Mobility

For the first time in at least five years, recent findings indicate that the flawless armour surrounding Microsoft Corp.

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday began shipping its first ever notebook computer to come pre-installed with the Linux operating system.

The top two PC vendors worldwide, Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., released this week new notebooks designed to be attractive for mobile users such as business travelers and students, as the vendors compete for the attention of buyers heading into the most important selling seasons of the year for PC companies.

Besieged by competition from mobile telephones and other wireless devices, worldwide shipments of handheld computing devices declined 2.2 percent to 2.20 million in the second quarter of 2004, down from 2.27 million units during the same quarter in 2003, according to research from industry firm IDC.

Allstream Inc. has unveiled a digital pen and paper system that the firm claims can streamline data entry and document retrieval for Canadian companies.

Those companies that want to have their own videoconferencing endpoints and related networking equipment in-house but don

The U.S. government should focus on protecting U.S. workers' jobs and creating universal access to broadband services, says the Democratic Party's 2004 platform.

With new PCs offering more computing power than a single user needs for basic work such as exploring the Internet or creating documents, Hewlett-Packard Co. is now pushing a desktop machine that includes four monitors, keyboards and mice. The Mandrakelinux-equipped machine can be used by four users at one time.