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NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard introduced several new desktop and notebook computers yesterday at PC Expo. On the desktop front HP this week will start...

Ulead’s latest video-editing software title, VideoStudio 4, allows end users to edit MPEG2-quality video more quickly with less computer resources, an ability the company...

The home-networking format war will heat up this week with the release of competing wireless and home phone-line-based systems, and vendors are readying systems...

Apple is neither condemning nor endorsing a plan by FreeMac.com to give away 1 million iMacs in exchange for a three-year ISP deal and...

Thomson Multimedia and European data communications firm Alcatel announced the formation of a new company that will develop and sell Internet connectivity and home...

George Fisher announced today he will end his six-year run as Kodak’s chief executive officer at the end of 1999 and be replaced by...

Flash-memory maker Lexar Media yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an Initial Public Offering of shares of its common stock. Lexar...

Digital camera sales topped $1 billion for the first time in 1999 with Sony grabbing almost half of all dollar sales, according to a...

The Windows operating system may dominate the market, but today Apple showed it is still in the fight by releasing a beta version of...

A month hardly passes without a PC company upgrading the speeds and feeds on its desktop or notebook computers, but the most dramatic changes...

Olympus will break the 3-megapixel barrier when it starts shipping the C-3030 Zoom digital camera in May. The C-3030, suggested retail price $999, also...

IBM and Acer broadened their technology partnership today announcing a seven-year, $8 billion deal that has the two buying various computer technology and hardware...

Hewlett-Packard and eMachines made impressive PC sales gains in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary research from International Data Corp. and...

Toshiba today refreshed its entire Satellite notebook computer line for the back-to-school selling season with the addition of four new consumer models, one of...

Compaq’s newly minted CEO Michael Capellas yesterday reported the company would undergo a large-scale reorganization that would include cutting 8,000 jobs and closing facilities....

PC maker Future Power found out last week that imitation is not always the sincerest form of flattery when Apple filed suit against the...

High-end home loudspeaker manufacturer Klipsch last week entered the multimedia speaker market through a deal with Compaq that has the company’s speakers being offered...

TWICE recently sat down with Mal Ransom, senior VP of marketing for Packard Bell NEC, and discussed the company’s current and future direction in...

New York – Palm and Delphi Automotive Systems today reported that they have taken a minority stake in and will partner with a new...

While CD-RW drive sales are soaring and DVD-ROM drives continue to struggle for widespread consumer acceptance, drive manufacturers are pinning their hopes on the...

Online and catalog retailer Micro Warehouse was acquired today by Bridgeport Holdings in a stock deal worth an estimated $725 million. Bridgeport Holdings is...

With a mature modem market to contend with, 3Com has started marketing application-specific modems to attract new customers and encourage others to upgrade their...

It was déjà vu all over again yesterday as Oracle founder Larry Ellison announced he is once again backing a computer tasked with bringing...

JetDirect print server line into the consumer market last week, with the launch of the 70X Home Print Server. The 70X is designed to...

Compaq Computers managed to stay on top of the PC retail heap in 1999 despite suffering financial setbacks and the loss of top-level executives,...

With the official opening of the first Gateway Country Store in Manhattan Monday, the North Sioux City, S.D.-based company formally launched its plan to...

Ingram Micro CEO Jerre Stead resigned today on the heels of the news that the distributor would not meet its third quarter earnings. Stead...

National Semiconductor last week reported it had signed a letter of intent for the Taiwanese firm Via Technologies to purchase National’s Cyrix stand-alone X86...

Compaq’s decision to pare its list of distributors it deals with directly will not affect the company’s retail operation or consumer product line. Compaq’s...

Panasonic’s DVD-RAM video recorder will not be for the poor of pocket, but the rewritable device will start shipping later this month and be...

Hewlett-Packard entered the consumer notebook market today with two models targeted at the home user and small business owner. The two-SKU line will sell...

Polaroid and Olympus yesterday introduced the C-211 Zoom, a hybrid digital camera with the ability to make instant Polaroid prints. The Camedia, slated for...

CHICAGO — Landsman Capitol Associates has filed a suit against Sharp Electronics alleging the consumer electronics manufacturer sold products to favorite accounts at lower...

Modems for the masses is the KDS battle cry for its line of entry-level modems and an upcoming plan to offer free ISP service...

Xerox’s newly minted operation to grab hold of the inkjet printer business will not be derailed by the company’s decision last week to slash...

Lexar Media yesterday introduced the Universal Serial Bus Photo Connection kit that allows the downloading of images through a PC’s USB port. The kit...

TDK Electronics will unveil a line of CD-RW drives later this year, breaking away from the company’s long-standing tradition of concentrating on the blank...

MANASSAS, Va.–SanDisk and Toshiba reported today the formation of a joint venture called FlashVision that will develop advanced flash memory wafers for digital cameras,...

After years of catering to the PC gaming community, some multimedia speaker vendors are shifting their attention to audiophiles interested in turning their PCs...

Consumers’ interest in the Internet will express itself in a huge PC buying boom this year, with the PC home penetration rate passing 60%...

PC industry analysts cited a saturated market as the primary reason U.S. PC unit shipments tailed off during the second quarter compared to the...

Compaq barely managed to hold off Dell and retain the lead in PC market share for the second quarter in the U.S., according to...