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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...

Cupertino, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard broke new ground in PC merchandising last week when it launched a PC-in-a-box hard bundle through Wal-Mart. In the past,...

Intel kept pace with rival AMD in the race to roll out gigahertz-level processors today when Hewlett-Packard reported it will ship a new Pavilion...

To keep pace with the growing number of rebates offered by ISPs, PC vendors and retailers, Hand Technologies announced its own $400 mail-in rebate...

VTech Industries will start shipping a new portable e-mail device this spring and plans to expand distribution for its current e-mail device line into...

Getting ready for the 2000 holiday selling season, Microsoft introduced last week a slew of products in most of the company’s hardware and software...

The PC will not be the center of the home network for long, said Sony president Nobuyuki Idei at Comdex yesterday. The ubiquitous computer...

Value-priced PC maker eMachines has signed on to manufacturer the MSN Companion Internet appliance, which will start shipping by the end of October. The...

Hewlett-Packard’s president and CEO Carly Fiorina was named chairman today taking over the post from Richard A. Hackborn. Fiorina joined HP last July and...

Entry-level PC maker eMachines will take advantage of IBM and Packard Bell NEC abandoning the consumer retail market by introducing higher priced PCs next...

Xerox, Sharp and Fuji today announced the formation of the SoHo Printing Alliance whose primary task will be to take on inkjet printer market...

IBM rolled out its back-to-school desktop and notebook computer line, including new Aptiva E models ranging in price from $799 to $1,899. The notebook...

Internet radio listeners can take a step or two away from their PCs and still listen to their favorite Web stations, purchase music CDs...