Stories by Agam Shah

Lenovo buys mystery startup company

Lenovo has acquired a secretive startup called Switchbox Labs that was cofounded by a former Microsoft Windows executive, the PC maker announced Wednesday.

Intel cuts quad-core chip prices by 40%

Intel on Tuesday announced price cuts across a wide range of chips used in mobile and desktop PCs, including cuts of up to 40% for its quad-core chips.

Intel's net profit drops 90 percent

Intel's fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent from a year earlier, as the chip maker battled a worsening economy and recorded a steep loss from investments.

Lenovo puts Atom chip in fan-less desktop

Lenovo launched its first nettop on Tuesday, reaching out to budget buyers with an inexpensive, fan-less desktop designed for surfing the Web and other basic computing tasks.

CES - Toshiba tries a new way to battle Blu-ray

A new service to dispense digital content, which involves using self-service kiosks to download movies and music to flash memory cards, was jointly announced by a group of companies including Toshiba today.

CES - Nvidia closing in on 2 teraflops with graphics card

In a bid to boost 3D gaming, Nvidia today announced a graphics card with 480 cores that can crank up performance to reach close to 2 teraflops.

CES - LG adds wireless features to new LCD TVs

LG Electronics is adding wireless capabilities to its upcoming TVs and also moving to bring users more high-definition entertainment options.

CES - Lenovo brings Wii functionality to PCs

Taking a page from Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Lenovo today announced an all-in-one PC with a remote control that doubles as a motion-based gaming controller.

Intel to show touch-screen laptops at CES

Next month, Intel will show off its next-generation Classmate laptop, which includes a touch screen and new features that make it easier for students to use.

Intel to show devices that bring Internet to TV

In an effort to personalize the TV, Intel on Monday said it will show off prototype devices that bring the Internet to the TV viewing experience.

Intel pushing parallelism to developers

Intel on Friday said it is inviting programmers to develop programs that can take advantage of the parallel computing capabilities on its future multicore processors.

Intel tries to get devices to communicate faster

Intel on Sunday detailed advances in an emerging field of technology that it said will boost optical communication speeds, allowing for faster data transfers between devices.

AMD plots earlier Phenom II support for DDR3 memory

Advanced Micro Devices could bring DDR3 memory support to Phenom II desktops earlier than it had projected, the company said on Monday.

Data transfer rates to jump with USB 3.0

A standards group on Monday released specifications for a new Universal Serial Bus standard that could speed up data transfers between computers and devices such as digital cameras and flash drives.

Researchers take a step ahead in quantum computing

Researchers in the U.K. and the U.S. on Friday published a paper detailing discoveries that might bring a fully functional quantum computer one step closer to reality.