Dan Neel

Taking the first steps in an ambitious attempt to gradually shift the entire computer industry over to a single, unified operating system, Microsoft Corp. released a Beta 2 version of its Windows XP operating system at WinHEC 2001, the company

Recent analyst reports on fourth-quarter 2000 PC sales in both the consumer and commercial markets have begun to confirm what many in the IT industry have suspected.

Eager to encourage its customers to test the waters of mobile wireless connectivity, Toshiba Corp. this month kicked off two aggressive wireless promotions timed with the introduction of new portable computers.

Microsoft Corp. may be considered a PC stalwart by server/client evangelists like Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, but the Redmond, Wash.-based company

Cost-conscious consumers in search of a reason for buying a new PC just got a little extra incentive from Intel Corp. On Wednesday the diversified chipmaker began offering more bang for its buck with the introduction of an 800MHz Celeron processor.

When Dell Computer Corp. in early 2001 begins selling a re-branded version of the Unisys 32-way ES-7000 server, a race will be on between Dell and Compaq for dominance of the ultra-high-end Intel-based server market created by the ES-7000, a server that can run 32 Intel processors using Microsoft's Windows 2000 Data Center operating system. Dell announced its plans this month.

As storage networks continue to grow in size and value, companies are finding that storage virtualization tools enable them to better manage their storage resources and optimize their data.

U.S. computer retailer Best Buy have pulled the first wave of Hewlett-Packard Co. computers loaded with Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processor off their shelves, according to Best Buy spokesperson Jim McManus.