Dell's New Approach To Retail
Dell Inc. has always prided itself on its online-only business model, the core component of a lean corporate structure that, for years, allowed the company to underprice and take sales away from its competitors.

Hidden Dimensions - Pondering Apple's Next Desktop Mac
The burning question is, given the popularity of the iMac for consumer sales (and some penetration now into Pro markets!) the trend towards mobile computing, the diminished need for internal expansion, what role should a new Apple Pro desktop play

AMD Live! Home Entertainment Platform Expanded With Services
CRN - Advanced Micro Devices continues to step-up its battle with Intel to secure a bigger share of the digital home entertainment market with the introduction on Wednesday of the AMD Live! Entertainment Suite, a collection of services and applications

Net Gains
HispanicBusiness.com - The revenue-generation engines of many HB 500 companies are relocating from brick & morter to Web & wire. Across all industry sectors, companies on the Hispanic Business 500 are adopting the latest technology and using Web sites to score orders or

AMD's digital home platform set to go Live
Infoworld - AMD's Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor will feature in PCs manufactured by Acer, Dell's Alienware, Hewlett-Packard, and China's Tsinghua Tongfang Co., the company said. The new PCs, which are optimized for use with streaming media, will be available

AMD Cranks Up The Volume On Digital Entertainment With The AMD Live
WebWire - AMD LIVE! Entertainment Suite Enables Consumers to Stream Live TV, Protect Precious Photos, Remotely Access Content and More SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today the next milestone in digital entertainment with the AMD LIVE

AMD Announces AMD Live! PC Category: SOFTPEDIA NEWS :: Hardware
Softpedia - Sunnyvale-based chipmaker AMD announced today its response to Intel s Viiv digital entertainment brand. The second largest CPU company said that important OEMs, such as Acer, Alienware, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Gateway, HP, Sahara, and Tsinghua

Dell Will Google Its PCs
Wired News - Google and Dell said on Thursday that the No. 1 personal computer maker will install Google software on its systems, potentially dealing a blow to Microsoft. Google will incorporate on Dell computers its desktop software, which integrates a number of

AMD's home-entertainment platform to go live in June
IT World - AMD's Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor will feature in PCs manufactured by Acer Inc., Dell Inc.'s Alienware, Hewlett-Packard Co., and China's Tsinghua Tongfang Co. Ltd., the company said. The new PCs, which are optimized for use with streaming media

Hosted apps handle holiday rush
Network World Fusion - Online shopping portal Ebates. com also chose a hosted application as it readied for the holiday rush. Ebates uses survey technology from WebSurveyor to poll online visitors and find out how they used the site and what types of promotions are most

AMD Revamps Desktop Processor Line
NewsFactor Network - "AM2 represents a top-to-bottom transition to a new platform for desktop chips," said Brent Barry, brand manager for desktop products at AMD. "The chips based on this new socket configuration are for computer enthusiasts, with dual-channel DDR2

AMD updates desktop chip designs
ZDNet - Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday unveiled desktop chips based on its AM2 socket, setting the stage for future products based on a new architecture. The new chips are the Athlon 64 FX-62, which becomes AMD's highest-performance desktop chip, and the

Dell completes acquisition of Alienware
Dell confirmed that it has finalized the acquisition of Alienware.

Alienware Equips Aurora 7500 and Aurora ALX Systems with Highly Advanced New AMD Athlon(TM) 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor
Alienware(R) -- the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook, media center, servers and professional systems -- is now offering the breakthrough AMD Athlon(TM) 64 FX-62 dual-core processor on the Aurora(TM) 7500 and Aurora ALX desktop systems.

CEO survey names UPS America's top brand
Shipping giant United Parcel Service has been named the country's top business brand in the American Brand Excellence Awards 2006.

Dell Says Bowing to Demand on AMD Chips
Dell Says It's Bowing to Customer Demand on AMD Chips; Income Dips Below Forecasts

Alienware chooses Airgo chipsets for new laptops
Alienware chooses Airgo MIMO technology to help top gamers connect to wireless networks.

News: Dell plans AMD servers; Q1 profit falls
Intel stalwart Dell surprised the industry by announcing plans to use AMD's Opteron processors in its high-end servers by the end of the year.

Alienware unveils first Go 7900-series SLI notebooks
Alienware got the drop on its rivals this week, showing off this week what it and chip maker Nvidia claim is the world's first "available" notebook equipped with two GeForce Go 7900 GPUs rigged to run co-operatively in SLI mode.

