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Via Displays Netbooks, PCs With Rival Chip to Intel Atom
Via is showing off netbooks and PC systems with the Nano microprocessor, its rival to Intel's Atom.News
Nvidia Targets $99 Netbook With Tegra Chips
Nvidia said it wants to put Tegra chips in netbooks that could be priced as low as $99.News
Intel’s Atom Grows Up, Moves out of Netbooks
An increasing number of Atom-based laptops are hitting the market, but these devices aren't netbooks.News
Access Any USB Hard Drive from the Web with Pogoplug
Plug your hard drive or memory stick into the Pogoplug, register it, and you can access the content from anywhere.News
AMD to Bring HD Gaming and Movies to Mobile Phones
AMD CEO Dirk Meyer said the company is working to deliver HD gaming to mobile devices through a new "graphics supercomputer."News
Samsung’s New Laptop-Friendly Monitors
Samsung's newest SyncMAster Monitor is designed to make using a second monitor with your laptop extremely easy.News
Sony Unveils Small, Flexible OLED Screen
Sony has brought to CES a flexible color OLED screen that could be seen in future, highly portable electronics devices.News
Toshiba Invokes SD Cards to Battle Blu-ray
Toshiba is trying to battle the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format by delivering movies through SD cards.News
Nvidia Closing in on 2 Teraflops With Graphics Card
Nvidia introduced the GTX 295 graphics card, which cranks processing performance close to 2 teraflops.News
AMD Launches Its Fastest Desktop Chips Ever
AMD launched its Phenom II chips, which it calls its fastest processors to date.News
Can Gunnar Glasses Keep Your Eyes from Stinging After Hours at the Computer?
Specially tinted, wrap around glasses are supposed to cure much of what ails eyes after staring at a computer screen.News
Windows 7: Less of a Resource-Hog Than Vista
Microsoft's Windows 7 OS should be less of a resource hog than Vista, based on system requirements published this week.News
AMD Launches Phenom II CPU, Its Fastest Yet
Initial PC World testing finds that the best part of Phenom II is its price. But there's still room to grow with AMD's overclockable, sleeping Dragon.News
Steve Ballmer’s State of Microsoft Keynote at CES 2009
Microsoft announces free looks at Windows 7, new Windows Mobile and Xbox Live services, productivity apps for Windows Live, and partnerships with Dell, Facebook, and Verizon.News
Weak Demand Causes Intel to Cut Q4 Forecast
Intel expects revenue for fiscal 2008 to fall 23 percent compared to the year prior due to weaker demand.News
Faster Serial ATA Coming This Year
New storage interface promises a performance boost for hard drives.News
EU Investigates Possible Smart Card Chip Cartel
The European Commission is investigating a possible cartel among manufacturers of the smart card chips used in payment cards…News
IdeaCentre A600: Lenovo’s First All-In-One Desktop
The A600 is slim, stylish, and ready for prime time.News
SanDisk’s High-Performance Mobile Memory Cards
Two large-capacity mobile memory cards join the SanDisk Mobile Ultra product family.News
Apple Laptops Extend Their Lead in Reliability
In our annual survey of the most reliable laptops, Apple leads, HP bleeds, and Lenovo significantly recedes.News
HP Desktop PCs Continue to Disappoint in Reliability
Readers say they can depend on their Apple notebooks, but HP and Lenovo owners are significantly less happy.News
The Most Reliable Tech Gear
44,000 PCWorld.com visitors reveal which companies make the sturdiest gear–and which ones won’t forget you after the deal is done.News
Apple Says Goodbye to Macworld, Without Jobs
]Apple introduced a new 17 inch MacBook Pro laptop and changes to iTunes at Macworld Tuesday.News
USB 3.0 Promises Faster Speeds, Backward Compatibility
New interface for consumer electronics devices could be in products by Christmas 2009.News
Toshiba Unveils 500GB Portable External Hard Drive
New $180 model is the company's highest-capacity model yet.News
AMD: Creating a New Laptop Category
After a tough 2008, the chip maker hopes to plant its Athlon Neo processor in a new class of laptops that splits the difference between netbooks and ultraportables.News
AMD Wants to Make Small Laptops Cheaper With Yukon
AMD will launch mobile chips on Tuesday that it hopes will make thin laptops cheaper.News
Via’s Dual-core Nano Processor on Track for Late 2009
Via is on track to release updated versions of its Nano processor later this year.News
Researchers Hack Into Intel’s VPro
Researchers say they've found vulnerabilities in Intel's Trusted Execution Technology.News
Best 5 Macworld Expo Rumors
Upgrades, combo products, ports and other pet projects are among our favorite predictions.News
IBM Employees Buzzing About Layoff Rumors
Rumors are flying about significant layoffs at IBM, but the company is neither confirming or denying the reports.News
Freescale Chases $199 Netbook With New Processor
Freescale on Monday may announce a new processor that could enable a $199 price point for netbooks.News
Lenovo Brings Wii Functionality to PCs
Lenovo's new all-in-one PC comes with a remote control that can be used as a motion-based gaming controller, like Nintendo's Wii.News
PC World’s Most Popular Stories of 2008
From tales of Google's biggest flops to looks at gadgets you probably can't afford, these were the stories our readers loved this year.News
The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
The only thing we love more than a visionary is a visionary with really bad eyesight. Here now is a brief history of the world's most dunderheaded tech predictions.News
LG Bringing YouTube Videos to Its Blu-ray Players
LG Electronics is bringing video-on-demand to its Blu-ray DVD players through deals with Youtube and CinemaNow.News
Jobs Health Rumor Hits Apple Stock
Apple's stock fell, then rebounded, after a report that CEO Steve Jobs bowed out of next week's Macworld Expo keynote because of declining health.News
Macworld 2009: Rumor Roundup
Will we see an iPhone Nano? An iPhone Pro? Or new iMacs? Only time will tell.News
AMD Costs Layoffs at $70M, Can’t Say Yet About ATI Writedown
Laying off staff to cut its costs will cost AMD $70 million, more than it had previously expected, it said MondayNews
Windows 7 May Add Spice to CES
Microsoft's Windows 7 OS could steal the thunder away from the latest gadgets at CES 2009.News
New Quad-Core AMD and Intel Chips Surface
AMD and Intel both are rolling out quad-core chips before year's end.News
Mobile Booms in India Even as PC Growth Flattens
Consumers are driving demand for mobile connections in India, even as the PC market lags on lower enterprise spending.News
Retailers Beat AMD to Phenom II Launch
Retailers are already taking orders for AMD's upcoming Phenom II chips, ahead of the company's chip launch plans.News
Laptop Shipments Surpass 70% of Japan PC Market
Driven on by the popularity of low-cost netbook computers, shipments of laptops have surpassed 70 percent of the Japanese PC…News
Toshiba Plans Big Production Jump for Fast Charging Battery
Toshiba will kick production of its long lasting, fast charging SCIB battery into high gear in 2010 with a new factory to be…News