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by Ben Wagner and Charlie Gonsalves
Converge Network Digest - Sony Electronics introduced the U.S. version of its pocket-sized VAIO UX Micro PC based on the Intel Core Solo Ultra Low Voltage CPU and Microsoft XP Professional OS. The unit features a 4.5-inch wide SVGA screen that slides up to expose an

Cerise Serene X2 4800
ABC News - The Cerise Serene X2 4800 ($3,300.51 direct, $3,741 with 19-inch monitor) is one of a new breed of computers that strives to achieve quiet operation without sacrificing performance. It's sure to please the many media hounds who work in quiet homes or

Trigger tactics
San Jose Mercury News - Video games are catching up with the imagination of novelist Tom Clancy. That may explain why ``Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter'' from Ubisoft is such a hot-selling game. I first saw a preview of this game in a conference room at

Mega Storage to Go
PC World - Storage is like money: You can never have too much. And you need different denominations for different situations. When picking a storage device, you'll want to balance several factors, including capacity, portability, and cost. Which one you choose

Testing Times
Byte.com - The RDTSC instruction lets applications determine the number of machine cycles that have elapsed since the CPU was powered up, and places a 64-bit value in EDX:EAX . Subtracting the value obtained just before a code sequence from that obtained once

Sony's Pocket-Sized PC Offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, EDGE
Converge Network Digest - Sony Electronics introduced the U.S. version of its pocket-sized VAIO UX Micro PC based on the Intel Core Solo Ultra Low Voltage CPU and Microsoft XP Professional OS. The unit features a 4.5-inch wide SVGA screen that slides up to expose an

Upgrade hopes rest on Vista
Personal Computer World - The greater technology requirements of Microsoft s Vista operating system was seen by some at Computex as the great hope that will kick start component and PC sales. Although talk centred more around Intel s upcoming Core 2 Duo Conroe and Merom

Ping Identity software addresses ID management
Computerworld - " Sorry to beat a dead horse here but it looks like yet another laptop (this one containing sensitive pension information) " Read more " With the recent stories coming out about disaster recovery due to the looming hurricane season, I would like

A News.com report on computing behemoth Big Blue.
CNET News - Are desktop PCs headed for extinction? That notion might seem like a stretch, but they may be entering a new evolutionary phase as the line between desktops and laptops is increasingly blurred. Since Dell debuted its 20-pound "luggable" computer last