Tom Krazit

Sun Microsystems Inc. is updating its low-cost workstation line with the release of the Sun Blade 150 Tuesday, enhancing the performance while maintaining the price of the older Sun Blade. The company also released new configurations for its Sun Blade 2000 workstations, and an add-in processor module.

Dell Computer Corp.'s eventual entry into the printer and personal digital assistant (PDA) markets will cause headaches for some vendors and delight users as the company drives down prices, analysts said Friday.

Dell Computer Corp. is selling business PCs that do not come with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system to some business clients, a practice it has been involved in for a while, the company said Thursday.

Intel Corp. will begin making chips in volume on its 90-nanometer (.09 micron) manufacturing process next year, and it released details Tuesday of how the technology has evolved.

Notebooks with desktop processors may promise better performance than those with notebook chips, but the added processing power means nothing if the desktop chip overheats the laptop and causes it to malfunction. Problems with such a machine, Toshiba Corp.'s Satellite 5005 series notebook, has spawned a class action lawsuit, a step that might cause PC vendors to rethink how they design and market such machines.

For the third time in two months, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) has filed a lawsuit against Good Technology Inc., this time alleging unfair competition, false advertising, trademark infringement and trademark dilution.

Two hardware manufacturers have thrown their support behind the latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE .Net operating system, version 4.1, which was released Tuesday.

Intel Corp.'s recent warning of lower second-quarter revenue proved true Tuesday, as the Santa Clara, Calif. chip maker announced revenue of US$6.32 billion and net income of US$446 million.