http://www.mail.com/subjects/12306-computer-hardware.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12306-computer-hardware.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html BEIJING (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. Lenovo said it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. Revenue rose 4 percent over a year earlier to $7.8 billion. Lenovo ranks a close second behi... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:53:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html 2013-05-23T06:53:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103872-doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube.html In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba (KEYE'-buh) Gionfriddo, doctors didn't have a moment to... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103872-doctors-save-ohio-boy-printing-airway-tube.html 2013-05-22T22:09:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2088932-highlights-music-maps-photo-google-tools.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online games, maps, search, music and photos and are meant to help the company cement its role in people's technological lives. Here's a look at some of the announcements made at Wednesday's keynote at Google I/O.... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:20:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2088932-highlights-music-maps-photo-google-tools.html 2013-05-15T23:20:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1. Not charging extra for Windows 8.1 is consistent with the company's practice of offering "decimal point" updat... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html 2013-05-14T16:58:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081608-dell-board-committee-seeks-info-icahn-plan.html Dell board members say they need more details from investor Carl Icahn if he wants them to seriously consider his latest challenge to Michael Dell's $24.4 billion plan to take the computer maker private. Icahn and prominent Dell shareholder Southeastern Asset Management said last week they want to keep Dell Inc. publicly traded and give shareholders $12 i... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:27:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081608-dell-board-committee-seeks-info-icahn-plan.html 2013-05-13T22:27:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076398-icahn-southeastern-challenge-dell-takeover-plan.html One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and says the slumping PC maker needs new leadership. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed with Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, to pitch a deal that would let Dell sha... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:25:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076398-icahn-southeastern-challenge-dell-takeover-plan.html 2013-05-10T22:25:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069692-common-windows-8-gripes-solutions.html NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is preparing an update to Windows 8 for release later this year. It says the changes are designed to address complaints and confusion with the new operating system. Windows 8 is the most radical overhaul of Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 came out nearly two decades ago. It was revamped to embrace the types of touch... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:14:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069692-common-windows-8-gripes-solutions.html 2013-05-07T22:14:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050998-google-invades-siris-turf-with-iphone-ipad-app.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Siri may be feeling a little job insecurity. The sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple's iPhone and iPad is facing competition from an up-and-coming rival made by Google. The duel began Monday with the release of a free iPhone and iPad app that features Google Now, a technology t... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:57:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050998-google-invades-siris-turf-with-iphone-ipad-app.html 2013-04-29T22:57:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow through on his preliminary acquisition offer, as suitors digest studies showing a staggering decline in PC sales. The Wall Street Journal said Icahn will now likely wait to see if shareholders approve a Februar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:40:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html 2013-04-19T21:40:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028280-yahoo-adds-2-applications-to-mobile-arsenal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is taking the next step in its effort to make some of its most popular services more appealing and accessible to the growing audience connecting to the Internet on smartphones and tablet computers. The mobile push being orchestrated by CEO Marissa Mayer has hatched Yahoo's first email application for Apple Inc.'s iPad and other ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:04:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028280-yahoo-adds-2-applications-to-mobile-arsenal.html 2013-04-18T19:04:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027592-chipmaker-tsmc-tablet-smartphone-boost-1q.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, reported an 18 percent jump in first quarter profit as increased global sales of smartphones and tablet computers boosted demand for sophisticated processors. The company said in a statement Thursday that January-March profit totaled NT$39.6 billi... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:18:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027592-chipmaker-tsmc-tablet-smartphone-boost-1q.html 2013-04-18T09:18:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025818-apple-stock-falls-to-one-year-low-supplier-news.html NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Apple Inc. fell below $400 for the first time in a year and half on Wednesday, after a supplier hinted at a slowdown in iPhone and iPad production. The stock was down $21.89, or 5.1 percent, at $404.35 in early afternoon trading. Earlier in the day, it hit $398.11, the lowest level since Dec. 2011. The decline means Apple has —fo... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:35:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2025818-apple-stock-falls-to-one-year-low-supplier-news.html 2013-04-17T17:35:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023896-intel-meets-1q-expectations-despite-pc-slowdown.html NEW YORK (AP) — Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips for PCs, is remaining steadfast amid a drastic slowdown in computer sales. Intel on Tuesday said it's keeping its sales and margin forecasts for this year, even as first-quarter PC sales plunged 14 percent from a year ago, as measured by research firm IDC. The company is helped by rising ship... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:49:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023896-intel-meets-1q-expectations-despite-pc-slowdown.html 2013-04-16T22:49:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023088-hp-will-integrate-leap-motion-controllers-with-pcs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Leap Motion's 3-D motion controllers will be included in some personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. this year, a move that the San Francisco startup hopes is a first step toward bringing touch-free computing to the masses. Plugged into a computer, the 3-inch-long device tracks people's fingers and hand motions as they gesture, swipe ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:22:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023088-hp-will-integrate-leap-motion-controllers-with-pcs.html 2013-04-16T18:22:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023416-facebook-brings-chat-heads-feature-to-iphone-app.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading friends' updates. Facebook Inc. also said Tuesday that it's bringing its "chat heads" feature to its Apple apps. It's called chat heads because friends' profile photos pop up when they send ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:54:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023416-facebook-brings-chat-heads-feature-to-iphone-app.html 2013-04-16T16:54:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2011506-pc-outlook-darkens-sales-slump-deepens-1q.