Hardware

AMD open sources performance library

AMD open sources performance library

AMD has open sourced its AMD Performance Library (APL), referred to as Framewave 1.0.

Clement James Feb 21 2008, 7:20AM Hardware
Dell adds to Linux notebook range

Dell adds to Linux notebook range

Dell has added the Inspiron 1525 notebook to its range of Linux-based Ubuntu products.
Guy Dixon Feb 21 2008, 7:15AM Hardware
AMD Australia targets more channel focus

AMD Australia targets more channel focus

IT hardware vendor, Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD)Australia/New Zealand country manager, Caleb Leung, discusses his plans for 2008, with more channel interaction in the pipeline and a focus on its ATI business.
Trevor Treharne Feb 20 2008, 7:22AM Hardware
Lenovo consumer PCs hits Dick Smith and Domayne shelves

Lenovo consumer PCs hits Dick Smith and Domayne shelves

Dick Smith Electronics, Dick Smith Powerhouse and Domayne are now selling Lenovo’s IdeaPads and IdeaCentres with 24x7 customer service & support for Australian consumers.
Lilia Guan Feb 19 2008, 3:29PM Hardware
Pioneer Computers and Konica Minolta go after government contracts

Pioneer Computers and Konica Minolta go after government contracts

Local white-box builder, Pioneer Computers Australia and Konica Minolta Printing Solutions have joined together to go after government and corporate contracts.
Lilia Guan Feb 18 2008, 2:26PM Hardware
Xbox Live users get front row seats at GDC

Xbox Live users get front row seats at GDC

Microsoft is offering gamers a virtual ticket to the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC) by releasing video downloads from the event on Xbox Live.

Matt Chapman Feb 18 2008, 8:27AM Hardware
HP settles spying case

HP settles spying case

HP has reached a settlement with The New York Times and three BusinessWeek reporters who had accused the company of spying.

Matt Chapman Feb 18 2008, 8:26AM Hardware
NVIDIA refreshes channel programs, no word on plans for Australia

NVIDIA refreshes channel programs, no word on plans for Australia

Graphics card vendor, NVIDIA Corporation has claimed a 200 percent growth year over year in its partner channel programme. With this momentum, NVIDIA is planning an expansion of programmes and support for global partners in 2008.
Lilia Guan Feb 16 2008, 8:50AM Hardware
Digital signage: The signs are everywhere

Digital signage: The signs are everywhere

With the increasing number of cheap Consumer Electronic (CE) products saturating the Australian marketplace, more and more resellers are finding it harder to compete with mass merchant retailers and online merchants.
Lilia Guan Feb 15 2008, 11:11AM Hardware
Vertical markets contributes to Tegatech’s growth

Vertical markets contributes to Tegatech’s growth

Australian Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) distributor, Tegatech has achieved a multi-million dollar fiscal year for July-December 2007. Tegatech managing director Hugo Ortega attributes the growth to vertical markets.
Lilia Guan Feb 14 2008, 11:35AM Hardware
Nvidia ex-channel manager heads back to Altech

Nvidia ex-channel manager heads back to Altech

Nvidia’s Australian-based channel manager, Kevin Hartin, has gone back to his previous employer Altech, in a new role looking after ‘special projects’.
Kevin Hartin joined Nvidia as the local channel manager in January 2007 and his contract ended in December 2007.
Lilia Guan Feb 13 2008, 3:13PM Hardware
HP announces carbon offset program

HP announces carbon offset program

Hewlett-Packard Australia has launched the HP Carbon Offset Program in conjunction with the sale of its LaserJet printers.
Leanne Mezrani Feb 13 2008, 6:55AM Hardware
Opengear to serve the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Opengear to serve the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has chosen Opengear, to provide remote monitoring, management and administration to all of the Department’s Australian embassies, consulates, high commissions and territories worldwide.
Lilia Guan Feb 12 2008, 11:52AM Hardware
NEC bows out of entry level LCD market

NEC bows out of entry level LCD market

NEC Australia, a provider of commercial LCD display solutions, said it would be exiting the entry level LCD monitor market, to concentrate on its mid to high end range of LCD product.
Lilia Guan Feb 11 2008, 6:26PM Hardware
Avalanche sees reseller growth with AVG product

Avalanche sees reseller growth with AVG product

Local distributor, Avalanche has seen growth in its reseller numbers since it started a separate business looking after the distribution and promotion of AVG Internet security software, to the Australian and New Zealand marketplace.
Lilia Guan Feb 8 2008, 1:15PM Hardware
Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 percent

Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 percent

Toshiba has announced the development of a 16Gb Nand Flash memory chip fabricated with 43nm process technology co-developed with SanDisk.

Robert Jaques Feb 8 2008, 7:52AM Hardware
Intel rolls out phase-change chips

Intel rolls out phase-change chips

Intel has announced its first prototype phase-change memory (PCM) chips.

Shaun Nichols Feb 8 2008, 7:48AM Hardware
Tegatech Australia partners with mobile PC ODM

Tegatech Australia partners with mobile PC ODM

Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) and Tablet PC distributor Tegatech has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Ruvo Taiwan, a division of Hybrinix Technology.
Leanne Mezrani Feb 7 2008, 2:22PM Hardware
Hitachi yet to shed light on market segment exit

Hitachi yet to shed light on market segment exit

Why has Hitachi pulled out of the Australian consumer electronics market?
Trevor Treharne Feb 7 2008, 11:44AM Hardware
What do Australians want to watch: LCD or plasma?

What do Australians want to watch: LCD or plasma?

The digital home market is expanding and the local market is splashing its cash on televisions.
Staff Writers Feb 7 2008, 11:27AM Hardware

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