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In a pre-PMA show announcement made earlier this week, Nikon introduced the CoolPix 990, the company’s first 3-megapixel digital camera. The CoolPix 990 can...

The Dreamcast game console has become the gift that keeps on giving, at least for Sega of America, which has racked up more than...

NEW YORK — Sharp introduced the AJ series of inkjet printers, the first units developed in conjunction with SoHo Printing Alliance partners Xerox and...

Microworkz’ Rick Latman said late last week that he will step down as president effective Nov. 15 in order to bring in a management...

DALLAS — RadioShack will co-sponsor the first ever landing of a commercially financed and developed lunar probe in 2003, the retailer announced last week....

IBM filled out the remainder of its Aptiva E PC series last week with the introduction of the E 190 and E550. The E...

Dolby Laboratories will demonstrate at CES next month a new headphone technology that creates a multichannel sound environment through stereo headphones. Dolby Headphone uses...

Burlingame, Calif. – A series of online surveys conducted by Active Research in May indicated the number of consumers purchasing PCs online will grow...

New York – Thomson Consumer Electronics, GemstarTV-Guide and a host of book publishing firms gathered today here to express their support for Thomson’s two...

A series of online surveys conducted by Active Research in May indicated the number of consumers purchasing PCs online will grow substantially, a large...

HOUSTON — Compaq today introduced and started shipping a sub-$1,000 notebook computer. The Presario 1200 XL-450 features an AMD K6-2 450Mhz processor, has 32MB...

The watchword this week was variety as five PC vendors unveiled desktop computers that use a different method for catching the consumer’s eye. Packard...

Samsung today took convergence in a new direction with the introduction of the Cybermax 35 MP3 digital camera. The Cybermax not only takes 640×480...

HOUSTON — Compaq posted a strong net gain of $387 million on sales of $10.1 billion for the second quarter putting behind a poor...

With office productivity software becoming more multimedia oriented, graphics accelerator maker 3dfx has redefined its business model to embrace the business market with its...

Intel’s acquisition of Ambient Technologies last week for $150 million will give the chipmaker the ability to add both DSL and analog modem capabilities...

Hewlett-Packard reported today that it is shelving plans to roll out a 3GB DVD+RW drive and instead will focus on a 4.7GB version for...

NEW YORK — The DVD-RAM Forum took several steps toward spreading the technology yesterday at PC Expo with the launch of 4.7GB DVD-RAM products...

Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft yesterday announced the new Windows Millennium (Me) operating system will go on sale for $59.95, about $30 less than previous...

COLOGNE, GERMANY — Fuji and Canon were among the few companies introducing new digital cameras at the Photokina show here, while most other first-tier...

After working under a shroud of secrecy for more than four years, chip-maker Transmeta yesterday unveiled the Crusoe processor that it hopes will revolutionize...

NEW YORK — Intel and Ezonics refreshed their digital camera offerings with new models designed for the booming video phone market. Intel last month...

Intel yesterday demonstrated a processor capable of running in excess of 1GHz, joining AMD, which conducted a similar demonstration of a processor earlier this...

Broadband modem providers are taking a glass-half-full approach to the flood of $400 ISP rebates that are binding thousands of customers to long-term Internet...

Apple’s winning streak continued with the iBook becoming the best-selling notebook computer in October, according to PC Data, Reston, Va. The $1,599 iBook just...

ORLANDO, FLA. — Fall RetailVision 2000 attendees were treated to new product offerings in computers and convergence that ranged from the conventional to the...

A plunging stock price and a new proposal by Federal officials to break up Microsoft last week gave Microsoft executives a series of headaches...

Universal Serial Bus technology will experience a major breakthrough in data-transfer speeds by the end of 2000, and the USB Implementers Forum is gearing...

After stunning the Apple faithful with new multicolored iMacs and iBooks at the past three Macworld Expos, company founder Steve Jobs stole the show...

Yamaha Electronics will ship the first stereo component specifically designed to operate with a PC and will sell it via the Internet and traditional...

Jackson, Mich. — The number of consumers who have heard about digital cameras has more than doubled in the past three years, but household...

Those hard-to-find air conditioners that required retailers to scramble during the late spring and early summer heat waves are now sitting untouched on store...

NEWTON, Iowa — Maytag brand major appliances will begin to appear in SAM’s Clubs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area next week, and will continue...

Moving to improve profitability, Sharp Electronics Corp. announced a restructuring of its U.S. Consumer Electronics Group (CEG) that resulted in 30 layoffs. The plan...

Palm Inc. ended its quiet period, in place since its public offering, by announcing that every existing Palm device will be able to wirelessly...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – At PC Expo, the Palm family gained another member as Sony officially debuted a Palm-OS prototype. Palm Inc. also announced...

WebCOMBO launched at PC Expo, the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) package with a one-time fee for unlimited future access. The Milwaukee-based ISP is...

Leading WindowsCE handheld vendors Casio, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard announced the release of the new PocketPC handhelds (formerly known as Palm size PCs). With...

Tiger Electronics in an aggressive move to bring new technologies to kids’ toys will debut next week at the Toy Fair several “first” products...

In a surprise announcement, President Clinton said today that the Department of Defense will stop “degrading” the signal sent to consumer Global Positioning System...

TEMPE, Ariz. — AudioMonster Online has acquired ADST, based here, which markets the a/d/s/, Orion and Precision Power brands, with the intent of taking...

The already packed entry-level handheld organizer category will get a bit more crowded this summer when V-Tech and Fuga join the market. Both companies...