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Do You Believe in iPads? March 17, 2010 
Apple shares took a hit Monday, getting pounded down to $220.35 before recovering back up to $224.55 at close Tuesday. One of the big questions AAPL investors seem to be asking themselves right now is how much faith they have in the iPad. For his part, Brian Marshall of Broadpoint Amtech seems to be among the optimists.
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Intel Bolsters Budget SSD Trend With 40 GB Drive March 16, 2010 
Intel is stirring up the marketplace for digital storage with the introduction of a lower-cost, solid-state drive aimed at the value segment of netbooks and laptops. The Intel X25 Value SATA SSD has 40 GB of storage and is priced at $125, adding to the giant chip maker's storage line of 80 GB and 160 GB SSDs.
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Dell Hits Style, Substance Sweet Spot With Low-Cost Executive Laptops March 16, 2010 
The "trickling down" of enterprise computing features to smaller businesses has long been a part of life in an IT universe governed by Moore's Law. However, trickle-down IT also has significant implications in desktop and mobile computing, as well. Dell's new Vostro 3000 solutions offer proof of how supple vendors can leverage innovations across multiple product platforms.
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Can Apple's New Hire Create a Winning Wearable Tech Ensemble? March 16, 2010 
Apple has hired a senior prototype scientist who's got expertise in wearable computing, according to a Fast Company report. His name is Richard DeVaul, and he was an organizer for the MIThril wearable computing project while a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DeVaul describes himself as an "expert in signal processing and real-time statistical classification techniques."
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The iPad's Looming Identity Crisis March 04, 2010 
We have a problem understanding devices that live outside of the commonly accepted "three screens" model. It's the model that has been pushed by big companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Nielsen, and Microsoft, which says that our main windows into content consumption are the TV, PC and mobile device. If a device's functionality falls somewhere between one of these three screens, it gets marginalized and written off.
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Lenovo Smartens Up Think Line With 6 New Models February 23, 2010 
Lenovo on Tuesday introduced six new products to set the stage for the PC maker's Think platform for 2010. The additions to the Think lineup include five laptops and a server, all of which target both enterprise business and SMB users. The line boasts a new ultraportable laptop and a server costing under $400.
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The Death of the PC Model and a Tablet That Could Crush the iPad February 15, 2010 
I spent last week at the annual Intel analyst conference and was impressed by what I saw, but I started connecting the dots between what Apple is doing with the iPad, Google is doing with the Nexus one, Microsoft is doing with the Zune and Xbox, and Intel is doing with its Atom/Moblin efforts, and I had an epiphany.
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A Mac-Friendly Fix for Wimpy WiFi February 15, 2010 
Tired of "dead spots" in your WiFi coverage? How about a wireless Internet connection with crawling performance? hField Technologies has a solution it calls "Wi-Fire," and the Mac version of its software has recently been overhauled. Wi-Fire is a gadget that plugs into the USB port of a computer and, according to hField, increases the range and speed of WiFi connections.
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Nvidia Optimus Gives Laptops a Graphical Gearshift February 09, 2010 
Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer's battery life. Based on the application's needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips.
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iMac Firmware Aims to Smooth Out Flicker Glitch February 02, 2010 
Apple on Monday released its second firmware update in three months to resolve screen issues with its 27-inch iMac computer. This latest update is aimed at issues that "may cause intermittent display flickering," according to Apple's Web site. Some 27-inch iMacs have been plagued by problems since the model was launched in October 2009, and it's been reported that Apple has temporarily stopped production of the computer.
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Apple's Mysterious Slate: Betting the Company One More Time January 25, 2010 
This is an Apple launch week, which means we'll be on pins and needles until we actually know what Steve Jobs is going to have on stage in San Francisco. While there is a lot of drama with any big Apple announcement, there is substantially more with this one, including the unprecedented number of leaks, the location of the event itself, and the massive devastating impact this device could have.
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In Which We Observe Apple Tablet Hysteria January 22, 2010 
For months, I have watched in disbelief at the hysteria over Apple's rumored-to-be-upcoming tablet device without devoting a single article to it. It troubled me by how quickly unconfirmed reports could become concrete facts simply because they've been repeated enough. Even after all my fellow Betanews contributors added their opinions unto the noise, I didn't want to pollute the air with my grumblings.
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Amazon Fattens E-Book Royalty Checks in Preemptive Strike January 20, 2010 
Authors and publishers of select Kindle e-books will soon be able to earn royalties as high as 70 percent of a title's list price, net of delivery costs, under a new plan announced by Amazon. The new option will be available starting June 30 for in-copyright Kindle books whose list price is both between $2.99 and $9.99 and at least 20 percent below the lowest list price for the physical book.
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Rumored iMac Touch Prods the Imagination January 19, 2010 
Forget the mythical Apple tablet that's widely predicted to debut at Apple's Jan. 27 media event -- how about a new iMac "touch"? Apple may be planning on delivering a 22-inch iMac with a touchscreen display, according to DigiTimes, in turn citing Chinese newspaper Commercial Times.
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Intel Results Paint Cheery Picture for PC Market January 15, 2010 
Intel's fourth-quarter earnings breezed past Wall Street's expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for 2010 was another sign that a lasting recovery for the recession-battered personal computer market is under way. As the first major technology company to report its results for the last quarter, Intel is seen as a barometer for the PC market and for technology spending in general.
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Could the Wrong Price Flatten Apple's Tablet? January 12, 2010 
As the Apple tablet rumor frenzy blows way past the level of a fever pitch, I'm starting to reconcile myself with the notion that we may -- within a few weeks -- finally hear from Apple. The company is widely expected to make a public announcement Jan. 27 or so, though again, the expectation isn't due to Apple, it's due to a report stating the company has rented a space in San Francisco.
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