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]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/dell-made-rival-215-billion-bid-for-quest-sources-231689</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:35:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[According to sources, Dell is the "strategic bidder" that offered to buy Quest Software for $2.15 billion in cash, trumping a bid by Insight Venture Partners.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">231679</guid><title><![CDATA[Microsoft to make 'major' announcement on Monday ]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/microsoft-to-make-major-announcement-on-monday-231679</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:09:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is being secretive about a "major" announcement it plans to make in Los Angeles on Monday.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">231273</guid><title><![CDATA[Fujitsu launches Lifebook SH531 at Rs. 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2011 18:29:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sony India has launched the new S series VAIO notebooks]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226653</guid><title><![CDATA[HP's board purge cleared but pay packages scolded]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hps-board-purge-cleared-but-pay-packages-scolded-226653</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:28:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HP has found itself in another controversy right after emerging from the previous one]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226658</guid><title><![CDATA[Lenovo launches new PCs and laptops]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/lenovo-launches-new-pcs-and-laptops-226658</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:07:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lenovo has updated its laptop and all-in-one range with the second-generation Intel processors.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226655</guid><title><![CDATA[Stream Bollywood movies using Intel Insider]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/stream-bollywood-movies-using-intel-insider-226655</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:40:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Intel has announced the launch of Intel Insider, a streaming service that will allow movie buffs to download and stream HD movies.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226657</guid><title><![CDATA[Gadgets you should get rid of (or not)]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/gadgets-you-should-get-rid-of-or-not-226657</link><category>Internet</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:19:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The constant changing nature of technology is making fewer products do all the work and a lot of them to dumped in the process]]></description></item><item><guid 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students]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/a-laptop-for-just-rs-5000-226730</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:14:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's a pretty incredible deal. A laptop that can potentially cost Rs. 5000 to produce.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226752</guid><title><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard hikes dividend, outlines strategy]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hewlett-packard-hikes-dividend-outlines-strategy-226752</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:17:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it plans to raise its dividend for the first time in over a decade and one day soon sell "cloud computing" services to the public.The changes are part of CEO Leo Apotheker's efforts to chart a...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226756</guid><title><![CDATA[HP looks to the 'cloud']]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hp-looks-to-the-cloud-226756</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:55:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard plans to offer a complete range of cloud computing services, HP chief executive Leo Apotheker said Monday as he outlined his strategy for the US computer giant.

Apotheker, speaking in San Francisco at an event that was streamed over the Internet, also said that HP plans to release its touchscreen tablet computer, the TouchPad, in June.

He said HP hopes to eventually offer the WebOS operating system powering the TouchPad on 100 million devices a year -- from smartphones to computers.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226792</guid><title><![CDATA[Western Digital buys Hitachi's storage arm]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/western-digital-buys-hitachis-storage-arm-226792</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:23:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Western Digital Corp. is trying to pull further away in its neck-and-neck race with Seagate Technology PLC to be the world's biggest maker of hard drives.Western Digital announced Monday that it's paying $4.3 billion in cash and stock to acquire...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226826</guid><title><![CDATA[Apple announces new MacBook Pros]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/apple-announces-new-macbook-pros-226826</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:19:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Apple today announced a refresh of its MacBook Pro line of laptops. 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New, faster processors, more powerful graphics processors, an HD camera and a new port for a technology that Apple is calling Thunderbolt.Cosmetically, the new Pros look...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226948</guid><title><![CDATA[Rare Apple I computer sells for US $210,000 in London]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/rare-apple-i-computer-sells-for-us-210000-in-london-226948</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:50:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Its processor works 1,000 times slower than the Apple iPad, but the first ever Apple computer has sold for 425 times the price.The Apple I, one of only 200 such models ever made, was sold on Tuesday afternoon at Christie's...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226969</guid><title><![CDATA[For sale: A $160,000 Apple computer]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/for-sale-a-160000-apple-computer-226969</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:22:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[True computer nerds, do I have a deal for you!Christie's, the tony auctioneer, is hawking a snazzy computer that it hopes will sell for between $159,800 and $239,700. You're probably wondering what kind of computer is worth close to a...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">226986</guid><title><![CDATA[China wrests supercomputer title from US]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/china-wrests-supercomputer-title-from-us-226986</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:36:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower. The computer, known as Tianhe-1A, has 1.4 times the...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227024</guid><title><![CDATA[No laps for warm laptops; skin damage possible]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/no-laps-for-warm-laptops-skin-damage-possible-227024</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:06:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit.According to a new medical report, it can lead to "toasted skin syndrome," a...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227027</guid><title><![CDATA[What Steve Jobs learned in the wilderness]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/what-steve-jobs-learned-in-the-wilderness-227027</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:04:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The saga of Steven P. Jobs is so well known that it has entered the nation's mythology: he's the prodigal who returned to Apple in 1997, righted a listing ship and built it into one of the most valuable companies...