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Nice Party, Windows 7. But Where's the Software?

As is my custom with all parties, I arrived to the Win7 hoopla promptly at 10 a.m., ready to sample the wares: coffee, biscuits, and a whole lot of hardware. In fact, there were so many dozens of netbooks, TVs, gaming beasts, and ...READ»

Taiwan's Acer Replaces Dell as #2 PC-Maker

For the first time, a non-American company has become the second-biggest computer-maker in the world. READ»

Intel--Past, Present, and Future

As Intel reinvents itself, we take a look at where it's been. From the calculators and traffic lights of the past, to today's variety of handheld devices and tomorrow's slickest netbooks, here is a trip through the history of the company once known as Chipzilla.READ»

Why Charging Just a Little Can Be Smarter Than Charging Nothing at All

The strategy of giving everything away often creates as many hassles as it solves. Why charging just a little can be smarter than charging nothing at all.READ»

Can Cloud Computing Ever Truly Be Sustainable?

Data centers aren't exactly known for their sustainability--the power hogs are responsible for 1.5% of all power use in the United States. But as cloud computing, the IT golden child that uses mega-data centers to store information, ...READ»

Dell Launches Multi-Touch Laptops

Dell announced today that it will be launching new versions of its studio laptops, which were made famous by their multifarious artist-designed lids. The new version will feature another trending spec: multi-touch screens, according ...READ»

The HP-85: iPhone of the 1980s

On Friday we reported a new iPhone app that makes it easier to start a small business. The idea that a small, portable computing device could help grow a concept into company isn't a new one; in fact, it was the genesis of HP's marketing campaign for their early 1980s PC, the HP-85.READ»

HP DreamScreen: Absolutely Not an Apple Tablet Rival

There's a lot of hype on your favorite interwebs this morning about HP's new DreamScreen digital picture frame. Some people are spinning the device as beating Apple's iTablet to market. This couldn't be farther from the ...READ»

What Ever Happened to HP's Augmented Reality Game?

Dig through YouTube's sands, and you'll find this: An HP concept video from 2007 about an augmented reality game called Roku's Revenge. (No, not that Roku.) It looks like fun. A lot of fun. So what ever happened to it? It was ...READ»

Happy Birthday, Carly Fiorina

Happy Birthday, Carly Fiorina! We’d ask you what your birthday wish is, but you’ve already made it abundantly clear; you’ve got your eye on Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat in 2010, and why not? You’ve certainly got the ...READ»

HP and Amazon Tap Into Crowdsourcing for Ads

HP and Amazon's latest ad campaigns may use crowdsourcing to generate advertisements, but the concept is far from new. Dorito's "Crash the Super Bowl" contest, launched in 2006, has been one of the more successful campaigns of this ...READ»

Introducing Guest Blogger Dev Patnaik: Innovation Meets Empathy

If you should need any evidence that Dev Patnaik, the CEO and founder of Jump Associates, is marching to the beat of a different drummer, consider this: He teaches a popular Stanford University course called Needfinding.READ»

And the Award for the Most Ridiculously Unnecessary Packaging Goes To...

When Gadi Amit ordered a 124mm-long electronic pen online, he received a heck of a lot more than he bargained for.READ»

• Gadi Amit's blog: The New Deal

Greenpeace Uses Design to Instigate Corporate Change. Will It Work?

Earlier today, Greenpeace activists stuck it to the man by painting the words "Hazardous Products" in non-toxic children's finger paint across an 11,500-square-foot swath on top of HP's global headquarters in Palo Alto, California. ...READ»

Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics: Nokia Is Tops, Nintendo Flops

How green is your favorite company's gadgets? Which products should you buy if you are eco-conscious. Once again, Greenpeace has rated the big electronic companies.READ»

California Software Maker Says Chinese 'Green Dam' Filtering Software Is Pirated

China's mandate that all PCs sold in that country must be shipped with state-approved filtering software has met more opposition, but this time it's not from human rights groups or American PC-makers. A California-based software ...READ»

Patterns of Emotional Connection

Why would someone buy a computer because of its exterior graphics? The answer is more than skin deep.READ»

Green Dam Meets the Great Firewall: China Adds a New Wrinkle to Web Censorship

Beginning July 1, PC makers pushing their products in China will face an ethical challenge. That's when the Chinese government plans to require all PCs sold in the country to ship with software that blocks access to particular ...READ»

Dell Now Gets Over a Quarter of Its Electricity From Renewable Sources

The IT industry is known for its electricity-sucking tendencies and carbon emissions, which is why Dell's announcement that it now sources 26% of its electricity from renewable sources--up from 20% in 2008--is so admirable. The ...READ»

Save Your Clients Money – What Could Be More Ethonomic?

I believe that success requires constant evolution and like all successful innovators, Global Medical Imaging (GMI) is ready to change again. Two years after successfully shifting its business model from only offering medical ...READ»

HP Launches Gabble, a YouTube Competitor

It's called Gabble, and it's a free host for all your personal videos. Sound familiar? That's the same concept that made YouTube a massive success--and plenty of other companies have tried to compete in the space. The advantage of ...READ»

$5 Solar Powered Kyoto Box Wins HP Climate Change Challenge

John Bohmer's Kyoto Box won the $75,000 Financial Times and HP Climate Change Challenge today thanks to an ultra-cheap and simple design with the potential to provide cooked food and clean water to billions. The $5 solar-powered ...READ»

Does Android on an HP Netbook Signal Trouble For Microsoft?

Google's Android may soon move beyond the limiting confines of the G1 smartphone and onto a much roomier machine: the netbook. Hewlett Packard is experimenting with the OS in an attempt to gauge how useful it might be on those tiny ...READ»

iFive: Netbooks Flirt with Android, Hello BlackBerry App World, and Steve Jobs to Give Away Macs? in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation resolved not to be fooled again. Here's today's innovation news:  1. The netbook market gets even hotter with a report that HP, Asus, Dell, and other PC makers are testing versions of the ...READ»

Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics: Nokia Shines, Dell Lags Behind

The theme of this quarter's Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is toxic chemical bans, and some companies have risen up to the challenge significantly better than others. Greenpeace's quarterly ranking scores IT and consumer ...READ»

• The Fast Company 50 - #13 Nokia