Seagate Sees Future in Application-Specific Drives

Seagate Sees Future in Application-Specific Drives
Despite being the key ingredient of everything from fat iPods to notebook computers and digital video recorders, the HDD business is treated...

Asustek to launch low-price computer (AP)
AP - Asustek Computer, a leading Taiwanese computer maker, will launch its much awaited low-price computer next month, becoming one of the first companies marketing an ultra-mobile laptop for the developing world.

TeliaSonera Launches Mobile Broadband For Dell Laptops (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The fast wireless connection is provided via the ubiquitous SIM card that is universally used by cell phone service providers using the GSM standard.

Dell Gives Trialware the Heave-Ho (PC World)
PC World - Not interested in all of the trial software that clutters up new PCs? You're not alone: According to Dell's recent research in both focus groups and broader surveys, small-business users overwhelmingly view trialware as an irritant, not a benefit. That research has led Dell to axe the extras from its new Vostro line of small-business desktop PCs and laptops. Eliminating demo applications is a major step for Dell, which has caught flack for the quantity of trialware on its consumer PCs. (One frustrated customer went so far as to develop a "Decrapifier" utility. ...

An Artist Asks: Mac or Windows? (BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online - Tony Salemi writes: I'm interested in purchasing a laptop and would appreciate your guidance. I am currently attracted to Apple's Macbook Pro, 15 in. or 17 in. My primary interest in upgrading my laptop is to pursue my interest in art using Corel (NasdaqGM:CREL - News) Painter 10 and Adobe (NasdaqGS:ADBE - News) Photoshop Elements 5. My other requirements are wireless connection to the Internet and spreadsheets with Excel. My concerns are, in priority order:

iPod Touch, new iPod versions revealed
Talk about true portability and for sure you any group of people will not only talk about their notebook computers but also their iPods.