Eee laptop for grown-ups.

After introducing a US$198 Linux desktop, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under US$300 to users next year.

Wal-mart has begun offering a US$199 Linux PC powered by VIA's C7-D Processor.

About 600 Wal-Mart locations will soon begin selling a US$199 Linux-powered "Green gPC" made by Everex of Taiwan.

Best Buy recently announced the launch of Best Buy Video Sharing, an online-based solution for customers to safely store and share home movies and videos via the Web.

Dell filed its past due periodic reports with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reports contain restated financial information for fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and the first quarter of Fiscal 2007.

Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.

Samsung Electronics announced what it claims is the world's fastest DVD burner with 16X dual layer recording and LightScribe technology, the Super-WriteMaster SH-S203N.

News Corp and NBC Universal on Monday debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple's iTunes and Google's YouTube services.