Hardware

Test your PC with 10 (mostly) free sites and tools

ITworld staff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:19:10 -0500

Check under your PC's hood with the following mostly free diagnostic tools, and see if anything is amiss -- before disaster strikes.

Unix tip: Monitor disk arrays with sccli commands

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:13:28 -0500

Disk arrays take a lot of worry about disk failure off your shoulders, but that's no reason not to notice when one goes bad. The sccli command can tell you a lot about what's happening with your StorEdge arrays. Let it warn you about disks gone bad.

PC sales expected to drop as economy strikes another blow

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:52:28 -0500

Industry analyst firm IDC Wednesday said it is projecting that worldwide PC sales will quickly drop off because the sagging economy is causing people to hold onto their savings while credit is unavailable.

Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday on Amazon

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:44:09 -0500

Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year.

Hitachi GST, Intel team up for solid-state drives

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:29:06 -0500

Hitachi GST and Intel plan to jointly develop high-end SSDs for servers and workstations.

Netbooks: small, cheap -- and fast?

ITworld staff — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:27:59 -0500

Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies are launching quick-start programs to speed the operation of netbooks.

Disk Storage Drops to Dime per Gigabyte

James Gaskin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:06:18 -0500

Combining constantly dropping hard disk storage pricing with the holiday desperation on the part of retailers everywhere gave me a sign I've been anticipating: a 1TB (yes, one terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes) hard disk drive with a $100 or less price tag. I saw an ad for a 1TB Samsung hard disk for $99.

Gear Guide, part one: Gear for your iPhone

ITworld staff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:59:51 -0500

Six Common HDTV Showroom Pitfalls

ITworld staff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:51:16 -0500

Can Apple Save the Netbook?

ITworld staff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:03:15 -0500