HP announced a new generation of consumer desktop PCs as well as an updated HP TouchSmart PC software suite. The redesigned consumer desktop lines include the HP Slimline, HP Pavilion, HP Elite, and Compaq Presario. The HP Slimline, HP Pavilion, and HP Elite lines will come with the HP MediaSmart software suite. This multimedia software makes watching TV or Blu-ray movies, sharing photos via Snapfish, burning music, etc. very easy. The new HP Pavilion Slimline s5000 series stands at half the size of a conventional

Though AT&T won’t officially give you a way to use your iPhone to tether your laptop to an internet connection, it is looking the other way while an iPhone enthusiast has created a workaround. Good thing too, now that Apple accounts for more than two thirds of all mobile traffic in the United States. According to stats released by AdMob and reported on by Electronista , in April iPhone requests accounted for 59 percent of mobile web traffic. In May? A whopping 69 percent. BlackBerries were 13 percent and

We’re not sure what’s up with all of these companies busting out “back-to-school” machines in late June, but we’re downright saddened by it. While kids attempt to enjoy their summer break, firms like Toshiba are helping them remember that next term is just months away. Today, Toshiba has revealed a new slate of notebooks, the Satellite A, M, P and U Series machines.According to the company, The Satellite M and Satellite U Series offer great multimedia performance and everyday mobility, while the more powerful

If you’re thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 when it comes out, now might be a good time to preorder. Today, Microsoft said customers who pre-order a copy of Windows 7 will receive more than 50% off the retail price for a limited time. Here’s a look at how the discounts break down: Full Version Upgrade from Vista or XP Discounted Upgrade Price Windows 7 Home Premium $199.99 $119.99 $49.99 Windows 7 Professional $299.99 $199.99 $99.99 Windows 7 Ultimate $319.99 $219.99 To take advantage of the offer, customers

Patriot Memory today announced their first co-branded Gamer Series for AMD's socket AM3 processors and desktop platform technology, codenamed “Dragon.”

Built with Patriot's pre-sorted low-voltage solutions, the AMD Black Edition Ready G series, targeted for enthusiasts and overclockers, provide well-balanced performance and stability. In addition to the pre-programmed enhanced latency, the modules are AMD Black Edition Ready for use with AMD OverDrive software. With this program, users can easily adjust and fine tune their memory bandwidth, timing, and voltages under Windows with ease on AMD-based platforms featuring AM3 processors and AMD 7-Series chipsets. “Platforms featuring the latest socket AM3 for AMD processors, including the AMD Phenom II processor family, takes full advantage of the new Patriot Gamer Series memory,” said Leslie Sobon, VP of Product Marketing, AMD.

A long-awaited PC upgrade cycle among small and medium-sized businesses may lie just around the corner, according to Tony Liao, associate vice president of worldwide marketing at Gigabyte Technology. Windows 7 is scheduled for release in October and research has shown many businesses are waiting for this new operating system to order new computers.

The upgrade cycle could begin during the fourth quarter of this year as small and medium-sized companies may start replacing older computers with new ones, driven in part by demand for Windows 7, said Tony Liao, associate vice president of worldwide marketing at Gigabyte Technology, who spoke to reporters during a conference call organized by Intel. “Windows Vista was not so popular and not so suitable, in general,” Liao said, adding that by comparison Windows 7 should give users more reasons to buy a new PC.

Intel Teams Up Again with Conan O’BrienNBC Integrates Intel’s ‘Sponsors of Tomorrow’ Campaign On-Air and Online SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 24, 2009 – Intel Corporation will again be the subject of some good-humored laughs with Conan O’Brien, having signed on as a sponsor of “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” which launched under its new host on June 1. Following up on O’Brien’s successful 2007 visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, which was underwritten by Intel, this partnership leverages O’Brien’s unique

ASUS Announces Free Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program– North American consumers can enjoy the best of today’s technologies and tomorrow’s operating system — Fremont, CA (June 26th, 2009) – ASUS, a worldwide leader in innovations and technologies, is proud to announce that customers who purchase a qualifying PC between today, June 26th, and January 31, 2010 will receive a free* upgrade to Microsoft’s highly-anticipated upcoming operating system, Windows 7. ASUS’ offering of this upgrade program allows its customers

A new survey shows that a lot of consumers who buy netbooks may be dissatisfied with their purchases. In late spring, consultant NPD surveyed 600 online consumers to gauge their impressions of the popular mini-laptops called netbooks.
The survey yielded some surprising results: Sixty percent of consumers thought that netbooks would function exactly like regular laptops. As a result, only 58% of consumers who purchased a netbook instead of a laptop were satisfied with their purchase.

Consumers arent using their netbooks as intended, for light Web browsing and e-mail via Wi-Fi or 3G wireless networks outside the home. Some 60% of the netbooks purchased never leave the house, according to NPD. After making their purchase, many users realize the netbooks chips arent as fast and capable as those of laptops, and dont support video as well.

ATI demonstrated its first DirectX 11 beta hardware and has decided to call its whole DirectX 11 generation Evergreen. The first card is up and running and it was demonstrated a few weeks ago at Computex in Taiwan, doing tessellation. It seems that Nvidia is also working hard to launch its first DirectX 11 in this year. Rumors are floating around that NVIDIA is planning to launch video cards that support DirectX 11 in late Q4 2009. Looks like it will be a rush to get them out the door before the end of the year if the people creating the rumors know what they are talking about.

Many people were reporting that Nvidia's high end GPU, something that we all call GT300, might be delayed for early 2010. Well we can tell you that this wont happen, but we strongly believe that Nvidia cannot make it in time for the Windows 7 launch. ATI has every chance to launch its DirectX 11 before Nvidia. Nvidia will come just a month or two later, but still in 2009.