Greenpeace pans PC makers for toxic products
Greenpeace International on Wednesday criticized some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware.
EPA specs to bring energy efficiency to PCs
New power-efficiency specifications being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday could help consumers purchase energy-efficient electronics while cutting energy costs.
PC processor shipments to drop in 2009, IDC says
DC says PC processor demand fell in Q4 and will continue to decline in 2009.
India's PC market flat despite growth in notebooks
India's PC market saw almost no growth in the third quarter and is likely to stay that way through next year, according to research firm IDC India.
The 10 most annoying habits of tech companies (and 5 we love)
Much as we love technology, sometimes we get fed up with the companies that provide it. Maybe it's the notice saying that important features of perfectly good software no longer work because it's a couple of years old. Maybe it's that our new PC is so loaded with junkware that it takes forever to boot. The examples go on and on. Here is our list of the 10 most annoying practices (and practitioners), along with suggestions for working around the hassles or avoiding them altogether.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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India's PC market flat despite growth in notebooks
PC processor shipments to drop in 2009, IDC says
EPA specs to bring energy efficiency to PCs
Greenpeace pans PC makers for toxic products
The 10 most annoying habits of tech companies (and 5 we love)