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227044</guid><title><![CDATA[The defenders of free software]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/the-defenders-of-free-software-227044</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:05:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Armijn Hemel, 32, lives with his parents in Tiel, a town smack-dab in the middle of the Netherlands. He works as a technology consultant, but spends several hours a week on his avocation: pestering some of the world's most powerful...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227088</guid><title><![CDATA[HP to buy security software provider for $1.5 billion]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hp-buys-security-software-provider-for-15-bill-227088</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:51:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The computer maker Hewlett-Packard said on Monday that it would buy ArcSight, a maker of security software, for about $1.5 billion as it continues its recent buying spree.The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, HP...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227111</guid><title><![CDATA[Computers as invisible as the air]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/computers-as-invisible-as-the-air-227111</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:02:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The personal computer is vanishing.Computers once filled entire rooms, then sat in the closet, moved to our desks, and now nestle in our pockets. Soon, the computer may become invisible to us, hiding away in everyday objects.A Silicon Valley announcement...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227116</guid><title><![CDATA[Now zoom into universe through Windows]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/now-zoom-into-universe-through-windows-227116</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:44:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows Operating System."We have designed a virtual telescope that can be run on Windows or a web...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227163</guid><title><![CDATA[For HP and Dell, troubles at the top have yet to hurt the bottom line]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/for-hp-and-dell-troubles-at-the-top-have-yet-to-hurt-the-bottom-line-227163</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:38:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Executives from Hewlett-Packard and Dell, America's two largest computer makers, ought to be rejoicing when parents open their wallets in August to arm their offspring with shiny new computers for the school year.But HP and Dell find themselves in the...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227162</guid><title><![CDATA[With $7.68 billion McAfee deal, Intel looks for edge]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/with-768-billion-mcafee-deal-intel-looks-for-edge-227162</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:37:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hoping to accelerate its move into smartphones and consumer electronics, the chip maker Intel has turned to security software and services as a way to separate its products from those of its rivals.On Thursday, Intel paid $7.68 billion to acquire...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227164</guid><title><![CDATA[Intel to snap up McAfee in US $7.68 billion deal]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/intel-to-snap-up-mcafee-in-us-768-billion-deal-227164</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:43:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Intel Corp will acquire security software company McAfee Inc in an all-cash deal worth US $7.68 billion that will bolster the world's largest chip-maker's computing portfolio, especially in wireless mobility offerings.The chip-maker will purchase all the common shares of McAfee...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227172</guid><title><![CDATA[Ghana: A global graveyard for dead computers]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/a-global-graveyard-for-dead-computers-227172</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:04:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Sunday's New York Times Magazine, the photographer Pieter Hugo documented the garbage dumps in Ghana, where computers are burned and ripped apart for their rich minerals. (See Pics)Hugo explains on his Web site that he has been documenting the...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227175</guid><title><![CDATA[Dell to buy storage provider 3Par for $1.13 billion]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/dell-to-buy-storage-provider-3par-for-113-billion-227175</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:08:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dell Inc. said on Monday that it is buying 3Par Inc., a maker of enterprise data storage equipment, for about $1.13 billion in cash.Dell is offering $18 per share for 3Par, an 87 percent premium over Friday's closing price for...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227194</guid><title><![CDATA[Dell accused of concealing evidence in PC suit]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/dell-accused-of-concealing-evidence-in-pc-suit-227194</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:14:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dell has been accused of withholding evidence, including e-mails among its top executives, in a lawsuit over faulty computers it sold to businesses, according to a filing made Thursday.Advanced Internet Technologies filed a motion in Federal District Court in North...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227208</guid><title><![CDATA[Hewlett took PR firm's advice in CEO case]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hewlett-took-pr-firms-advice-in-ceo-case-227208</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:13:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the career of Hewlett-Packard's chief executive Mark V. Hurd hung in the balance, a public relations specialist convinced the company's directors that HP would endure months of humiliation if accusations of sexual harassment by a company contractor against Mr....]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227219</guid><title><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard CEO resigns after inquiry]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/hewlett-packard-ceo-resigns-after-inquiry-227219</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:51:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mark V Hurd, who turned Hewlett-Packard into the world's largest technology company on the back of fierce fiscal discipline, has been ousted from his post for the lowliest of corporate offenses -- fudging his expenses.HP's board stunned Silicon Valley and...]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227231</guid><title><![CDATA[Testing Apple's Trackpad: The new multi-touch mouse]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/testing-apples-trackpad-the-new-multi-touch-mouse-227231</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:48:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the years I've been using computers, monitors have grown thinner and more vivid in their picture displays, and the technology that runs them has grown faster and less expensive. 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Yet that's about to change. I'm pretty certain I will never own a traditional mouse again, at least when I use an Apple computer. Instead I will own a trackpad -- a Magic Trackpad.]]></description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">227233</guid><title><![CDATA[Microsoft issues fix for Windows bug]]></title><link>http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/microsoft-issues-fix-for-windows-bug-227233</link><category>PC/ Laptops</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:08:00 +0530</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft issued an emergency patch Monday to correct a critical Windows bug that had allowed attackers to gain control of infected machines via program shortcuts.Microsoft usually issues patches to fix software flaws just once a month. But the seriousness of...]]></description></item></channel></rss>