Microsoft still isn't commenting on when a beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista will be officially released, but the company has posted two updates that are expected to be part of that final package: the "performance and reliability" update and the "compatibility and reliability" update. These are official releases.

Apple unveiled a line of slimmer and more powerful desktop computers on Tuesday to sustain momentum in its core business at a time when its new phone has grabbed the media spotlight.

Google announced today that the company is officially joining the Open Invention Network (OIN) by becoming a licensee. OIN licensees agree not to assert their patents against the Linux software ecosystem and in exchange gain royalty-free access to the OIN's collection of over 100 patents on critical technologies.

Lenovo is in talks to buy European PC maker Packard Bell BV from principal owner John Hui, the companies said on Tuesday.

Lenovo,the world's third-largest maker of personal computers, is battling with its Taiwan rival Acer to buy European PC maker Packard Bell BV, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console will be US$50 cheaper starting Wednesday, confirming fuzzy snapshots of leaked advertisements posted by bloggers in late July.

A July 1 decree that opens most cable systems to any set to box maker can change the industry. The new rules make cable companies bundle all propriety technology on "cable cards" that fit in and work with any compatible device. A viewer who has such a device can rent a cable card when he buys cable service. The card will let his box unscramble the signal.

Microsoft has slashed the price on its Windows Vista operating system in China by more than half, in a bid to curtail piracy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

An outfit called SP Technologies has sued Apple over the touch-screen keyboard at the heart of the iPhone, claiming Apple is infringing on a patent held by SP Technologies for a similar keyboard.

ThinkPad customers will soon have a new configuration option, as Lenovo and Novell have announced that the popular laptops will begin shipping with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) preinstalled.

Haier, which has made its presence felt in the Malaysian market with a wide range of household appliances, is mulling plans to introduce its own laptops in Malaysia.

Sources close to company have confirmed that AMD has changed its strategy. Unlike previous years, the company will switch to a new mode and plans to release a new high-end graphics solution every six months.

AMD can make the Kuma dual-core processor work at 1.6 GHz at a mere 0.94V...

Lenovo Group's fiscal first-quarter profit jumped more than tenfold on higher PC shipments as the company's ongoing efforts to cut costs and operate more efficiently yielded results.

Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, email and Web browser software applications, according to a story published today in The Wall Street Journal.

Pioneer recenly announces FY2007 first quarter sales results and expects PDP TV unit price to rise 3%.

Clock for clock, the 3GHz Barcelona / Phenom X4 should beat a Core 2 Quad at 3GHz, so this would mean that 3.24GHz from AMD should be enough to fight Penryn at 3.33GHz, at least in theory.

In the lawsuit, 3M complained that several vendors, which also included Panasonic, CDW, Batteries Com, Total Micro Technologies and Matsushita Electronic Industrial, violated several patents for lithium-ion battery designs that were filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2005 and 2006.

Google's plans to bid for a portion of America's airwaves were dealt a blow last night when the US Federal Communications Commission refused to approve two of the Internet company's conditions.

With the appearance of PNDs, the car navigation market seems likely to split into two camps: high-priced HDD-based systems and low-priced PNDs. The PND market is presently driven by TomTom of the Netherlands, Garmin International of the US and Mitac International of Taiwan. Of these, the first two firms command 60% or more of the market, and together with Mitac International hold about 80%.