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. The latest evidence of the PC's infirmity emerged Wednesday with the release of two somber reports showing unprecedented declines in sales of d... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:06:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2011506-pc-outlook-darkens-sales-slump-deepens-1q.html 2013-04-11T04:06:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2005572-rutgers-ad-pernetti-12m-ipad.html NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti is getting $1.2 million in salary, plus an iPad, car allowance and more than two years of health insurance coverage under a settlement agreement. The Associated Press obtained details of the settlement Monday through an open records request with Rutgers. The Star-Ledger had previousl... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:05:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2005572-rutgers-ad-pernetti-12m-ipad.html 2013-04-08T15:05:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997296-facebook-tweaks-android-phones-to-build-home.html MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how people interact with mobile technology. The audacious move will provide further insights into how pervasive Facebook has become, testing whether people want to be greeted with content from the social ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997296-facebook-tweaks-android-phones-to-build-home.html 2013-04-05T18:05:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker's expansion into more profitable technology products and services. Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell shareholders with an offer of a little more money today couple... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:03:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html 2013-03-25T21:03:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1972638-cash-register-rings-sale.html NEW YORK (AP) — Ka-ching! The cash register may be on its final sale. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky machines and having salespeople — and even shoppers themselves — ring up sales on smartphones and tablet computers. Barneys New York, a luxury retailer, this year plans to use iPads or iPod Touch devices for credit and deb... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:32:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1972638-cash-register-rings-sale.html 2013-03-22T20:32:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1969884-white-house-notebook-obama-heckler-shouted.html JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama was interrupted by a heckler while giving a speech to an audience of Israeli university students, but he didn't lose his cool. The president was talking about the U.S. being a close ally to Israel when the heckler piped up. The crowd shouted him down. "This is part of the lively debate that we talked about," said an... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:05:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1969884-white-house-notebook-obama-heckler-shouted.html 2013-03-22T01:05:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967942-hp-rebuffs-attempt-to-oust-2-directors-board.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at ousting the two longest-serving directors from personal computer maker's board. Shareholders had sought the board members' ouster as punishment for a series of botched acquisition and other pratfalls that have decimated HP's stock price. John Ham... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:49:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967942-hp-rebuffs-attempt-to-oust-2-directors-board.html 2013-03-21T00:49:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954952-maine-school-laptop-contract-to-open-to.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The only state to provide laptops to public school students statewide said Thursday the contract it's negotiating for new devices can be used by other states if they're interested in following suit. Maine has zeroed in on five different laptops and tablets as it prepares to replace more than 35,000 Apple laptops in middle schools an... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:36:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954952-maine-school-laptop-contract-to-open-to.html 2013-03-14T18:36:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939862-facebook-tries-to-stay-hip-with-jazzier-news-feed.html MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook doesn't want to be dismissed as an Internet has-been before its social network even enters its adolescence. In an effort to remain hip, it is infusing the focal point of its website with a more dynamic look and additional controls designed to empower its 1 billion users to sort streams of photos and other material into m... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:18:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939862-facebook-tries-to-stay-hip-with-jazzier-news-feed.html 2013-03-08T05:18:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936330-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-best-choice.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Dell Inc. committee that negotiated the slumping PC maker's $24.4 billion buyout is standing behind the deal despite the misgivings of major shareholders who believe the price is too low. In a four-paragraph statement released Wednesday, the four directors who oversaw the discussions to sell Dell provided their most extensive defe... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:09:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936330-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-best-choice.html 2013-03-06T21:09:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1925826-samsungs-1b-bill-apple-case-reduced-450m.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wiped out $450 million from the verd... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:16:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1925826-samsungs-1b-bill-apple-case-reduced-450m.html 2013-03-02T10:16:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1919632-apple-ceo-promises-investors-great-stuff-to.html CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook sought to reassure shareholders worried about the company's sagging stock price that the iPhone and iPad maker is on the verge of inventing more breakthrough products that will prove it hasn't lost its creative edge. "The company is working as hard as ever, and we have some great stuff coming," Cook told shareho... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:34:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1919632-apple-ceo-promises-investors-great-stuff-to.html 2013-02-27T22:34:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1916406-microsofts-10-browser-coming-to-windows-7-pcs.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is escalating its efforts to bring the latest version of Internet Explorer to more than 700 million personal computers in an attempt to re-establish the software maker's browser as the best way to surf the Web. Tuesday's release of Internet Explorer 10 is aimed at PCs running on Windows 7, the most used version of Microsoft ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:28:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1916406-microsofts-10-browser-coming-to-windows-7-pcs.html 2013-02-26T15:28:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1911970-hp-to-169-android-tablet-eschewing-windows.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented version of Windows, the company said Sunday. The HP Slate 7 will have a 7-inch screen, making it similar in size to the Amazon Kindle Fire. It will cost $169 when it goes on sale in April... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1911970-hp-to-169-android-tablet-eschewing-windows.html 2013-02-24T18:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906382-google-adds-touch-to-chrome-laptops.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is adding a new and more expensive touch to its line of Chrome laptops in an attempt to outshine personal computers running on software made by rivals Microsoft and Apple. The Chromebook Pixel unveiled Thursday includes a nearly 13-inch display screen that responds to the touch or swipe of a finger. That duplicates a key featur... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:42:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906382-google-adds-touch-to-chrome-laptops.html 2013-02-21T21:42:45Z