PC giant Dell hopes a renewed focus on consumers and education buyers will allow it to claim the top spot in Australia's PC market from long-time rival Hewlett-Packard.
Dell Computer will expand deeper into the wireless market as part of its overall goal of increasing annual revenue to US$60 billion in the next few years, according to company president Kevin Rollins.
After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft that of Windows XP.
As Dell continues to battle shrinking growth in PC and server sales, the PC giant is revamping its support offering.
Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are getting creative, with Dell and HP's Australian offices staying cagey about their intentions.
So, it seems the WOW -- for Microsoft's Windows Vista -- is not now, but sometime in the future, maybe.
In California, the PC maker shows off what it says are its most innovative new products -- a cooling unit for high-performance machines and a super-sleek display.
Enterprise technology users may still be getting used to Indian accents for many of their support queries, but PC giant Dell believes many of its customers would be better served by Malaysia.
Dell chief executive Kevin Rollins on Monday gave the most direct indication yet that a deal with AMD may be on the way, dropping a strong hint that the news was a question of when, not if.
Dell and Microsoft have launched a joint development project to improve the management of Dell servers with Microsoft software.
Randy Mott used to run Wal-Mart's technology division. Now, at Dell, his unit keeps 53,000 employees, eight manufacturing sites and more than 800 suppliers ticking.
Australians can expect to see Hewlett-Packard's new deluxe iPaq sometime in December, but there are no current plans to release its new budget model in Australia.
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AMD releases the last chip in a product family that helped resurrect the company.
AMD has released its Opteron processor, and several companies have also announced products based on the chip.
Intel is betting that wireless technology will be the biggest thing since the browser, and new notebooks coming Wednesday will be an early indication of whether the company is right.
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