This extract from BIT continues the tour of a 2002/3 Wintel data center by looking at the resumes of those working there. by Paul Murphy

AMD is taking its second stab at a desktop platform--this time with a more promising processor as its foundation. The Phenom II X4, which AMD officially announced yesterday, is the final piece in its new Dragon platform for high-end desktops. The other components are the ATI Radeon 4800 series graphics...

The mystery of the Sony VAIO P series has been resolved. Sony is calls it a Lifestyle PC, but it is really one of the smallest and lightest Netbooks to date. The P series weighs 1.4 pounds with the standard battery. It is about the size of...

Panasonic has taken the crown again for world's thinnest plasma with their 1/3-in. thick NeoPDP HDTV: This recently-developed NeoPDP technology has been incorporated into two types of PDPs: a super high-efficiency 42-inch PDP "that achieves triple luminance efficiency while reducing the power consumption...

As I keep thinking about the Palm Pre and Palm Web OS announcement and looking at the stunning image gallery I can't help but think about all of those millions of Palm OS fans and developers wondering about the future of the current Palm OS. Palm is definitely moving fully...

The odds were against a comeback by Palm as it prepared to make news at the Consumer Electronics Show. The smartphone space suddenly got crowded by the big names - iPhone, Blackberry, Android. And poor Palm - a pioneer in PDAs and smartphones - got pushed to the bottom. ...

As with Internet-connected TVs, everyone seems to be jumping on the 3D bandwagon, with Panasonic leading the way. Along with the usual upgrades to its HDTV lines, it's also showing off its 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System, which consists of a 103-inch set and Blu-ray player that can...

I'll be giving a talk about my new book The Garmin nüvi Pocket Guide at the Peachpit Press booth (Moscone South 812) today at 2:00pm here at Macworld Expo. This year Peachpit has a 30-by-30 foot booth featuring a bookstore, Safari Books Online demo area, and an...

With Microsoft's rather anemic keynote at CES 2009, the show was up in the air for another company to step up to the plate and garner all the attention from the press. Thus, Palm was in a perfect position to steal the show and after following the various live feeds...

At yesterday's news conference, Sony introduced a few novel products for the company, but when it came to HDTVs, there were no major announcements. Along with adding 240Hz refresh rates and its InternetLink features to more sets, the biggest news was a new series of energy-efficient TVs that fall under...

Scroll down for newest info -- wireless is spotty! PALM IS ALIVE AND WELL Here's the whole press conference, from start to finish: 1:36PM EST: I'm sitting in the second row of Palm's very crowded press conference in a large ballroom...

Microsoft plans to ship a solitary security bulletin next Tuesday with fixes for a serious security problem in its flagship Windows operating system. The bulletin will carry a "critical" rating, which means that exploitation of the vulnerability could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user...

I stopped into the Apple Store on Stockton Street in San Francisco in search of a copy of iWork '09, which Phil Schiller announced was available now. To my dismay the helpful store representative told me that they "should" have it by the end of the week and that online...

Exhibitors at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco are taking advantage of deals for next year's show, if it happens. On the show floor, some say a Apple pavilion at CES in Las Vegas might be a better option. by David Morgenstern

Streaming internet radio is very popular today with mobile clients and desktop clients like Pandora and Last.fm. At CES today, two more services announced expanded coverage, improved features, and availability. Slacker, Inc. announced Slacker Mobile for the BlackBerry so you no longer need to have a dedicated Slacker player to...

Obama told the media that he is trying to hold onto his BlackBerry but conceded it's a losing battle. by Richard Koman

Just wanted to pop in a quick update/observation from a reader regarding my "Some like it hot" post the other day. He wanted to clarify my reference to the Arrhenius equation, which I used after the Sun exec I interviewed for the story used it to illustrate what we were...

The Nokia E71 is a fantastic device see my review and I keep on going back to using it because it has a killer form factor and is solid as a rock. Nokia announced the E63 back in November for Europe and other countries. Today at CES 2009, Nokia announced...

Is there anyone NOT making netbooks these days? ViewSonic, best known for making monitors, digital picture frames and projectors, has hopped into the netbook game, launching the VieBook. It also unveiled an all-in-one PC called the VPC 100 ViePC and an attachable PC dubbed the LinkPC. The...

AMD's 45nm quad-core Phenom II processors get an official unveiling. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes