Intel to terminate 'Tejas' Pentium design

Intel is set to announce that it is to stop development of the 'Tejas' version of the Pentium 4 architecture. The Tejas architecture was slated to replace the Prescott models towards the end of this year. Also set for the bin is the similar Xeon processor known as 'Jayhawk'. ...more

Bad times keep rolling for Dell

Just a few days after recalling more than four million fire-hazard laptop batteries, Dell has announced results that show profits have fallen by more than half. The computer giant released its second quarter results for the period ending August 4 yesterday. Profits slumped to $502 million, which is 51 per cent lower than this time last year. ...more

Microsoft disables OEM Windows product keys

Microsoft is changing its activation policy for new copies of Windows XP. From the 28th of February Microsoft plans to disable internet activation for XP product keys printed on the Certificates of Authority (CoA) labels from the world's top 20 OEMS. The move should not affect most customers who have Windows XP preinstalled on their machines and have the copy of the operating system already activated or those who buy a boxed copy of Windows through retail. ...more

Palm ups the stakes in the battle for smartphone share

PalmSource's CEO David Nagel, described Cobalt today as 'simply the most important technological event in our short history' - see Palm shows off its next-gen Cobalt handeheld operating system He said that 'the traditional organiser market is pretty flat,' but forsaw huge growth opportunities in areas where the handheld has a dedicated task. Palm is already successful in vertical markets such as the medical professions and Nagel said the company would continue its focus there. He also praised the success of the Treo 600 for which supply is outstripping demand in some areas. ...more

Apple pips Dell in US customer satisfaction survey

Satisfaction with Apple products is at an all-time high keeping the company at the top of an annual US survey of computer buyers. Apple's high rating of 81 helps it retain the top spot it grabbed from Dell last year in the PC section of the University of Michigan's Customer Satisfaction Index. It is Apple's highest rating since the survey began in 1994 and comes at a time when its compute shipments are higher than at any time in the previous five years. ...more