Dell to Use AMD Chips in its Servers
garfangle writes "Dell has decided to include AMD's Opteron processor in its product line of servers. This is the first time Dell has used AMD chips within its own Dell branded products (excluding the recently acquired Alienware computers)." From the News.com article: "The deal appears to be confined to servers at this point. The news came along with the release of Dell's earnings results, which

TI AMD Power 3000 - PCs
PC Authority - Features/Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+; Asus A8N-SLI Premium; 1GB Geil Performance RAM; Leadtek WinFast 7800 GT; 2 x WD 250GB hard drives; LG GSA-4167B DVD-R drive; LG DVD-ROM drive; BenQ FP91G 19" LCD. Verdict: TI's system offers great all round

AMD Revamps Desktop Processor Line
NewsFactor Network - "AM2 represents a top-to-bottom transition to a new platform for desktop chips," said Brent Barry, brand manager for desktop products at AMD. "The chips based on this new socket configuration are for computer enthusiasts, with dual-channel DDR2

Better Sound in Small Packages
New York Times - Not long ago, Pamela Henning, an executive at a New York-based film company, listened to her music over an expensive stereo system loaded with 2,000 of her favorite CD's. But, she said recently, it was a bit too much to handle. She bought a five-CD

Net Gains
HispanicBusiness.com - The revenue-generation engines of many HB 500 companies are relocating from brick & morter to Web & wire. Across all industry sectors, companies on the Hispanic Business 500 are adopting the latest technology and using Web sites to score orders or

AMD develops new socket, extends Athlon 64 CPU lines
Earthtimes - SUNNYVALE: Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has developed a new socket that supports faster DDR2 memory and its version of virtualization technology. This will mean that a user can run more than one operating system on a machine. The socket

Creating a gaming EXPERIENCE
Chattanooga Times Free Press - While spiffy new systems from the "Big 3" of the video-game industry (Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft ) dominated reports from the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were plenty of other newsworthy unveilings at the Los Angeles trade show

Dell Will Google Its PCs
The top computer maker agrees to install Google software on up to 100 million of its new boxes, a deal that is bound to go down badly in Redmond, Washington.

News: E3: Alienware goes the iMac route with new all-in-one
PC maker Alienware is taking many styling cues from the iMac with their new all-in-one design, the Area 51 5400.

Alienware Desktops Get Athlon 64 FX-62 Boost
Alienware is now offering AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core processor on the Aurora 7500 and Aurora ALX desktop systems. The AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 is the ultimate processor for PC enthusiasts and runs the most demanding 3D games and multiple processor-intensive appl...

AMD delivers new processors
BANGALORE: AMD has announced the availability of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core processor and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+dual-core processor compatible with AMD's new socket AM2 platform.

AMD delivers desktop product powerhouse while reducing costs for ecosystem partners
As part of AMD's ongoing commitment to deliver leading technology for desktop PCs, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core processor, the world's ultimate processor for PC enthusiasts, and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+dual-core processor compatible with AMD's new socket AM2 platform.

Alienware Superman Edition Computer Chassis
Alienware will be unveiling their Area-51 Superman Edition Desktop and Notebook Chassis on May 22.

Airgo and Alienware(R) Deliver Faster-Than-Wired Laptops for Gamers
Airgo Networks, Inc. has announced that Alienware has unveiled two new laptops featuring Gen3 True MIMO technology from Airgo. Built around AMD's Turion 64 X2 mobile technology multi-core processor, Airgo's Gen3 True MIMO chipsets and Nvidia's dual SLI graphics processors, the 17-inch Aurora m9700 and 19-inch Aurora mALX notebooks from Alienware provide users with faster-than-Ethernet wireless

AMD Updates Desktop Chip Socket Design
Advanced Micro Devices unveiled new desktop processors this week that feature a new chip socket platform aimed at easing the update to newer DDR2 memory technology and processor virtualization. With the newly available desktop Athlons, AMD is updating its chips from DDR memory to newer DDR2 memory.

Dell Will Google Its PCs
Wired News - 18 hours ago... Kevin Rollins, has been trying to enhance its image by buying and selling more consumer electronics such as wide-screen televisions, buying Alienware Inc., a ...

Strong Q1 lifts HP PC sales
Computing, UK - 19 hours ago... cent. Matt Bettinson, marketing manager at high-end integrator, Alienware, agreed that Q1 had been good for the industry. Q1 ...

Dell Plans Support For AMD, At Least On Servers
Hell may be close to freezing over. Following months of speculation, Dell says it will offer systems based on AMDs 64-bit Opteron processor by years end.

Dodge 'Muscle', Superman Used For New PCs
Notebooks (press release), CA - 7 hours ago(TWICE) _ New York A pair of new look PCs from Alienware and PC Rides.com will give ... Both systems are available online from Alienware beginning this week. ...

Dell Re-enters Retail
TrustedReviews, UK - 17 hours ago... future. For the home market it has already bought Alienware. So the illusion of all change but no real change is complete. Customers ...

AMD unveils two new processors
Trade Arabia, Bahrain - 17 hours ago... "Our Aurora family of high-performance systems based on the AMD Athlon 64 FX and AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processors enable Alienware to offer our customers ...

Fast flash sidelines the hard disk
Computeractive, UK - 8 hours ago... Barneston showed an new Alienware notebook containing both a standard hard drive and a Samsung 4GB solid-state drive, with a fast Serial ATA interface, that ...

Sell, Dell, Sell!
MSNBC - 13 hours ago... Since the company acquired Alienware earlier this year, it's got some sweet eye candy to feature beyond its powerful custom-ordered systems. ...