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 Silicon Valley Unplugs 
 for Meetings 

Companies go 'topless' to boost employees' attention

Mar 31, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of competing for attention with iPhones, BlackBerrys and laptops, some Silicon Valley companies are banning them from meetings. One exec calls it going "topless," short for laptopless, and the Los Angeles Times reports that it's boosting some companies' efficiency. "Aside from just being rude," an... More »

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technology • Internet • iPhone • Facebook • BlackBerry • university • laptop • classroom • computer • Internet addiction • Internet access • meetings

Venezuela Tried to Arm
FARC, Colombia Says

Unverified docs reveal activities of Colombian rebels

Mar 30, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colombian officials claim to have computer files captured from its FARC rebels that indicate Venezuela sold arms to the terrorist group, the New York Times reports. If Interpol verifies the files, they would also suggest links between FARC and Ecuador’s government and provide insight into the rebel organization. Colombia... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Ecuador • FARC • computer • Rafael Correa • Colombian rebels

Sun Banks on Lasers
to Make Next Speed Leap

Using light, not wires, to connect chips could make computers 1,000 times faster

Mar 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun... More »

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Pentagon • Stanford • Intel • MIT • IBM • Sun Microsystems • computer chip • computer • University of California at San Diego • lasers • silicon photonics • NEC Corporation • Luxtera • Kotura • supercomputer • Hewlett-Packard

Personalized Security
Protects Laptops

New software adjusts to individuals' behavior

Mar 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all... More »

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Internet • Intel • software • research • Internet security • computer security • computer • botnets

World's Biggest Tech Show Goes Green

Top IT companies will display environmental friendliness at CeBIT

Mar 3, 08 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Greener tech solutions are a focus of this year’s CeBIT technology trade fair, which opens tomorrow in Germany. Tech companies from around the world will showcase products like servers that use less electricity alongside their hot new gadgets, AP reports. The emphasis on green ideas sets the tone for... More »

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climate change • Microsoft • greenhouse gases • Germany • IBM • green technology • computer • CeBIT

Profits Slide
as Dell
Streamlines

6.5% drop on consumer slump, 'slow as molasses' turnaround

Feb 29, 08 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Dell posted a 6.5% decline in profits for its fiscal fourth quarter yesterday, citing slowed consumer spending and the cost of restructuring, which included slashing thousands of jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dell results are likely to cause concern about other tech stocks—especially those that rely... More »

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Dell • Michael Dell • restructuring • tech stocks • tech sector • job cuts • computer • quarterly results

Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

Company emails reveal execs struggled to get OS working on PCs

Feb 29, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Many Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • lawsuit • hardware • operating system • computer

OPINION

Chicken Soup? Computers? Google? Pshaw!

Ephron tackles implications of modern inventions, advice

Jan 13, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Modernity's full of fine inventions and healthy advice, but don't they really make us dimmer, sicker, and less prone to stumble on sex? So writes Nora Ephron in the New York Times, as she opines on hand-washing, breast-feeding, and rumors that chicken soup cures colds. "You have chicken soup;... More »

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Google • BlackBerry • breast feeding • Nora Ephron • computer • chicken soup • hand washing • When Harry Met Sally • You've Got Mail • typewriter

Lenovo Debuts Hip Laptop Line

New models will emphasize design, extra features

Jan 3, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Longtime business stalwart Lenovo will unleash a stylish new line of laptops on a crowded consumer field, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lenovo’s IdeaPad line will offer sporty red aluminum-alloy cases and higher-performance gaming specs, as well as novel features such as face-recognition software that lets users log in... More »

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Lenovo • face recognition • laptop • computer • IdeaPad • ThinkPad • personal computers

Laptops Finally Outsell Desktops

Laptop sales soar 21% this year as desktops sag by 4%

Jan 1, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Tech buffs have forecast a laptop takeover for years—and now US buying data is finally confirming a coup de desktop. Consumer laptop sales beat out desktop buys for the first time last year, and corporations will likely follow in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports. New technology, lower prices,... More »

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technology • Apple • sales • laptop • desktop computers • computer

Leopard Leaps to Record

Operating system becomes Apple's most successful yet

Dec 17, 07 9:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The NPD market research group says that the lates version of the operating system, Leopard, is Apple's most successful yet, reports Apple Insider. In its first month on the shelves, sales were 20% higher than last year's Tiger release, despite promotion being stepped down a little. Tiger sold 30% more... More »

