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Watch as CrunchGear’s Doug Aamoth Builds a PC Faster Than 29 Other Nerds at CESOpen in New Window
CrunchGear's Doug Aamoth is competing in tonight's Comp USA/Tiger Charity PC Race at CES. Watch the whole thing live as he beats 29 other competitors in this heart pounding race to be King of CES (or read more »
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Ballmer reacquaints Microsoft with its PC pastOpen in New Window
Windows without riskComment Steve Ballmer's inaugural Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opener - taking over from Bill Gates - was important for its emphasis and what was missing.… read more »
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HP aims TouchSmart desktop PC at businessesOpen in New Window
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday unveiled an all-in-one touchscreen-enabled desktop for businesses and large organizations, extending its growing line of TouchSmart PCs.The new dx9000, introduced at read more »
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PC is just one of 'three screens,' Ballmer saysOpen in New Window
With Microsoft it used to be all about the PC. Even when the company acknowledged the rise of smart phones and interactive TV as alternative computing platforms, the PC was always the central hub whe read more »
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Forecasting space weather and its economic impactOpen in New Window
The National Academies convened a public workshop last year on the impact of space weather on the economy and society; we take a look.Read More... read more »
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Microsoft moves Macs closer to PC parityOpen in New Window
"Macworld Expo Microsoft has announced two products designed to provide users of Office 2008 for Mac with improved access to existing server-based Microsoft services." read more »
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OQO launches world's smallest Vista PC with OLED screenOpen in New Window
OQO has been around almost as long as Ars, and through the years the company has been so far ahead of the portable computing curve that it hasn't been able to catch on with consumers. But Intel's Ato read more »
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Intel Core i7 Desktops Dominate PC ChartsOpen in New Window
"Intel's new quad-core Core i7 processors were only launched in late November, but desktop systems featuring the CPUs--from the likes of Dell, Falcon Northwest, Micro Express, and others--have alre read more »
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