Robert Mullins - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 14/03/2007 IDC: Q4 storage revenue drops at Dell, HP

Dell and Hewlett-Packard reported declines in storage hardware revenue in the fourth quarter of 2006, running contrary to a growth trend for the stora...

Article | 12/03/2007 More efficient quad-core Xeons coming Monday

Intel quad-core microprocessors that work at an energy-efficient 50 watts per processor will officially be on the market this week, according to the c...

Article | 6/03/2007 Hurd says HP's cost structure still too high

Despite the turnaround Mark Hurd has engineered at Hewlett-Packard, the president, chairman and chief executive officer of the technology giant remain...

Article | 28/02/2007 Former McAfee lawyer indicted for backdating

The former legal counsel for McAfee is facing federal charges of improperly backdating stock options at the security software company.

Article | 27/02/2007 HP moves to simplify data centre setup

HP has begun shipping a new product that the company thinks will give it an edge over rival, IBM, in the market for blade servers.

Article | 23/02/2007 Gartner: x86 server sales growth slowed in Q4

Sales growth for x86 servers slowed in the fourth quarter of 2006 as buyers adopted virtualization technology and waited for quad-core processors, acc...

Article | 22/02/2007 Hurd pressures HP storage sales team

HP CEO, Mark Hurd's, assessment of his company's storage sales organisation was simple and blunt: "We just don't cover enough accounts." His comments...

Article | 21/02/2007 UPDATE: HP first quarter profit jumps

HP topped Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations in the first quarter of its 2007 fiscal year.

Article | 17/02/2007 SanDisk to cut jobs as prices fall

Flash memory maker, SanDisk is cutting 10 per cent of its work force to remain profitable while being forced to make steep price cuts.

Article | 16/02/2007 Microsoft CEO dampens Vista sales forecast

Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer believes that sales forecasts for its new Vista operating system may be "overly aggressive."

Article | 13/02/2007 AMD reveals more details of quad-core chips

AMD is giving the public an advanced look at how its pending quad-core chip will improve performance and save energy.

Article | 12/02/2007 Report: Apple's Jobs backdated Pixar options

New allegations have surfaced that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was involved in backdating stock-option grants improperly while chairman of the animated movie...

Article | 7/02/2007 HP, Kodak introduce new inkjet printers

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is upgrading its inkjet printers to appeal to small business owners for whom a big business machine is too expensive but a small ...

Article | 5/02/2007 Startup launches its first power-efficient chip

A startup chip company is introducing a power-efficient processor it has been developing for three years, just as the market clamors for energy effici...

Article | 2/02/2007 IBM Labs sees five innovations in five years

Real-time language translation, medical monitoring via the mobile Web and nanotechnology to purify water are some of the innovations IBM Labs thinks w...