HP Makes MediaSmart Mac Friendly
Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it had extended the olive branch of compatibility to the Macintosh, via its Windows Home Server product line, the MediaSmart.
Walmart Adds Back-to-School PC Specials
Besides the $298 Compaq notebook offering available last month, Walmart has introduced two more laptops and one desktop that are priced to please for the back-to-school season.

How Can AMD Be Fixed?
Following news of a corporate restructuring and dramatic price cuts at Advanced Micro Devices, analysts are beginning to ask (and answer) the questions: Where did AMD go wrong? And what can be done to fix it?

5 Ways the Apple Store Rocked Best Buy on iPad Launch Day... or Did It


AMD, Intel Recover, Although AMD Loses Ground
A rising tide lifts all boats, and one market researcher claims that both AMD and Intel benefited from lower inventories in the PC channel that boosted sales. AMD's CPU market share slipped, however.

Nokia's Touchscreen 'Tube' Phone to Launch Oct. 2
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its first touch-screen phone at a media and analyst event in London next week, two industry sources said on Friday.
Microsoft, SanDisk to Replace U3 Drives
Microsoft and SanDisk on Friday announced a technology-sharing agreement that will produce a replacement for SanDisk's U3 line of USB smart drives by the second half of next year.

iTunes Album Cards, 'Ringles' Tested
iTunes digital download album cards highlighting specific titles are getting high marks in the early part of a trial rollout.

Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 Tools, Biz Discounts
Microsoft announced volume discounts and deployment tools for Windows 7 for business customers at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans on Monday.

Programmers Get Their Own Search Engine
A Silicon Valley startup claims to have come up with a search engine for source code and code-related information. (Linux-Watch)