Acer is gearing up to give HP a run for its money in the notebook market for 2009. Acer has an 11.6-inch notebook set for production in the second half of 2009. HP has a notebook of the same size it had planned to launch by the end of 2008 waiting in the wings.

The current [...]

It's no secret that the semiconductor industry as a whole is expecting a downright rotten fourth quarter, but new evidence suggests that
results for the October-December period could bypass "worse" entirely and head straight for "really freaking horrible." October, it
seems, was the last "good" month of 2008 for the semiconductor industry; global sales fell 10 percent [...]

The past week has been a holiday season in North America, which means we haven't seen that many major announcements. There were, however, a few notable events, including Cisco's plans to take at least a baby step into the consumer electronics market, AMD's writedown of ATI goodwill, China's plans for 3G, and NVIDIA's new Ion [...]

Think Intel's Atom processor is only good for use in nettops and netbooks? So does Intel, who currently restricts the use of its low power processors to netbooks with up to 10.2-inch panels. But HP sees a bigger future for the Atom processor and is reportedly in discussions with Intel about using the [...]

One of the weaknessess with HP's MediaSmart servers running MIcrosoft's Windows Home Server software was that it was of no use as backup platforms for Macs running the Time Machine backup software. That shortcoming is no longer the case, as HP announced plans to upgrade its MediaSmart server lineup with a pair of [...]

Engadget has found some details on a coming Voodoo DNA infused HP computer called the HP Firebird PC 803. The machine appears to be significantly smaller than the first HP and Voodoo offering called the Blackbird 002.[Having tested one, this is scarcely hard to do. The Blackbird 002 I tested weighed somewhere in the neighborhood [...]

HP has unveiled two new server products for the home. Dubbed "MediaSmart," the servers offer a slew of media streaming features as well as general file-serving capabilities. Though the servers are built around Microsoft's Windows Home Server, the servers do offer iTunes streaming and Time Machine compatibility for Mac OS X users.

HP's servers hold up [...]

As if AMD wasn't already fighting an uphill battle, the market share slope just got a little steeper to climb. At the top sits Intel, who increased its market share of OEM PCs from 80 percent in August 2008 to 82 percent in December 2008, representing a 2 percent hike in just four [...]

While the Blackbird 002 was a slick system, it was a bit difficult on the wallet. Thankfully it looks like the minds at HP and Voodoo have been working hard on a spiritual successor, the Firebird 803 that scraps space and expandability for a (presumably) lower price point.
The new smaller version of [...]

Boston-Power has announced that HP will be the first customer to offer its Sonata batteries in their notebook computers. Boston-Power Sonata batteries are a significant improvement over current battery technology for a couple reasons.

The biggest area of improvement for the Sonata battery is in recharge time. The battery maker claims that the battery can recharge [...]