Personal Computers News

Apple Store Boylston Street to Open Thursday, May 15

Apple® will open its newest retail store on Boylston Street in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay on Thursday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. The Apple Store® Boylston Street is Apple’s largest store in the US with two floors of Macs, iPhones and iPods for customers to experience hands-on, as well as a top floor dedicated to innovative services including the Genius Bar and personal training through Apple’s popular One to One program.


First photos of Eee BOX B202 desktop

Asus Eee

ASUS is ready to show it's new Eee BOX B202 desktop computer.


Cubans Finally Get Their Chance to Buy Computers

Personal Computer

Recently Cuba and new President Raul Castro relaxed their ban on cell phones, allowing Cubans to at last join the mobile world. While that was great, still better: on Friday, Cubans could finally buy computers as well.


Microsoft Plans a "Senior PC"

Personal Computer for Seniors from Microsoft

The U.K. wants to get the last 1/3 of its citizens online, and that's clear from the National Digital Inclusion Conference currently being held in London. As part of that movement, Microsoft U.K. is working on a so-called "Senior PC" which will feature a simplified user interface.


HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC to Give the Asus Eee PC a Run for Your Money

HP Asus Eee 2133 PC

The Asus Eee PC has drawn much attention, becoming so popular other manufacturers are chomping at the bit to get into that segment. Tuesday HP announced the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, which it says is targeted for the education market, but will most likely reach into far other markets, just as the Asus Eee PC has.


Lenovo Launches New "IdeaPad" Notebooks

Lenovo IdeaPad Notebook

With the launch of Lenovo's "IdeaPad" notebook brand, the company enters the worldwide consumer PC market in style, targeting those notebook users who use laptops primarily for entertainment.


Iranian inventor designs PC paralleling high performance super computers

Chancellor of computer at the faculty of Science and Technology University Mohsen Sharifi who got his Ph.D on a parallel high performance machine has invented a new system which increases the speed of personal computers (PC) to those of super computers, it was announced on Saturday.


Researcher traces history of the personal computer

Carbon paper? Punch cards? What are those?
The Internet, personal computers, word processing and spreadsheets are so embedded in today’s society that it’s hard to remember that just 35 years ago they didn’t exist.


Intel Unveils Mobile Extreme Processor

Intel presented its new Mobile Core 2 Extreme X7800 processors for high-end users.


Intel Joins 'One Laptop Per Child'

Intel will join One Laptop per Child effort – a non-profit organization that provides $100 laptops to poor children around the world.


AMD To Launch Barcelona Quad-Core Processors

Advanced Micro Devices will start selling its quad-core Barcelona Opteron processors in August.


Apple Upgrades MacBook Pro Laptop Computers

Apple upgrades its MacBook Pro laptop computers, improving graphic performance, CPU speed and memory capacity.


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