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Apple • operating system • Mac OS X Leopard • NPD Group • computer

Supercomputing Technology Landing in Your Lap(top)

Hardware getting smaller as software tries to catch up

Dec 13, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Leaps forward in chip design are bringing supercomputing technology to personal computers and corporate data centers, Business Week writes. Hardware makers are coming up with more ways to cram colossal amounts of computing power into small spaces, but software is lagging a bit behind. Microsoft is building a brain trust... More »

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Microsoft • Intel • microchips • computer • supercomputer

CompUSA to Close After Xmas

 All stores to close after the holidays

Dec 8, 07 6:28 AM CST
(Newser) - CompUSA has been sold to a restructuring company and will be ending retail operations after the holidays, AP reports. The troubled electronics retailer, bought by Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim in 1999, closed more than half its outlets in the spring after repeated  turnaround efforts failed. Gordon Brothers Group will... More »

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business • retail sales • retail stores • computer

5 Energy-Saving Tips for
Your Office

The bottom line
looks better with
a little green in it

Dec 7, 07 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - ComputerWorld offerss pointers for corporate offices that want to save energy. Do it for the climate. Do it for your grandkids. But most of all, do it for the bottom line.
  1. Know what you're blowing: Start your energy audit with a meter.
  2. Use those sleep settings, and do
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energy • list • EnergyStar • computer

Computers Thin Ranks of NYSE Floor Traders

Iconic backdrop 'dead'
as shares trade electronically

Dec 3, 07 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The famously frenetic NYSE trading floor is rapidly becoming history as more efficient computer trading replaces human traders. With most of the exchange's trading rooms shuttered, only two trading halls stay open to the 1,500 remaining traders, whose numbers are dwindling, AFP reports. "The floor as we knew... More »

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stock market • Wall Street • New York Stock Exchange • Merrill Lynch • stock exchange • John Thain • Paris Bourse • Duncan Niederauer • computer

Building a Computer That Learns What You Want

PC 'assistant' could prioritize, even decide

Dec 1, 07 6:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Wouldn't it be nice if your computer could figure out what you wanted it to do? That dream just might be approaching reality, thanks to a project called CALO that aims to teach computers to understand users' intentions, according to the MIT Technology Review. "If CALO succeeds, it'll be... More »

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artificial intelligence • computer programming • DARPA • CALO • SRI International • computer

Investors Worry Dell's Road to Recovery is Too Rocky

Quarterly earnings announcement prompts big Wall Street selloff

Nov 30, 07 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Computer-maker Dell’s rollercoaster ride isn’t over and it’s left investors woozy. Despite increasing net income 27% in third quarter earnings released yesterday, Dell shares slipped nearly 10% in after hours trading, giving back nearly everything the stock gained leading up to the report and underlining CEO Michael... More »

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earnings reports • Michael Dell • corporate earnings • laptop • Dell Inc • PC makers • computer

HP Earnings Spike 28%

The PC and server giant enjoys high sales, not affected by economic slump

Nov 19, 07 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Computer and printer giant Hewlett-Packard rode strong server, software, and PC sales to a 28% boost in fourth quarter earnings from a year ago, CNN Money reports. The company posted a net profit of $2.2 billion, with a share price of 81 cents, up from 60 cents a year... More »

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Dell • servers • Sun Microsystems • corporate earnings • Cisco • Qualcomm • computer

Google's Build, Don't Buy Ethos

CNET blogger looks at the Internet giant's increasing vertical integration of its tech

Nov 19, 07 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Is Google moving in the direction of writing its own platform software and building its own hardware? That's what Gordon Haff argues on CNET's The Pervasive Datacenter blog, citing recent news about Google designing its own network switches and writing its own virtual machine for its cellphone platform, on top... More »

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Yahoo • Google • software • hardware • vertical integration • computer

AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

It can't match Intel, but it's a vast improvement, and aimed at a broader market

Nov 19, 07 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Advanced Micro Devices introduces its long-anticipated Spider desktop chip set  today,  including a new microprocessor, a graphics processor and chips to link system components that will give gamers access to ultrarealistic images and increase computing performance. But it still can’t match Intel’s latest chip offering, reports the... More »

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technology • Intel • AMD • computer

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